Gender & Sexuality

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

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  Breaking New Ground in Women’s “Paths to Fulfillment”: A Conversation with Ruthellen Josselson

  Kitty Lindsay talks to psychologist Ruthellen Josselson about her 35-year-long examination of the ways women define themselves.

  Kitty LindsayAug 5, 2017

  • Gender & Sexuality

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  Gaming Gone Queer

  A new collection of essays probes how queerness intersects with the video game as an industry and an art form.

  Marcus Tran DegnanAug 3, 2017

  • Cultural Studies

  • Gender & Sexuality

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  Rwandan Women Rising: A Model for a More Inclusive Democracy?

  Kathleen B. Jones review “Rwandan Women Rising” and discusses it with its author, Swanee Hunt.

  Kathleen B. JonesJul 26, 2017

  • Around the World

  • Gender & Sexuality

  • Politics

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  When Progress Ebbs: Career Women at the Turn of the 20th Century

  Radha Vatsal muses on the shifting contours of social progress for women.

  Radha VatsalJul 11, 2017

  • Cultural Studies

  • Gender & Sexuality

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  “Carl Broke Something”: On Carl Andre, Ana Mendieta, and the Cult of the Male Genius

  Maya Gurantz reflects on Carl Andre, Ana Mendieta, and the cult of the male genius in contemporary art.

  Maya GurantzJul 10, 2017

  • Art & Architecture

  • Gender & Sexuality

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  Making Motherhood into Art

  Fed and cared for, Menkedick is allowed the space few women have, to sit with her pregnancy and truly grapple with its implications for her life.

  Lyz LenzJul 7, 2017

  • Gender & Sexuality

  • Memoir & Essay

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  Not Just Pussy Hats on the Climate March: Feminist Encounters with the Anthropocene

  “Anthropocene Feminism,” a new essay collection edited by Richard Grusin, asks how feminism is reshaped by a recognition of human impact on the world.

  Catriona SandilandsJul 6, 2017

  • Gender & Sexuality

  • Philosophy & Religion

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  From Sex Worker as Character to Sex Worker as Producer: A Review of Nicholas de Villier’s “Sexography: Sex Work in Documentary”

  Nicholas de Villiers new book gives a fresh view on films about sex work by focusing on documentaries about sex workers, a genre that he calls “sexography.”

  Theresa AnastiJul 6, 2017

  • Film

  • Gender & Sexuality

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  Homophobes Without Homophobia

  Bruno Perreau’s “Queer Theory: The French Response” illuminates the new politics of sexuality in contemporary conservative movements in France and the U.S.

  Adrian DaubJun 28, 2017

  • Around the World

  • Gender & Sexuality

  • Politics

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  The Cult of the Clitoris

  “Becoming Cliterate” will help many women reach their orgasm objectives, and that’s good. But orgasm equity will not solve the problem of patriarchy.

  Laura FrostJun 16, 2017

  • Gender & Sexuality

  • Politics

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  A “Christian Nation” with an Enlightenment Constitution

  Alyson Claire Decker reviews Geoffrey R. Stone's "Sex and the Constitution."

  Alyson Claire DeckerJun 10, 2017

  • Gender & Sexuality

  • Law

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  Facing Facts, Facing Reality: On Deborah Nelson’s “Tough Enough”

  Deborah Nelson’s “Tough Enough” examines how intellectual powerhouses including Hannah Arendt, Susan Sontag, and Diane Arbus face reality head on.

  Jacquelyn ArdamJun 8, 2017

  • Gender & Sexuality

  • Literary Criticism