Gender & Sexuality

"As far as I'm concerned, being any gender is a drag." — Patti Smith

The Mandates of Magic: On Timeka N. Tounsel’s “Branding Black Womanhood”
What are the mandates of Black Girl Magic? Leigh-Michil George looks at the history of “Essence” magazine and the complicated personal politics of representation in an essay about Timeka N. Tounsel’s “Branding Black Womanhood: Media Citizenship from Black Power to Black Girl Magic.”
Leigh-Michil GeorgeNov 10, 2022
Nightmares Worth Indulging: On Feminist Press’s “It Came from the Closet”
Grace Byron reviews “It Came from the Closet: Queer Reflections on Horror” from Feminist Press and editor Joe Vallese.
Grace ByronNov 4, 2022
The Silence About Menstruation: A Conversation with Rachel Kauder Nalebuff
Eleanor J. Bader talks with Rachel Kauder Nalebuff about her new collection “Our Red Book: Intimate Histories of Periods, Growing & Changing.”
Eleanor J. BaderNov 1, 2022
That Monster Which Prevaileth: On Andrew Joseph White’s “Hell Followed with Us”
Helena Gabrielle Ong reviews Andrew Joseph White’s new YA book, “Hell Followed with Us.”
Helena Gabrielle OngOct 22, 2022
Unity in Diversity: On Overcoming the Erasure of Kurdistan and Jina Amini
Activists Ala Riani and Rezan Labady explain the significance of the Iran 2022 protests and the need to spotlight Kurdish identities in the face of cultural erasure.
Ala Riani, Rezan LabadyOct 13, 2022
Femo-Imperialism and La Mission Civilisatrice: On Françoise Vergès’s “A Feminist Theory of Violence”
Sohum Pal reviews Françoise Vergès’s “A Feminist Theory of Violence: A Decolonial Perspective,” translated by Melissa Thackway.
Sohum PalOct 9, 2022
- Gender & Sexuality
- Philosophy & Religion
The Uterus and the Will to Power
Anthropologist Meredith Reiches describes how having a uterus changes what’s possible, physically and legally — and how, once again, what’s possible is being curtailed.
Meredith ReichesSep 22, 2022
“Madonna Was My Sex-Ed Teacher”: A Conversation with R/B Mertz
Samantha Mann talks with R/B Mertz about their memoir, “Burning Butch.”
Samantha MannAug 25, 2022
- Gender & Sexuality
- Memoir & Essay
Liberating the Archives: Hugh Ryan’s “Women’s House of Detention”
Eric Newman interviews Hugh Ryan about the queer carceral history of his new book, “The Women’s House of Detention”
Eric NewmanAug 16, 2022
Dead Cats: A Conversation on Romance and Rejection
A conversation between Gawker editor and “Ask A Fuck Up” columnist Brandy Jensen and writer and critic Andrea Long Chu on romance and rejection.
Andrea Long Chu, Brandy JensenAug 14, 2022
Gender Crusades
Paul R. Abramson hails Frans de Waal's "Different: Gender Through the Eyes of a Primatologist."
Paul R. AbramsonJul 28, 2022
- Gender & Sexuality
Activist Mothering
Suzanne Cope reviews Angela Garbes’s new book, “Essential Labor: Mothering as Social Change.”
Suzanne CopeJul 13, 2022
- Gender & Sexuality