‘Trans Power’ Is a Celebration of Radical Power and Beauty
Juno Roche's Trans Power discusses trans identity not as a passageway between one of two linear destinations, but as a destination of its own.
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Classic Shōjo Today: Moto Hagio’s ‘The Poe Clan’
Moto Hagio's The Poe Clan manga series a gender-fluid melodrama marked by deep psychological trauma.
Prince Shall Forever Remain the Enigma: ‘This Thing Called Life’
Instead of cherry-picking facts and quotes, Joseph Vogel lets Prince's legacy shine in all its vague and erratic splendor.
Amy Bloom Carefully Imagines Eleanor Roosevelt and Lorena Hickok’s Sexual Romps in ‘White Houses’
At times mawkish and problematic, White Houses is a romance that presents an interesting queer historical fiction.
The Deconstructive Irony of Ortberg’s ‘The Merry Spinster: Tales of Everyday Horror’
This collection gives us Ortberg's trademark gender-swapping, flipping of accepted norms of good vs evil even while blurring the line between them, and startling backstories that do not always reveal underlying motivations but definitely add dark, ironic humor.