Gender & Sexuality

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

How Do You Solve a Problem Like the Western?
Krithika Varagur looks at two recent women-centric Westerns and attest to the quintessentially American genre’s enduring vitality abroad.
Krithika VaragurFeb 22, 2019
Popular Feminism: Male Victimhood
Despite the fact that misogyny has long existed as the norm, in the current moment there is an overt claim that masculinity and patriarchy are under threat.
Sarah Banet-WeiserFeb 22, 2019
- Gender & Sexuality
Even This Review Is a Dildo: On Paul B. Preciado’s “Countersexual Manifesto”
RL Goldberg on Paul Preciado’s “Countersexual Manifesto” and the possibility that “all is dildo.”
RL GoldbergFeb 16, 2019
- Gender & Sexuality
Doomed to Survive, but Not Live: An Interview with Joumana Haddad
A Lebanese essayist speaks out against the domination of the body.
Tom ZoellnerFeb 11, 2019
The Confessional Peep Show: Pleasure, Pornography, and “The Deuce”
Reading HBO’s “The Deuce” through the lens of academic porn studies.
Kelly Marie CoyneFeb 6, 2019
- Gender & Sexuality
- Television
Her Dark Materials: A Conversation with Vanessa Place
Daniel Elkind speaks to Vanessa Place about her provocative “You Had to Be There: Rape Jokes.”
Daniel ElkindFeb 5, 2019
A Future That Rests with the Fate of the Oppressed: On Rita Indiana’s “Tentacle”
Kristie Soares looks at sex work, race, and political struggle in the Dominican Republic to understand Rita Indiana’s new novel, “Tentacle.”
Kristie SoaresFeb 1, 2019
Why Me?: On Tressie McMillan Cottom’s “Thick: And Other Essays”
In “Thick,” black womanhood unites all the essays, yet Tressie McMillan Cottom is not interested in making simple generalizations from her own experience.
Maggie LevantovskayaJan 30, 2019
Queering the Vote
On how LGBTQ populations in the United States support Democrats in much greater numbers than the liberal party support among their counterparts in Europe.
Samuel Clowes HunekeJan 27, 2019
WhatsApps with Women #2: Joanna Walsh Talks to Artist and Curator Tamsyn Challenger about Pussy Riot
A conversation with Tamsyn Challenger about "Free The Pussy!," the recent exhibition on Pussy Riot.
Joanna WalshJan 25, 2019
Fealty, Fortune, and the Wives of #MeToo
Suzanne Leonard looks at how “House of Cards”’s last season frames our conflicting cultural expectations that surround the figure of the political wife.
Suzanne LeonardJan 25, 2019
- Gender & Sexuality
- Politics
Sexual Consent and the Social Contract
Steven Miller discusses the relationship between sexual and political consent.
Steven A. MillerJan 22, 2019