Gender & Sexuality

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

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  The Articulated Unknown

  Tiff Dressen interviews Aaron Shurin about “Elixir: New and Selected Poems.”

  Tiff DressenAug 8

  • Poetry

  • Gender & Sexuality

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  An Active Project of Exclusion

  Geertje Bol and Jan Eijking review “Erased: A History of International Thought Without Men,” by Patricia Owens.

  Geertje Bol, Jan EijkingAug 5

  • Gender & Sexuality

  • History

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  In a Language Beyond What Is Given

  Tia Glista watches Eva Victor’s directorial debut, “Sorry, Baby.”

  Tia GlistaJul 31

  • Film

  • Gender & Sexuality

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  Don’t Look Down

  Grace Byron considers Lorde’s “Virgin” and the gauntlet we lay for our pop stars.

  Grace ByronJul 14

  • Music

  • Gender & Sexuality

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  Taste Test

  Cory Bradshaw describes the art and agony involved in making amateur porn in an essay for LARB Quarterly no. 45: “Submission.”

  Cory BradshawJul 13

  • LARB Lit

  • Memoir & Essay

  • Gender & Sexuality

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  The Wide Umbrella of “Queen”

  Emmeline Clein interviews Tourmaline about her new book “Marsha: The Joy and Defiance of Marsha P. Johnson.”

  Emmeline CleinJul 10

  • Biography & Autobiography

  • Gender & Sexuality

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  Never a Patient Woman

  Emmeline Clein finds pockets of faith in feminist writer Shulamith Firestone's ostensibly airless spaces in an essay from LARB Quarterly no. 45: “Submission.”

  Emmeline CleinJun 24

  • LARB Lit

  • Gender & Sexuality

  • History

  • Literary Criticism

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  Trans Women in the Heartland

  Lori Marso examines “Woodworking,” the debut novel from fellow South Dakotan Emily St. James.

  Lori MarsoJun 23

  • Fiction

  • Politics

  • Gender & Sexuality

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  Daughters Are Not Like Spilled Water

  Susan Blumberg-Kason reviews recent books about the aftermath of China’s one-child policy and the experience of women in contemporary China.

  Susan Blumberg-KasonJun 5

  • Gender & Sexuality

  • Cultural Studies

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  Becoming a Woman Who Screams

  Gabrielle McClellan watches Durga Chew-Bose’s debut feature film “Bonjour Tristesse.”

  Gabrielle McClellanJun 2

  • Film

  • Gender & Sexuality

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  All That Lovely Old Transsexual Shit

  Agnes Borinsky appreciates all the ways Vivian Blaxell’s does transness in her book-length essay “Worthy of the Event.”

  Agnes BorinskyMay 26

  • Memoir & Essay

  • Gender & Sexuality

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  Rebel Girls

  Elizabeth Alsop considers the third season of “Yellowjackets.”

  Elizabeth AlsopApr 12

  • Television

  • Gender & Sexuality