The Funny Thing About Misogyny
In a preview of LARB Quarterly no. 39: “Air,” Katie Kadue breaks down the misogynist history of the rape joke.
In a preview of LARB Quarterly no. 39: “Air,” Katie Kadue breaks down the misogynist history of the rape joke.
Katie KadueSep 25, 2023
Farah Ahamed on how men reacted to her book about menstruation—by explaining menstruation.
Farah AhamedSep 24, 2023
Brynn Shiovitz reviews two new books on screen dance, Todd Decker’s “Astaire by Numbers: Time & the Straight White Male Dancer” and Matthew Frye...
Brynn ShiovitzSep 22, 2023
Nina Pasquini reviews Hawon Jung’s “Flowers of Fire: The Inside Story of South Korea’s Feminist Movement and What It Means for Women’s Rights...
Nina PasquiniSep 16, 2023
Ariella Garmaise reviews Alissa Bennett’s compilation of celebrity-themed zines, collectively titled “Taxidermist’s Handbook.”
Ariella GarmaiseSep 13, 2023
The history of an Upper West Side sex therapy cult isn’t what you think it will be, according to Dave Mandl’s review of Alexander Stille’s “The...
Dave MandlSep 9, 2023
Naomi Pearce talks with K. Patrick about their debut novel, “Mrs. S.”
Naomi PearceSep 8, 2023
Sarah Stoller reviews Angela Garbes’s “Essential Labor: Mothering as Social Change” and Peggy O’Donnell Heffington’s “Without Children: The Long...
Sarah StollerSep 8, 2023
Henry M. J. Tonks explains how Lawrence Kasdan’s “The Big Chill” gets generational politics all wrong—and why we still need to watch it.
Henry M. J. TonksSep 7, 2023
Hazem Fahmy reviews “The Kingdom of Surfaces” by Sally Wen Mao.
Hazem FahmyAug 28, 2023
Dara Rossman Regaignon explores what George Eliot’s Victorian fiction can tell us about the complexities of pregnancy, viability, miscarriage...
Dara Rossman RegaignonAug 28, 2023
Kate Durbin speaks with author Amanda Montei about her new book “Touched Out: Motherhood, Misogyny, Consent, and Control.”
Kate DurbinAug 18, 2023
Lori Marso explores feeling plastic in Greta Gerwig’s “Barbie” and the works of Chantal Akerman.
Lori MarsoAug 18, 2023
Anna Katharina Schaffner reviews Jennifer Banks’s “Natality: Toward a Philosophy of Birth.”
Anna Katharina SchaffnerAug 14, 2023
Eleanor J. Bader speaks with Barbara Winslow about her new book “Revolutionary Feminists: The Women’s Liberation Movement in Seattle.”
Eleanor J. BaderAug 8, 2023
Grace Lavery reviews Julie Bindel’s “Feminism for Women: The Real Tribute to Liberation,” Helen Joyce’s “Trans: When Ideology Meets Reality,” and...
Grace LaveryJul 31, 2023
Adam Sobsey reviews Marsha Gordon’s “Becoming the Ex-Wife: The Unconventional Life & Forgotten Writings of Ursula Parrott,” a biography of the writer...
Adam SobseyJul 10, 2023
Sean T. Collins and Julia Gfrörer lay out the generic terms of the erotic thriller’s morose relation, the erotic bummer.
Sean T. Collins, Julia GfrörerJul 7, 2023
David M. Higgins reviews Ann Leckie’s “Translation State.”
David M. HigginsJun 28, 2023
Abigail Susik speaks with feminist philosopher Silvia Federici about abortion bans, reproductive justice, and the ongoing war against women.
Abigail SusikJun 23, 2023
Claire Calderón reviews Isabel Zapata’s “In Vitro: On Longing and Transformation.”
Claire CalderónJun 3, 2023
Historian of science Sandra Eder shows how the word “gender” burst out of the clinic circa 1970 and went rogue.
Sandra EderMay 24, 2023
Matthew James Seidel reviews Sophie K. Rosa’s “Radical Intimacy.”
Matthew James SeidelApr 26, 2023
Trish Bendix shows how Rita Mae Brown’s 1973 novel “Rubyfruit Jungle” has inspired five decades of lesbian pop culture.
Trish BendixMar 31, 2023