Capt. Marvel and the Cultural Exhaustion of Higher, Further, Faster
May 7, 2019
—Suzanne Scott
Captain Marvel as the latest show of just how exhausting (and toxic) female representation in superhero media can be
Category: Gender & Sexuality
Books to read during Transgender Awareness Week
November 14, 2018
A selection of books for Transgender Awareness Week (November 12 – 19) and Transgender Day of Remembrance (November 20).
The Myth of Sexual Violence as Only a Crime Against Women
October 26, 2018
—Thomas A. Foster
This article was originally published by The A-Line Journal. Foster discusses the scope of sexual violence as a crime in the era of Trump and Kavanaugh and how it effects us all.
Brown Jouissance and Simone Leigh’s Gathering of Jugs
October 15, 2018
—Amber Jamilla Musser
On Simone Leigh’s exhibit at Luhring Augustine and brown jouissance that brings together violence and possibility in the same frame in order to reclaim and remake selfhood.
Connecting the dots on Brett Kavanaugh
September 25, 2018
—Laura E. Gómez
Details on the truths and lies of the Brett Kavanaugh US Supreme Court Nomination hearings and other events haunting Kavanaugh’s nomination
Back to school as a trans kid
August 28, 2018
—Ann Travers
For trans kids who use the summer break to transition, the new school year is full of possibilities: ranging from a newfound feeling of comfort and acceptance to discrimination and danger.
Personal experience, political action
August 25, 2018
—Joyce Antler
Radical feminists taught their generation that telling your story and listening to the stories of others are crucial steps to politicization. Fifty years later, aspiring women office-holders are learning that bearing witness to women’s experiences may be the best route to political success.
The Campaign to Win the Vote for Women: Why Social Change Takes Time
March 1, 2018
—Johanna Neuman
It is easy to forget just how controversial was this idea that women should have the vote and the fight for women’s voting rights lasted far beyond inking the Nineteenth Amendment into the U.S. Constitution.