How Twitter Can Ruin a Life
The writer of a contentious piece of science fiction, “I Sexually Identify as an Attack Helicopter,” drew the internet’s ire. Now she tells her story.
The writer of a contentious piece of science fiction, “I Sexually Identify as an Attack Helicopter,” drew the internet’s ire. Now she tells her story.
Emily VanDerWerff Vox Jun 2021 25min Permalink
He was born Linda, but ten years ago Daniel came out as a transgender man. He changed his name to Daniel Valter Jensen, got a new social security number and grew a full beard.
Line Vaaben Dagbladet Information Jan 2021 20min Permalink
How to tell a genderqueer story.
Alex Marzano-Lesnevich Harper's Nov 2019 25min Permalink
Angelika Graswald, also known as the Kayak Killer, went to jail for letting her fiancé drown in the Hudson River. Now she’s out on parole and looking to clear her name.
Kat Stoeffel Elle Feb 2019 20min Permalink
Should art be a battleground for social justice?
Wesley Morris New York Times Magazine Oct 2018 20min Permalink
How the way we’re taught to look at female-centric TV, books and movies is ruining our ability to see good art.
Lili Loofbourow Virginia Quarterly Review Mar 2018 25min Permalink
On RuPaul and Drag Race.
Jenna Wortham New York Times Magazine Jan 2018 25min Permalink
On female rage.
Leslie Jamison New York Times Magazine Jan 2018 15min Permalink
As a young social psychologist, she played by the rules and won big: an influential study, a viral TED talk, a prestigious job at Harvard. Then, suddenly, the rules changed.
Susan Dominus New York Times Magazine Oct 2017 35min Permalink
What happens when you target sex ed at boys?
Rachel Giese The Walrus Mar 2014 25min Permalink
“My brother Evan was born female. He came out as transgender 16 years ago but never stopped wanting to have a baby. This spring he gave birth to his first child.”
Jessi Hempel Time Sep 2016 20min Permalink
Transgender voice therapy, an airline pilot, and what it means to sound like a woman.
Vivian Wang The Awl Jul 2016 10min Permalink
In 1990, Judith Butler published a groundbreaking book on queer theory. Today, “in a broad-stroke, vastly simplified version, the understanding of gender that Gender Trouble suggests is not only recognizable; it is pop.”
Molly Fischer New York Jun 2016 15min Permalink
The aftermath of a childhood filled with subway flashers, teachers who asked for hugs, and boys who joked about your breasts.
Jessica Valenti The Guardian May 2016 15min Permalink
Dolls and complicated gender dynamics.
Matt Runkle The Collagist Apr 2016 10min Permalink
A story of blame.
Witold Gombrowicz The Paris Review Mar 2016 Permalink
“She is a tech bro — except she’s a woman, trying to sell underwear. Or, as she sees it, innovating in the ‘period space.’” A profile of Miki Agrawal, founder of Thinx.
Noreen Malone New York Jan 2016 20min Permalink
A former staffer on how the company failed its female employees.
Dayna Evans Matter Nov 2015 20min Permalink
A Texas love story.
Francesca Mari Matter Oct 2015 20min Permalink
An investigation into the past of a prominent voice in the men’s rights movement.
Adam Serwer, Katie J.M. Baker Buzzfeed Feb 2015 25min Permalink
A black 16-year-old lights a white, agender 18-year-old’s skirt on fire while riding the bus. Is it a hate crime? And what’s the appropriate punishment?
Dashka Slater New York Times Magazine Jan 2015 25min Permalink
A profile of Anita Sarkeesian, who has recieved death threats as she exposes misogyny in the $25 billion video game industry.
Sheelah Kolhatkar Businessweek Nov 2014 15min Permalink
“Kelsey’s gender identity is ‘non-binary.’ Or, ‘agender.’ It’s what Kelsey feels comfortable with, even though the world keeps insisting, in a million little ways, that Kelsey has to choose.”
Monica Hesse Washington Post Sep 2014 20min Permalink
Posing for family survival in a society that values boys over girls.
Jenny Nordberg The Atlantic Sep 2014 15min Permalink
On the burrneshas of Albania.
Michael Paterniti GQ Mar 2014 25min Permalink