Gender & Sexuality

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

Art Matters Now — 12 Writers on 20 Years of Art: Greg Youmans on the Pathbreaking Trans Media Art of 2008
Greg Youmans reflects on the work of Kalup Linzy and Tara Mateik.
Greg YoumansMay 17, 2020
- Art & Architecture
- Gender & Sexuality
The 20-Year Project: On “Choice Words: Writers on Abortion”
Ellen Jones considers “Choice Words: Writers on Abortion,” a new anthology edited by Annie Finch.
Ellen JonesMay 13, 2020
- Gender & Sexuality
- Nonfiction
“Don’t Regret. Remember”: Frictions of History and Gender in Céline Sciamma’s “Portrait of a Lady on Fire”
The French director’s brilliant 2019 film powerfully captures the paradoxes of female creativity and agency.
Paris A. Spies-GansMay 11, 2020
The Queer Time of Paul Lisicky’s Provincetown
Michael Valinsky on Paul Lisicky’s new memoir of his life in Provincetown during the peak of the HIV/AIDS crisis.
Michael ValinskyMay 8, 2020
- Gender & Sexuality
- Memoir & Essay
A Fate Worse Than Gravity: A Conversation with Ellen O’Connell Whittet
A new memoir about the dangers of dance and love in the age of #MeToo.
Aaron ShulmanMay 7, 2020
- Gender & Sexuality
- Memoir & Essay
Unvicarious: Reading with Sam See
What Sam See is looking for in the art he loves is something other than escape. He is seeking forms of shelter.
Caleb SmithMay 3, 2020
- Gender & Sexuality
- Literary Criticism
See/Eakins/Swimming
On Sam See’s “queer mythologies” and Thomas Eakins’s "Swimming."
Christopher LoobyMay 3, 2020
Once More, with Feeling
Sam See’s work will always be timely, in that it calls us to attend to the transformative power of the feelings that go into a work of literature
Michael NorthMay 3, 2020
Critical Love Studies
Writing about Sam See today, I am stunned to discover that his thoughts have been hiding in plain sight among my own.
Merve EmreMay 3, 2020
- Gender & Sexuality
- Literary Criticism
Bodies on the Market
A new sociological study of our culture of dating apps, casual hookups, and “radical personal freedom.”
David LipsetMay 1, 2020
- Cultural Studies
- Gender & Sexuality
Struggles and Joys in the World: A Conversation with Kimberly M. Zieselman
Edgar Gomez talks to Kimberly M. Zieselman about her new memoir, "XOXY."
Edgar GomezApr 30, 2020
- Gender & Sexuality
- Memoir & Essay
The (Yelling) Mothers of Us All
A new biography of a leading light — and loud voice — of second-wave feminism.
Rachel ShteirApr 26, 2020