Gender & Sexuality

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

All That Lovely Old Transsexual Shit
Agnes Borinsky appreciates all the ways Vivian Blaxell’s does transness in her book-length essay “Worthy of the Event.”
Agnes BorinskyMay 26
- Memoir & Essay
- Gender & Sexuality
Rebel Girls
Elizabeth Alsop considers the third season of “Yellowjackets.”
Elizabeth AlsopApr 12
- Television
- Gender & Sexuality
The Heir Conditioner
The LARB Quarterly, issue no. 44, “Pressure,” presents an excerpt from Hannah Zeavin’s “Mother Media.”
Hannah ZeavinApr 9
- LARB Lit
- Gender & Sexuality
Working Out the Kinks
Brittany Menjivar interviews Brittany Newell about style, symbolism, and representations of sex work in her second novel, “Soft Core.”
Brittany MenjivarMar 27
- Fiction
- Gender & Sexuality
Mann Men
Clayton Purdom explores an oeuvre of men in crisis in an essay from the LARB Quarterly, issue no. 44, “Pressure.”
Clayton PurdomMar 25
Brimming with Pathos
Emily Wells interviews William J. Simmons about “Love and Degradation: Excessive Desires in Queer-Feminist Art.”
Emily WellsMar 20
- Gender & Sexuality
- Memoir & Essay
Failures of Mirror Logic
Megan Fernandes interviews Kiran Bath about “Instructions for Banno.”
Megan FernandesMar 15
- Poetry
- Gender & Sexuality
As You Write It
Nicole Graev Lipson about her debut collection, “Mothers and Other Fictional Characters: A Memoir in Essays.”
Acree Graham MacamMar 12
- Memoir & Essay
- Gender & Sexuality
Helen, Writer of Her Own Myth
Nic Cavell reviews Maria Zoccola’s “Helen of Troy, 1993.”
Nic CavellJan 15
Purely Carnal
Jourdain Searles considers Halina Reijn’s “Babygirl.”
Jourdain SearlesJan 8
- Film
- Gender & Sexuality
Under the Table
Sam Bodrojan considers “Anora” and the emasculated sadism of Sean Baker.
Sam BodrojanJan 5
- Film
- Gender & Sexuality
Complexity as a Liberatory Practice
Tara Anne Dalbow explores artist-poet Mina Loy’s thrilling embrace of contradiction.
Tara Anne DalbowJan 2
- Poetry
- Gender & Sexuality