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Our Bodies, Our Business
Sascha Cohen reviews “Revolting Prostitutes: The Fight For Sex Workers’ Rights.”
Gender & Sexuality
"As far as I'm concerned, being any gender is a drag." — Patti Smith
Feminisms in Motion: A Conversation with Jessica Hoffmann and Daria Yudacufski
M. Buna speaks to Jessica Hoffmann and Daria Yudacufski, co-editors of “make/shift” magazine and of “Feminisms in Motion.”
Practicing Utopia: Recent Retrospectives on the Work of David Wojnarowicz
The powerful multimedia legacy of the late AIDS activist and artist.
Need You — Baby
Dave Mandl consults “Where to Score,” a collection of classified ads culled from the pages of the “San Francisco Oracle.”
The Hard-Earned Lessons of a Born Maverick
The highs and lows of the feminism movement, as seen through the eyes of one of its leaders.
Portrait of a Middle-Class Butch Academic
Alexis Clements reviews Esther Newton’s “My Butch Career,” a memoir of the early life and career of an important pioneer in the field of LGBTQ Studies.
After the Plague of Discourse
Ronnie Scott speaks to Dion Kagan about “Positive Images,” a new work that looks at how representation of HIV/AIDS has changed in the “post-crisis” culture.
Little Book with Big Ambitions: Rita Indiana’s “Tentacle”
Rita Indiana's "Tentacle" takes on environmental disaster, queer politics, race relations, and the legacy of empire in a brief 160 pages.
The Mixed Meanings of Missing Girls
Martha Cooley searches for the figure of the missing girl in contemporary fiction.
What Does Jill Soloway Want?
Meredith Maran takes a look at Jill Soloway’s new memoir, “She Wants It,” which delves into the noted director and writer’s political awakening.
In the Era of #MeToo, Men Don’t “Know” About Predatory Men — but Women Do
"When my safety is at stake, I rely on a more accurate knowing: the intuition born of my trauma. It is enough for me and for most women."
Anger Persists: On Rebecca Traister’s “Good and Mad: The Revolutionary Power of Women’s Anger”
"Good and Mad" uses several prisms for revealing the nuances of women’s anger in the second decade of the 21st century.
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