Gender & Sexuality

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

The Butch Lesbian Sci-Fi Aesthetic: A Conversation With Tamsyn Muir
Mikaella Clements speaks with Tamsyn Muir about her Locked Tomb trilogy, lesbian romance, forging new directions in sci-fi, and finding her Kiwi voice
Mikaella ClementsOct 21, 2020
- Gender & Sexuality
- SF
A Journal of the Plague Decade: On Howard Cruse’s “Wendel”
Paul Morton revisits the late Howard Cruse's groundbreaking comic, "Wendel."
Paul MortonOct 10, 2020
- Comics
- Gender & Sexuality
A Cohort of One’s Own
Frances Lazare considers the friendships and fights of "The Equivalents" by Maggie Doherty and "No Modernism Without Lesbians" by Diana Souhami.
Frances LazareOct 9, 2020
I’d Rather Be a Witch Than a Warrior
The ending of “Mulan” reassures us that she goes on to become a “legend”; yet, are not such honorifics precisely society’s reward for one’s compliance?
Anne Anlin ChengOct 3, 2020
- Film
- Gender & Sexuality
Love Letters in Blood: On “Queer Communion: Ron Athey”
Bradford Nordeen takes “Queer Communion: Ron Athey,” edited by Amelia Jones and Andy Campbell.
Bradford NordeenSep 24, 2020
Lifting Voices in the Key of Blackqueer YES
Ashon Crawley explores the contours and radical challenge of a Blackqueer YES.
Ashon T. CrawleySep 22, 2020
- Gender & Sexuality
Ghosts on the Page: Alice Cary’s “Hagar: A Story of To-Day” and Other Lost Books
Reckoning with the ghosts of neglected women authors.
Leanne PhillipsSep 19, 2020
- Gender & Sexuality
- Literary Criticism
The Untold Suffragists: A Conversation with Bridget Quinn
Laurie Ann Doyle interviews Bridget Quinn, author of “She Votes: How U.S. Women Won Suffrage and What Happens Next.”
Laurie Ann DoyleSep 18, 2020
An Amorphous Roadmap For Solidarity: On Adam Eli’s “The New Queer Conscience”
Daniel Spielberger explores the disappointing politics of Adam Eli’s “The New Queer Conscience.”
Daniel SpielbergerSep 16, 2020
- Gender & Sexuality
- Politics
The One With(out) the Gender Binary: Rewatching “Friends” and “Coupling”
Sam Moore watches reruns of Friends and Couplings only to find two shows defined by their own rigid definitions of gender and sexuality.
Sam MooreSep 15, 2020
- Gender & Sexuality
- Television
Something That Would Be Remembered: On Two Women Noir Trailblazers
Kathleen Jones on two recent biographies of midcentury women of noir: producer Joan Harrison and actress Veronica Lake.
Kathleen B. JonesSep 14, 2020
Queer Homecoming: On Carter Sickels’s “The Prettiest Star”
Zach Shultz on queer homecoming in Appalachia and Cartel Sickel’s “The Prettiest Star.”
Zach ShultzSep 12, 2020
- Fiction
- Gender & Sexuality