Gender & Sexuality

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

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  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

  • Around the World

  • Film

  • Gender & Sexuality

• 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

  • Art & Architecture

  • Gender & Sexuality

  • History

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  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

  • Fiction

  • Film

  • Gender & Sexuality

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  Rewriting McCullers

  Ellie Duke explores the biographer’s role in biography in a review of Jenn Shapland’s “My Autobiography of Carson McCullers.”

  Ellie DukeFeb 4, 2020

  • Gender & Sexuality

  • Memoir & Essay

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  Writing Together

  Briallen Hopper appreciates "The Mutual Admiration Society," a new book from Mo Moulton.

  Briallen HopperJan 27, 2020

  • Biography & Autobiography

  • Gender & Sexuality

  • History

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  Cruising Happiness: On Garth Greenwell’s “Cleanness”

  Eric Newman reviews the latest from Garth Greenwell, “Cleanness.”

  Eric NewmanJan 23, 2020

  • Fiction

  • Gender & Sexuality

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  Theorizing Queer Before Queer Theory

  Marion Thain on Dustin Friedman’s new study of queerness in the Victorian era, before queer theory or, really, any clear account of queer identity.

  Marion ThainJan 22, 2020

  • Gender & Sexuality

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  “Lights, Camera-maids, Action!”: Women Behind the Lens in Early Cinema

  Gordon and Grimm consider how the camerawoman fought for relevance and visibility in the days of early cinema and ask why we continue to forget her.

  Charles “Buckey” Grimm, Marsha GordonJan 20, 2020

  • Film

  • Gender & Sexuality

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  WriteGirl Has My Heart: A Conversation with Keren Taylor

  Dinah Lenney talks to Keren Taylor, the founder and executive director of WriteGirl.

  Dinah LenneyJan 16, 2020

  • Gender & Sexuality

  • Nonfiction

  • Young Adult & Children’s Literature

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  #consentsowhite: On the Erotics of Slave Play in “Slave Play”

  Avgi Saketopoulou explores the charged interconnections between racism and sexuality in Jeremy O. Harris’s “Slave Play.”

  Avgi SaketopoulouJan 10, 2020

  • Art & Architecture

  • Gender & Sexuality

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  Promiscuous Autobiography on Facebook: An Interview with Samuel R. Delany, Part II

  Alex Wermer-Colan interviews sci-fi legend Samuel R. Delany about queerness, history, literature, and identity as the author moves into his late career.

  Alex Wermer-ColanJan 10, 2020

  • Gender & Sexuality

  • SF

  • Science & Technology

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  Killing the Monstrous Mother

  Gina Frangello reviews Adrienne Brodeur’s memoir about her glamorous but flawed mother.

  Gina FrangelloJan 9, 2020

  • Gender & Sexuality

  • Memoir & Essay