Gender & Sexuality

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

The Astonishing and Multiple Achievements of Alice Guy-Blaché
Sarah Gleeson-White reviews a new documentary about a female cinematic pioneer.
Sarah Gleeson-WhiteNov 23, 2019
- Film
- Gender & Sexuality
Partly Truth, Partly Fiction: 2019 Cinema Revisits the Manson Family
Chloe Lizotte considers the Manson depictions from the summer of 2019, asking what contradictions of representation and historical memory they share.
Chloe LizotteNov 10, 2019
We Are Monsters: On “Inside Killjoy’s Kastle: Dykey Ghosts, Feminist Monsters, and Other Lesbian Hauntings”
On “Inside Killjoy’s Kastle,” a look at a lesbian haunted house art project as well as the anti-trans clouds that haunt stereotypes about lesbian identity.
Alexis ClementsNov 9, 2019
- Art & Architecture
- Gender & Sexuality
Evening Wood
Paul Morton reviews "Cons De Fée: The Erotic Art of Wallace Wood," out now from Fantagraphics.
Paul MortonNov 9, 2019
- Comics
- Gender & Sexuality
Capitalism Is a Mental Illness: “Hustlers,” “The Known World,” and a Failed TV Project
Annie McGreevy on “Hustlers,” Edward P. Jones’s “The Known World,” a failed TV project, and the hustles that sustain us under capitalism.
Annie McGreevyNov 6, 2019
Auspicious Conflagrations: The Heat of Women’s Anger
Bean Gilsdorf joins the chorus of women speaking about their anger, so that they can do something about it.
Bean GilsdorfNov 2, 2019
Open to Critique: An Interview with Jeremy O. Harris
Christopher Shinn talks to Jeremy O. Harris about his recent plays “‘Daddy’” and “Slave Play.”
Christopher ShinnNov 1, 2019
- Art & Architecture
- Gender & Sexuality
East of Eden: On Rachel Monroe’s “Savage Appetites”
Ellen Wayland-Smith reviews Rachel Monroe’s “Savage Appetites: Four True Stories of Women, Crime, and Obsession.”
Ellen Wayland-SmithOct 31, 2019
- Cultural Studies
- Gender & Sexuality
The Trouble with “Adam”
The teen film “Adam” turns complex issues of trans visibility into a vacuous sex farce.
Caden Mark GardnerOct 26, 2019
Circuit: Queer Pleasure as Queer Memory
Joe Osmundson lyrically deploys circuit metaphors to describe how new anti-virals are re-wiring the gay dance circuit in post-AIDS New York.
Joseph OsmundsonOct 22, 2019
- Gender & Sexuality
- Science & Technology
Letter to the Editor: Jenny Brown Responds to “Anti-Labor Politics”
Jenny Brown responds to Meredith Goldsmith, Anna Kryczka, and Catherine Liu’s “Anti-Labor Politics,” and the writers respond to her criticism.
Anna Kryczka, Catherine Liu, Jenny Brown, Meredith GoldsmithOct 15, 2019
- Gender & Sexuality
- Politics
Out of Sartre’s Shadow
Skye C. Cleary reviews Kate Kirkpatrick's new biography of Simone de Beauvoir, "Becoming Beauvoir: A Life."
Skye C. ClearyOct 8, 2019