Gender & Sexuality

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

Playing the Girl: Ten False Starts (After Janet Malcolm)
Karen Karbo tries to review "You Play the Girl" by Carina Chocano.
Karen KarboFeb 18, 2018
- Gender & Sexuality
- Memoir & Essay
Queer Desires, Queer Disagreements
Will Clark explores “The Ethics of Opting Out” as an introduction to key debates in contemporary queer theory and a path to a more engaged queer politics.
Will ClarkFeb 16, 2018
- Gender & Sexuality
- Philosophy & Religion
Dissolving Identities: On Cristina Rivera Garza’s “The Iliac Crest”
Rachel Ballenger dwells in “The Iliac Crest,” a novel by Cristina Rivera Garza, translated by Sarah Booker.
Rachel BallengerFeb 14, 2018
- Fiction
- Gender & Sexuality
Queen Mary: On Mary Beard’s “Women & Power: A Manifesto”
Rachel Shteir on Mary Beard’s “Women & Power: A Manifesto.”
Rachel ShteirFeb 11, 2018
- Gender & Sexuality
- Politics
“The Company of Diverse Others”: Encounters with Simone de Beauvoir
Simone de Beauvoir in conversation with enemies, friends, and allies.
Kathleen B. JonesFeb 9, 2018
- Gender & Sexuality
- Philosophy & Religion
Shame, Porn, and Perversion: On Erica Garza’s “Getting Off”
Kristin Sanders talks about sex, addiction, and technology in her review of Erica Garza’s new memoir, “Getting Off.”
Kristin SandersFeb 5, 2018
- Gender & Sexuality
- Memoir & Essay
Unexpected Directions: Camille Henrot’s “Days Are Dogs” and the Erasure of the Meaning of Difference
Mariam Rahmani on the pleasures and disappointments of Camille Henrot’s “Days Are Dogs.”
Mariam RahmaniFeb 4, 2018
Not a Riot Grrrl Band: Musician Michelle Cruz Gonzales Sounds off on Punk Feminism
Kitty Lindsay talks to Michelle Cruz Gonzales about "The Spitboy Rule: Tales of a Xicana in a Female Punk Band."
Kitty LindsayFeb 3, 2018
- Gender & Sexuality
- Music
Identifying and Identifying with the Thin White Duke: Darryl Bullock’s “David Bowie Made Me Gay: 100 Years of LGBT Music”
Morgan Woolsey on Darryl Bullock’s “David Bowie Made Me Gay” and the difficulties identifying exactly what “gay music” is.
Morgan WoolseyJan 29, 2018
Beyond the Gaze: Reclaiming the Female Form After Nochlin
Linda Nochlin, best known for her essay “Why Have There Been No Great Women Artists,” died last October. She left a monumental legacy in art criticism.
Mara NaselliJan 28, 2018
Popular Feminism: #MeToo
This is the first installment in a bi-monthly column that will explore some of the different cultural facets of popular feminism.
Sarah Banet-WeiserJan 27, 2018
- Gender & Sexuality
- Politics
Let Me Take a Selfie: Possibility, Performativity, and Politics in Alicia Eler’s “The Selfie Generation”
Alicia Eler’s “The Selfie Generation” dilates on perhaps the seminal photographic genre of our time to think about its possibilities and pitfalls.
Hollis GriffinJan 26, 2018