Gender & Sexuality

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

One Life at a Time: A Conversation with Dr. Daniel Baxter
William Giraldi speaks with Daniel Baxter, author of “One Life at a Time: An American Doctor’s Memoir of AIDS in Botswana.”
William GiraldiSep 16, 2018
Your Child, Your Choice: How the United States Made Parenting Impossible
How the neoliberal rhetoric of "choice" has made it harder to raise children.
Anat Shenker-OsorioSep 12, 2018
It’s Our Time: The Women of Wakanda
“Black Panther” is not only about projecting African diaspora people and cultures into the future; it’s also about recovering the past.
Andrea HairstonSep 8, 2018
Technicolor Saints and Celebrated Outlaws: An Interview with John Rechy
Eric Newman speaks with John Rechy about his latest novel, “Pablo!,” and the struggles and pleasures that have attended his long career as a writer.
Eric NewmanSep 2, 2018
- Fiction
- Gender & Sexuality
I Never Got the Knack of Fidelity: On Gabriela Wiener’s “Crónicas”
Lisa Fetchko reviews Gabriela Wiener's "Sexographies."
Lisa FetchkoAug 29, 2018
More Than Sex: The Queerness of “Falling for Angels” and “Vida”
Will Clark on what critics like D.A. Miller and Tom Joudrey are missing in their critique of contemporary gay representation in film and television.
Will ClarkAug 28, 2018
Memories of the Skin: Shizu Saldamando’s Portraits
Reflections on queer punk art and performance.
Raquel GutiérrezAug 17, 2018
- Art & Architecture
- Gender & Sexuality
Black Magic Realism: John Rechy’s First Novel
A witches’ brew of magic, legend, and tortured faith.
Marilyn MacronAug 12, 2018
- Fiction
- Gender & Sexuality
The Bitchified Decade We’re Still Paying For
Allison Yarrow’s “90s Bitch” explores how pre-2000s culture both celebrated and constrained autonomous femininity.
Randle BrowningAug 9, 2018
- Cultural Studies
- Gender & Sexuality
The Queerness of It All: An Interview with Jeffrey Kripal
"Are you suggesting that Jesus was gay?" "That’s an anachronistic question. The safest thing to say is that he was anything but straight."
Steve PaulsonAug 6, 2018
A Burdensome Memory: Rebecca Makkai’s “The Great Believers”
Dan Lopez on the central concern of Rebecca Makkai’s “The Great Believers,” arguing for the urgency of the history for those marginalized in their time.
Dan LópezAug 4, 2018
- Fiction
- Gender & Sexuality
When Women Dared to Talk About Sex
Jennifer Keishin Armstrong discusses the legacy of “Sex and the City.”
Heather Wood RudulphAug 1, 2018
- Gender & Sexuality
- Television