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Gender & Sexuality, Politics

#Milosexual and the Aesthetics of Fascism

Milo Yiannopoulos was the paradoxical posterboy for the alt-right's fascist aesthetic. Until he wasn't.

Daniel Penny

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Gender & Sexuality

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The Logic of Misogyny

Moralistic or not, misogyny is not about hating women. It is about controlling them.

Kate Manne

Gender & Sexuality, Global Justice

Orlando: What’s God Got to Do with It?

Suddenly conservatives want us to believe they care about homophobia.

Michael Bronski

Poetry

The Thing with Fathers

Poetry is offering new candor about the ways men care for their children.

Stephen Burt

Gender & Sexuality, Law & Justice

Brock Turner and The Problem of Punishment

Rapists should be held accountable. But is more incarceration the best way?

Judith Levine

Gender & Sexuality, Philosophy & Religion

The Religious-Liberty Attack on Transgender Rights

Conservative Christians are out to restore their historical legal privileges.

David Sehat

Poetry

The End of Gender

Eileen Myles's celebrity shouldn't eclipse her skill as a poet.

erica kaufman

Class & Inequality, Gender & Sexuality

The Not-So-Revolutionary Single Woman

The family is changing. Will the social contract catch up?

Jessa Crispin

Poetry

A Mutant Gene in Language

Poet D. A. Powell on lowercasing "aids" and surviving a plague.

D. A. Powell, Tadeusz Dąbrowski

Gender & Sexuality, Politics

Are Women the Silent Sex?

Getting women to participate in group decision-making takes more than superficial equality.

Tali Mendelberg, Christopher F. Karpowitz

Poetry

I, Your Perfect Muse

Dawn Lundy Martin discusses the impact of history on the poetic body.

Karen Lepri

Poetry

The Spectacle of Transformation

The literal and metaphorical shapeshifting of the female body.

Marcela Sulak

Gender & Sexuality, Literature & Culture

Pauli Murray, Eleanor Roosevelt's Beloved Radical

Crusading for black rights, women's equality, and gender non-conformity.

Kenneth W. Mack

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