Gender & Sexuality

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

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
The Labor of Being Believed
What the Harvey Weinstein trial has to show us about men’s believability in the #MeToo era.
Sarah Banet-WeiserApr 19, 2020
- Gender & Sexuality
- Politics
The Death and Life of Blond Ambition: Madonna’s Entrancing Contradictions
Quinn Roberts explores the entrancing contradictions of Madonna’s legacy.
Quinn RobertsApr 16, 2020
This Is Your Home Now: On Juliana Delgado Lopera’s “Fiebre Tropical”
Florencia Orlandoni experiences "Fiebre Tropical," the new novel from Juliana Delgado Lopera.
Florencia OrlandoniApr 3, 2020
- Fiction
- Gender & Sexuality