Debra Soh’s new book should perhaps have been named, The End of Gender Identity, as this is what it actually argue…
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The art of avoiding definitions: A review of ‘Trans*: A Quick and Quirky Account of Gender Variability’
“Trans*: A Quick and Quirky Account of Gender Variability” aims to clarify, but succeeds only in highlightin…
Drawing lines: A review of Renate Klein’s ‘Surrogacy: A Human Rights Violation’
How did we get to the point where this reduction of women to bodies is accepted and even celebrated — not only among man…
If misogyny exists to punish rebellious women, why are obedient women victimized too?
‘Down Girl’ offers a compelling analysis of misogyny, but leaves pivotal questions unanswered.…
Blade Runner 2049 warns us of an impending future without love, connection, or freedom
The real message of Blade Runner 2049 is that objectification can only lead to dehumanization.…
Julie Bindel’s ‘The Pimping of Prostitution’ destroys sex trade myths with unforgiving detail
Julie Bindel’s new book offers the most comprehensive analysis of the politics of the sex trade yet.…
‘The Deuce’ is critical of the sex industry, whether liberal America likes it or not
Despite David Simon’s critiques of pornography, American media stuck to their neoliberal guns.…
‘Kill All Normies’ skewers online identity politics
Jen Izaakson reviews Angela Nagle’s new book, “Kill All Normies.”…
‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ offers a terrifying warning, but the hijacking of feminism is just as dangerous
While “The Handmaid’s Tale” warns of a feminist dystopia, “Hot Girls Wanted: Turned On” sh…
The new Zelda video game is improved, but can’t escape the industry’s princess problem
Nintendo has created a slightly less sexist video game this time, but Zelda: Breath of the Wild still suffers from a mal…
‘Paterson’: Indie quirks can’t hide masculinist frameworks
Beneath its quiet indie surface, venerated U.S. filmmaker Jim Jarmusch’s new film Paterson relies on so many clichés …
Whether it’s prostitution or the Holocaust, deniers are all the same
Alison Bechdel, get thee to a cinema now! Here is a film that not only passes your revolutionary test with flying colour…
These violent delights have violent ends: Westworld brings porn culture to life
In contrast to the starry-eyed sci-fi of previous decades, wherein humans seek Artificial Intelligence in order to solve…
‘Sugar Sisters’ exemplifies the failures of third wave feminism
A CBC documentary called Sugar Sisters: Confessions of a Sugar Baby aired on Thursday. The film claims to “explore…
Lisa Ling endorses legalized prostitution on CNN’s ‘This Is Life’
Sunday night’s “This Is Life” episode boldly went where many of gone before: to the legal brothels of …