Gender & Sexuality

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

On Dennis Cooper and Becoming-Nothing
Jonathan Alexander reviews "Wrong," the new biography of Dennis Cooper by Diarmuid Hester.
Jonathan AlexanderJul 29, 2020
My Lockdown with “Death in Venice”
"The pandemic has made me, once again, that sorry thing: a mere spectator of life." D. A. Miller on social distancing and "Death in Venice."
D. A. MillerJul 26, 2020
- Film
- Gender & Sexuality
Between Victories and Their Shortcomings: On Larry Kramer’s Sexual Politics
João Florêncio on reckoning with both Larry Kramer’s landmark HIV/AIDS activism and shortcomings.
João FlorêncioJul 26, 2020
- Gender & Sexuality
- Politics
A Stateless Woman: A Conversation with Ava Homa
Amy Reardon interviews Ava Homa about her debut novel, "Daughters of Smoke and Fire."
Amy ReardonJul 21, 2020
Recovering Queer Identities
Samuel Huneke explores Jen Manion’s “Female Husbands: A Trans History” and the ways in which we identify queer folx from the past.
Samuel Clowes HunekeJul 18, 2020
- Gender & Sexuality
- History
On Mothers, Daughters, and “The Truth”: A Conversation with Juliette Binoche
Eileen G’Sell sits down with actress Juliette Binoche to discuss craft, family dynamics, and her latest work on the film “The Truth.”
Eileen G’SellJul 3, 2020
Unbecoming Women
Lori Jo Marso reads Annie Ernaux’s latest memoir alongside de Beauvoir.
Lori MarsoJul 1, 2020
- Gender & Sexuality
- Memoir & Essay
"Visible: Out on Television": an LGBTQ TV Roundtable
A group of TV scholars consider Apple TV+'s new docuseries, "Visible: Out on Television," and the narratives of history and visibility it tells.
Alfred L. Martin Jr., Beck Banks, Hollis Griffin, Julia Himberg, Lauren Herold, Maria San Filippo, Mayra BottaroJun 23, 2020
- Gender & Sexuality
- Television
Cinema’s First Epidemic: From Contagious Twitching to Convulsive Laughter
Maggie Hennefeld explores epidemics in early slapstick: as subject, as context, and as commodity.
Maggie HennefeldJun 23, 2020
Her Sentimental Properties
White women have trafficked in Black women’s milk.
Sarah MesleJun 22, 2020
Post-377: LGBTQ Literary Culture in India
LGBTQ fiction is blossoming in India following the decriminalization of homosexuality.
Saikat MajumdarJun 19, 2020
One Voice in a Great Chorus: An Interview with Rebecca Solnit
Meredith Maran talks to writer, historian, and activist Rebecca Solnit about erasure, voicelessness, and her memoir “Recollections of My Nonexistence.”
Meredith MaranJun 15, 2020
- Gender & Sexuality
- Memoir & Essay