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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.
Gender & Sexuality
"As far as I'm concerned, being any gender is a drag." — Patti Smith
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.
Queering Dance, at Last
Melissa Templeton on the new anthology “Queer Dance,” which, at long last treats the intersection of gender, sex, and choreography.
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.
The Neoliberal Feminist Subject
How neoliberalism is co-opting and undermining feminism.
Growing Up Female
On the pragmatic feminism of Tamora Pierce.
A Carnal Contact with Reality: On Pasolini’s Novels
On a great director’s neglected novels.
In Search of Strong Women
Priyanka Kumar considers Manal al-Sharif's "Daring to Drive" and Omar Saif Ghobash's "Letters to a Young Muslim."
Toward a Humor-Positive Feminism: Lessons from the Sex Wars
Building a humor-positive feminism.
Situating the Enslaved: Eunsong Kim’s “Gospel of Regicide” and the Politics of Allyship
Renee Hudson looks at the relationship between betrayal and revolution in Eunsong Kim’s “Gospel of Regicide.”
Other People’s Children, Part 3, or Ghost Touches: Myriam Gurba’s “Mean” and Sexual Violence
Jonathan Alexander on the hauntology of sexual violence in Myriam Gurba’s difficult but impactful new memoir/true crime tale, “Mean.”
The Self in Sex: Lust and Loss in Jonathan Dollimore’s “Desire: A Memoir”
Eric Newman considers Jonathan Dollimore's "Desire: A Memoir."
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