Gender & Sexuality

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

Roland Barthes and the Urgency of Nuance
Philip Sayers on the difficulty and importance of recovering Roland Barthes’s engagement of the neutral in our political moment.
Philip SayersNov 4, 2018
The Close Fight for Women’s Suffrage
"The ideas and attitudes that fostered opposition to women's suffrage are still with us." Adam Winkler on "The Woman's Hour."
Adam WinklerNov 2, 2018
Politics of Hate
Samuel Huneke reviews Dan Healey’s “Russian Homophobia from Stalin to Sochi,” a look at the development of homophobia as a political strategy in Russia.
Samuel Clowes HunekeOct 26, 2018
The Devils of Our Better Nature: On Dennis Cooper and His New Film
“Permanent Green Light” is the demonic author’s most innocent work.
Daniel FelsenthalOct 19, 2018
Taking Responsibility: An Interview with Sarah Schulman
Carley Moore speaks with Sarah Schulman about “Maggie Terry,” Schulman’s new novel about an addict and mother struggling to get her life back together.
Carley MooreOct 14, 2018
- Fiction
- Gender & Sexuality
Parenting in the Age of Fear: An Interview with Kim Brooks
Kathleen Rooney interviews Kim Brooks about her new book on parenting in the age of fear and the anxieties that attend modern motherhood and fatherhood.
Kathleen RooneyOct 13, 2018
- Gender & Sexuality
- Memoir & Essay
Why We Need Erotica
The close ties between erotic literature and feminism.
Hayley PhelanOct 11, 2018
- Gender & Sexuality
The Motion of the Pestle
Liesl Schwabe reviews Gendun Chopel's "The Passion Book: A Tibetan Guide to Love & Sex."
Liesl SchwabeOct 11, 2018
“I Wanted It to Be a Comedy”: On “The Saintliness of Margery Kempe”
Clare Davidson and Boyda Johnstone review Austin Pendleton’s “The Saintliness of Margery Kempe.”
Boyda Johnstone, Clare H. DavidsonOct 6, 2018
- Gender & Sexuality
- History
Going for Gold: The Work and Career of Brian Jordan Alvarez
Jonathan Alexander looks at the work and future of DIY internet media impresario Brian Jordan Alvarez as he looks to transition to the big screen.
Jonathan AlexanderOct 5, 2018
Popular Feminism: Feminist Flashpoints
This is the fifth installment in a bi-monthly column that will explore some of the different cultural facets of popular feminism.
Sarah Banet-WeiserOct 5, 2018
- Gender & Sexuality
- Politics
Being Cruised
Jonathan Alexander plumbs the joys of cruising as well as the ethical binds that attend looking at the bodies of others and being looked at in return.
Jonathan AlexanderOct 2, 2018
- Gender & Sexuality