Gender & Sexuality

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

The Roots of African American AIDS Activism: On Dan Royles’s “To Make the Wounded Whole”
Charles O’Malley on the innovative, urgent history of Black HIV/AIDS activism in Dan Royles’s “To Make the Wounded Whole.”
Charles O’MalleyDec 17, 2020
- Gender & Sexuality
- Politics
Against Identification: The Abject Camp of “The Witches” (1990)
Charles Ramsay McCrory explores the intertwining affects of identification, attraction, and abjections in the 1990 children’s horror film, “The Witches.”
Charles Ramsay McCroryDec 10, 2020
- Film
- Gender & Sexuality
The Voice of Feminism: On “F Letter: New Russian Feminist Poetry”
Francesca Ebel listens to the varied voices of “F Letter: New Russian Feminist Poetry.”
Francesca EbelDec 6, 2020
Free Yet Flawed: On Sherry L. Smith’s “Bohemians West”
Elaine Elinson reviews “Bohemians West: Free Love, Family and Radicals in Twentieth Century America,” the new dual biography by Sherry L. Smith.
Elaine ElinsonNov 28, 2020
Life Isn’t a Narrative: A Conversation with JoAnn Wypijewski
The author of “What We Don’t Talk About When We Talk About #MeToo” discusses the irrationality of sex panics.
M. BunaNov 26, 2020
- Gender & Sexuality
- Politics
Mourning and Marginalia: Editing the Work of Christopher Chitty
Editors Max Fox and Madeline Lane-McKinley talk about working on "Sexual Hegemony," the recently published text by the late writer Christopher Chitty.
Madeline Lane-McKinley, Max FoxNov 26, 2020
- Gender & Sexuality
- Philosophy & Religion
More Nearly: On José Esteban Muñoz’s “The Sense of Brown”
Roy Pérez reviews the recently released book by José Esteban Muñoz, "The Sense of Brown."
Roy PérezNov 21, 2020
- Gender & Sexuality
- Philosophy & Religion
“Art Is So Scary”: Yulia Tsvetkova and the Suppression of Dissent in Putin’s Russia
Lillian Avedian examines the campaign of persecution against an outspoken Russian artist and activist.
Lillian AvedianNov 18, 2020
The Proletarian Fantastic
While the bosses have built the mills with magic of capital, the Factory Girls’ Union plans resistance with the magic of solidarity.
Mark SoderstromNov 14, 2020
- Gender & Sexuality
- SF
Writing Girlhood Large
Teresa Carmody’s new novel explores faith, queerness, and the complexities of Christian girlhood.
Vidhu AggarwalNov 13, 2020
Travels in a Vanished City: On Timon Screech’s “Tokyo Before Tokyo” and Amy Stanley’s “Stranger in the Shogun’s City”
Paul Kreitman reviews Timon Screech’s “Tokyo Before Tokyo” and Amy Stanley’s “Stranger in the Shogun’s City.”
Paul KreitmanNov 11, 2020
Wrapped in Plastic: On Courtenay Stallings’s “Laura’s Ghost”
Sophia Stewart reviews “Laura’s Ghost,” a feminist-ethnographic collection revisiting the gender politics of “Twin Peaks,” the series and the film.
Sophia StewartNov 3, 2020