Gender & Sexuality

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

• “Girl Sex 101” Is a Total Joy

  Any sex manual worth its salt is an instrument of liberation.

  Charlie Jane AndersSep 25, 2015

  • Gender & Sexuality

• “Writing and Holding”

  On Maggie Nelson's "The Argonauts."

  Jonathan FarmerSep 12, 2015

  • Gender & Sexuality

  • Poetry

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  The More Noise, the More They Listen

  Larry Kramer may be getting older, but his passion, anger, and humor about AIDS is only getting stronger, in his activism, his writings, and his life.

  John-Manuel AndrioteSep 8, 2015

  • Gender & Sexuality

  • Science & Technology

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  Feminist Utopia Project

  Margaret Shultz interviews "Utopia Project" editors Alexandra Brodsky and Rachel Kauder Nalebuff.

  Margaret ShultzAug 30, 2015

  • Cultural Studies

  • Gender & Sexuality

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  The Young and the Restless, and Laura Kipnis

  Kipnis, a humorous feminist and feminist humorist, employs irony, sarcasm, satire, and a general sense of levity in her discussions of gender, feminism, and sexuality.

  Stan PerskyJul 25, 2015

  • Gender & Sexuality

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  Between Victimhood and Power: The Female Detectives of Television’s Crime Dramas

  Annie Manion discusses the gender contradictions of female detectives in television crime dramas.

  Annie ManionJun 22, 2015

  • Gender & Sexuality

  • Noir

  • Television

• History, the Closet, and the LAPD

  Nina Revoyr interviews Katherine V. Forrest about her career and its influences.

  Nina RevoyrJun 16, 2015

  • Gender & Sexuality

  • Noir

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  Forty Years’ War

  Jim HinchMay 24, 2015

  • Gender & Sexuality

  • Politics

  • Religion

• 50 Shades of Libertarian Love

  Walter Benn Michael's excerpt from from a longer piece forthcoming in "Neoliberalism and Literature."

  May 22, 2015

  • Gender & Sexuality

  • Politics

• Queer Blood

  "In Cold Blood" is a classic of queer literature, a book that can continue to teach us about the closet and the damage done.

  Ned Stuckey-FrenchMay 4, 2015

  • Gender & Sexuality

  • Nonfiction

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  Capsid: A Love Song

  How to live and love with AIDS.

  Joseph OsmundsonMar 23, 2015

  • Gender & Sexuality

  • Memoir & Essay

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  Feminist Artifacts: The Archive of Germaine Greer

  According to Greer, the woman of today is actually the eunuch herself — dehumanized and desexualized by an oppressive patriarchy that engulfs her autonomy and, thereby, her personhood, as well as her womanhood.

  Nathan SmithMar 21, 2015

  • Gender & Sexuality