Gender & Sexuality

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

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  Sacred Places: Hugh Ryan Interviews Lance Richardson

  Hugh Ryan talks to Lance Richardson about his new biography, "House of Nutter: The Rebel Tailor of Savile Row."

  Hugh RyanJul 1, 2018

  • Biography & Autobiography

  • Gender & Sexuality

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  Aimee Molloy’s Maternal Horror

  The gripping horror of Aimee Molloy’s “The Perfect Mother” lies in showing us the demons of motherhood in broad daylight.

  Lily MeyerJun 13, 2018

  • Fiction

  • Gender & Sexuality

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  Sultry Night: Grant Wood’s Queer Midwest

  Anya Ventura looks at the queer life hiding inside of Grant Wood’s iconic paintings of Depression-era Americana.

  Anya VenturaJun 10, 2018

  • Art & Architecture

  • Gender & Sexuality

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  New Formation: Janelle Monáe’s Radical Emotion Pictures

  "Dirty Computer" finds Monáe not only inserting herself into traditions that can’t fully contain her but resculpting them in her likeness.

  Adrienne BrownMay 28, 2018

  • Film

  • Gender & Sexuality

  • Music

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  Popular Feminism: The Scandal of the Comeback Story

  This is the third installment in a bi-monthly column that will explore some of the different cultural facets of popular feminism.

  Sarah Banet-WeiserMay 25, 2018

  • Gender & Sexuality

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  Feminism’s Styles

  A book on midcentury anti-feminism and the politics of sentimentality.

  Lori MarsoMay 22, 2018

  • Gender & Sexuality

  • Philosophy & Religion

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  There Will Always Be More “Angels”

  Harrison Hill reviews “The World Only Spins Forward,” a collection of interviews and reflections on Tony Kushner’s “Angels in America.”

  Harrison HillMay 21, 2018

  • Gender & Sexuality

  • History

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  A Queer Pilgrimage to Crema

  Mikaella Clements goes to Crema, Italy, the setting of Luca Guadagnino’s lush film adaptation of André Aciman’s “Call Me by Your Name.”

  Mikaella ClementsMay 17, 2018

  • Around the World

  • Gender & Sexuality

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  A Necessary Fiction: Photography and Self-Image in Lynne Tillman’s “Men and Apparitions”

  In “Men and Apparitions,” she seesaws between an analysis of physical pictures and an examination of the ways we picture ourselves and others.

  Evan MoffittMay 14, 2018

  • Art & Architecture

  • Fiction

  • Gender & Sexuality

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  Handmade Feminism: Irene Lusztig’s “Yours in Sisterhood”

  Megan Moodie interviews Irene Lusztig about her new movie, "Yours in Sisterhood."

  Megan MoodieMay 11, 2018

  • Film

  • Gender & Sexuality

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  Canoodling with Junk Food: On Tommy Pico’s “Junk”

  Jacquelyn Ardam on the ecstasy of detritus in Tommy Pico’s “Junk.”

  Jacquelyn ArdamMay 10, 2018

  • Gender & Sexuality

  • Poetry

• A Fundamentally Absurd Question: Talking with “Motherhood” Author Sheila Heti

  Kate Wolf interviews “Motherhood” author Sheila Heti.

  Kate WolfMay 7, 2018

  • Fiction

  • Gender & Sexuality