Gender & Sexuality

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

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  Helping Us Get Ready

  Peggy Orenstein’s new book "Girls & Sex: Navigating the Complicated New Landscape" realistically describes teenage sexuality in America today.

  Ava PennerAug 27, 2016

  • Gender & Sexuality

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  The Piety of Shinta Ratri: When Militant Islamists Attacked a Transgender Madrasa, They Attacked Pluralism Itself

  Historically, many Indonesian sexual and gender minorities have lived with a mix of tolerance and prejudice.

  Kyle KnightAug 11, 2016

  • Around the World

  • Cultural Studies

  • Gender & Sexuality

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  An Otherwise Confounded Life

  Barrie Jean Borich on Christine Crosby's "A Body, Undone".

  Barrie Jean BorichJul 31, 2016

  • Gender & Sexuality

  • Memoir & Essay

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  A Portrait of the Baby as a Young Baby

  Rivka Galchen offers a study of a baby and of babies, of culture, and of vulnerability.

  Lucy IvesJul 6, 2016

  • Gender & Sexuality

  • Memoir & Essay

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  “The Best Revenge is Your Paper”: Notes on Women’s Work

  Alice Bolin on dating, social media, emotional labor, and Beyoncé.

  Alice BolinJun 19, 2016

  • Gender & Sexuality

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  The Women Who Worked for the Women Who Work

  "Because of Sex" by Gillian Thomas pays tribute to the women who fought for respect and equality in the workplace.

  Laurie L. LevensonApr 27, 2016

  • Gender & Sexuality

  • Law

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  Sanctuary: Jeanette Winterson Saved My Life

  Novelist SJ Sindu tells how Jeanette Winterson's work pulled her outside of her skin and allowed her to see a future in which she was happy.

  SJ SinduApr 20, 2016

  • Gender & Sexuality

  • Memoir & Essay

• My Year of Sarah Schulman

  It would be easy to enjoy "The Cosmopolitans" even if you had never heard the name Sarah Schulman before.

  Hugh RyanMar 20, 2016

  • Fiction

  • Gender & Sexuality

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  Love’s Inequality

  The logic of marriage equality carries with it a damaged history of racial and sexual exclusion that the marriage movement ignores at its peril.

  Will ClarkMar 7, 2016

  • Gender & Sexuality

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  Sexual Ableism

  Fighting sexual ableism doesn't mean ignoring abuse or exonerating Anna Stubblefield.

  David M. PerryFeb 25, 2016

  • Cultural Studies

  • Gender & Sexuality

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  The Unconscious Is the Last Activist

  For human sexuality, there is no normative sexuality.

  Cassandra SeltmanFeb 8, 2016

  • Gender & Sexuality

• Spectacular Designs

  "The Feminine Future" draws attention to turn-of-the-century female sci-fi writers, who have been overlooked and under-recognized for their role.

  Robert KilpatrickJan 9, 2016

  • Gender & Sexuality

  • SF