Gender & Sexuality

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

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
Queering Dance, at Last
Melissa Templeton on the new anthology “Queer Dance,” which, at long last treats the intersection of gender, sex, and choreography.
Melissa TempletonJan 24, 2018
Ending the Intersex Exception: The Battle for Informed Consent for People Born with Atypical Sex Characteristics
Kyle Knight on the continuing fight for informed consent by Intersex people who have been harmed by the medical establishment.
Kyle KnightJan 20, 2018
- Gender & Sexuality
The Neoliberal Feminist Subject
How neoliberalism is co-opting and undermining feminism.
Catherine RottenbergJan 7, 2018