Debra Soh’s new book should perhaps have been named, The End of Gender Identity, as this is what it actually argues for, rather than “the end of gender.”
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“Trans*: A Quick and Quirky Account of Gender Variability” aims to clarify, but succeeds only in highlighting the lack of clarity which dominates transgender theory.
How did we get to the point where this reduction of women to bodies is accepted and even celebrated — not only among many men but also many women, even among some feminists?
‘Down Girl’ offers a compelling analysis of misogyny, but leaves pivotal questions unanswered.
The real message of Blade Runner 2049 is that objectification can only lead to dehumanization.
Julie Bindel’s new book offers the most comprehensive analysis of the politics of the sex trade yet.
Despite David Simon’s critiques of pornography, American media stuck to their neoliberal guns.
Jen Izaakson reviews Angela Nagle’s new book, “Kill All Normies.”
While “The Handmaid’s Tale” warns of a feminist dystopia, “Hot Girls Wanted: Turned On” shows what happens when we allow our movement to be coopted by patriarchy.
Nintendo has created a slightly less sexist video game this time, but Zelda: Breath of the Wild still suffers from a male-centric design team.
Beneath its quiet indie surface, venerated U.S. filmmaker Jim Jarmusch’s new film Paterson relies on so many clichés — about people of colour, about women and men, about artists, about relationships both…
Alison Bechdel, get thee to a cinema now! Here is a film that not only passes your revolutionary test with flying colours but has a strong female protagonist whose position stems from…
In contrast to the starry-eyed sci-fi of previous decades, wherein humans seek Artificial Intelligence in order to solve the great mysteries of the universe, in HBO’s Westworld, corporate interests dump an ungodly…
A CBC documentary called Sugar Sisters: Confessions of a Sugar Baby aired on Thursday. The film claims to “explore the globally popular phenomenon of sugar dating,” something we’re told is “heavily stigmatized.” In watching Sugar…
Sunday night’s “This Is Life” episode boldly went where many of gone before: to the legal brothels of Nevada. Namely, Dennis Hof’s Moonlite Bunny Ranch. Nevada is often held up as a…