Gender & Sexuality

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

The Groves of Academe: On “Keep the Damned Women Out”
Andrew Seal on Nancy Weiss Malkiel's "'Keep the Damned Women Out': The Struggle for Coeducation."
Andrew SealJun 3, 2017
A Town’s Own Story: Édouard Louis’s “The End of Eddy”
Charlie Tyson on Édouard Louis's autobiographical novel.
Charlie TysonMay 28, 2017
- Fiction
- Gender & Sexuality
Notes on “RuPaul’s Drag Race”
Becca Rothfeld on the joyous camp of "RuPaul's Drag Race."
Becca RothfeldMay 24, 2017
- Gender & Sexuality
- Television
Navigating Identities Past and Present in Susan Faludi’s “In the Darkroom”
Will Clark on the complications of identity, history and the body in Susan Faludi’s “In the Darkroom.”
Will ClarkMay 20, 2017
- Gender & Sexuality
- Memoir & Essay
A Space for Pleasures of All Kinds: On “Cruising the Library”
Emily Drabinski explores normativity and the Library of Congress classification system in her review of Melissa Adler’s “Cruising the Library.”
Emily DrabinskiMay 14, 2017
- Cultural Studies
- Gender & Sexuality
“I Need You to Check Your Eyes”: Alex Dimitrov Gets Intimate
In “Together and by Ourselves,” Alex Dimitrov explores intimacy and its discontents.
Aaron GoldsmanMay 11, 2017
- Gender & Sexuality
- Poetry
Consider the Crocodile: Qiu Miaojin’s Lesbian Bestiary
Ari Larissa Heinrich explores the political moment and enduring legacy of Qiu Miaojin’s “Notes of a Crocodile.”
Ari Larissa HeinrichMay 7, 2017
Quiet Is Creative. Silence Is Death.
Alyssa Oursler talks to poet Arisa White.
Alyssa OurslerApr 26, 2017
- Gender & Sexuality
- Poetry
Everyone Grows Up: Jonathan Alexander and Brian Selznick in Conversation
Jonathan Alexander interview children’s author Brian Selznick.
Jonathan AlexanderApr 19, 2017
- Gender & Sexuality
- Young Adult & Children’s Literature
You Can’t Have Me: Feminist Infiltrations in Object-Oriented Ontology
Rebekah Sheldon on "Object-Oriented Feminism."
Rebekah SheldonApr 8, 2017
Pause the Alarm
Katie O'Reilly talks to Lisen Stromberg about her book "Work Pause Thrive: How to Pause for Parenthood Without Killing Your Career."
Katie O’ReillyApr 3, 2017
- Gender & Sexuality
- Politics
Pussy Wars
“Ovarian Psycos” and “Antibirth” take up the biology of the feminized body, but anatomy doesn’t determine their politics.
Mar 24, 2017
- Film
- Gender & Sexuality