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Flavors of Freak
From the bondage expert to the innocently curious, there’s something in “Kink” for everyone.
Gender & Sexuality
"As far as I'm concerned, being any gender is a drag." — Patti Smith
Writing Toward Communal Responsibility: A Conversation with Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore
In “The Freezer Door,” Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore questions everything.
On Digital Queerness: A Conversation with Chris Stedman
Matt Wille interviews Chris Stedman on the intersections between queerness, the internet, and the search for a real self.
Pronominal Strife
Bryan A. Garner considers "What’s Your Pronoun?," the recently published book by Dennis Baron.
Black Germans and the Politics of Diaspora: On Tiffany Florvil’s “Mobilizing Black Germany”
Samuel Clowes Huneke reviews Tiffany Florvil’s “Mobilizing Black Germany: Afro-German Women and the Making of a Transnational Movement.”
Subverting the Canon of Patriarchy: Lesya Ukrainka’s Revisionist Mythmaking
Sasha Dovzhyk celebrates the radical feminism of the great Ukrainian poet Lesya Ukrainka on the 150th anniversary of her birth.
On the Limits of Sexual Freedom: Vanessa Springora’s “Consent: A Memoir”
A searing French memoir gives voice to a victim of sexual abuse, and provokes a crisis of conscience in the country.
Letters from the Heart
Simone de Beauvoir’s advice to the lovelorn.
Finding a Forgotten Artist
Rediscovering the lost lithography of Alice Mary Chambers.
Toeing the Trap
Hannah Kofman reckons with “The Copenhagen Trilogy,” the recently translated memoir by Tove Ditlevsen.
Controversial Contest
America’s signature women’s pageant changes –– slowly –– with the rest of the country.
“I Was a Daughter — Existentially”: On “Relic” and Daughterhood in Contemporary Horror
Laura Maw considers the role of daughterhood in contemporary horror cinema, focusing in particular on the 2020 film “Relic.”
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