Gender & Sexuality

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

Sade, Too: A New Moment for a Complex Monster
A newly translated work by the Marquis de Sade has much to say about our power-mad, wealth-saturated times.
John Galbraith SimmonsApr 1, 2020
Miami Heat: On Juliana Delgado Lopera’s “Fiebre Tropical”
Dan López reviews Juliana Delgado Lopera’s “Fiebre Tropical,” a novel that gets at the queer feeling of ambivalence that attends home and family.
Dan LópezMar 27, 2020
- Fiction
- Gender & Sexuality
Women’s Animation and the Creative Feminist Politics of Social Change
Vanessa Cambier explores the intersections of feminist film study and the animation form.
Vanessa CambierMar 25, 2020
- Film
- Gender & Sexuality
Early Mourning: On Chantal Akerman’s “My Mother Laughs”
Daniel Fraser looks at the most recent translation of Chantal Akerman’s “My Mother Laughs” as a work about motherhood, illness, and language.
Daniel FraserMar 22, 2020
Radical Lives: On New Biographies of Rose Pastor Stokes and Dorothy Day
Two new biographies of early 20th-century American radical women.
Elaine MargolinMar 14, 2020
A Sense of Exclusion: An Excerpt from Carla Lonzi’s “Autoritratto (Self-Portrait)”
Allison Grimaldi Donahue presents an excerpt from her translation of Italian art critic and feminist activist Carla Lonzi’s “Autoritratto.”
Allison Grimaldi Donahue, Carla LonziMar 13, 2020
Getting Hard with Nayland Blake: On the Artist’s Recent Retrospective in Los Angeles
Jonathan Alexander explores a retrospective of artist Nayland Blake’s work now on view at the Institute of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles.
Jonathan AlexanderMar 7, 2020
- Art & Architecture
- Gender & Sexuality
Neon Pink
Sam Moore on queerness and finding oneself, with detours through contemporary queer film, literature, and music.
Sam MooreFeb 29, 2020
- Gender & Sexuality
- Nonfiction
Unapologetically Queer: Kit Williamson on “EastSiders” and Revolutionary Representation
Jonathan Alexander interviews actor, writer, and director Kit Williamson about his show “EastSiders."
Jonathan AlexanderFeb 24, 2020
- Gender & Sexuality
- Television
On the Power of Sisterhood and the Limits of Nostalgia: An Interview with Brazilian Director Karim Aïnouz
Eileen G’Sell interviews Karim Aïnouz, director of “Invisible Life.”
Eileen G’SellFeb 16, 2020
The Wilde Woman and the Sunflower Apostle: Oscar Wilde in the United States
Victoria Dailey looks back at Oscar Wilde’s wild ride through the United States in the early 1880s.
Victoria DaileyFeb 8, 2020
Ambidextrous Authorship: Greta Gerwig and the Politics of Women’s Genres
Patricia White considers Greta Gerwig's adaptation of "Little Women."
Patricia WhiteFeb 7, 2020