Andrea Pallaoro’s Trans Drama ‘Monica’ Has a Painter’s Touch
Andrea Pallaoro’s artful drama, Monica, is a reflection on how pain evolves, from the original words or actions to the silence and distance that hurts us more.
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Uýra of ‘Uýra: The Rising Forest’ on Nature’s Trans[formational] Power
Brazilian artist Uýra shares how Indigenous struggles to preserve the natural world intersect with queer efforts in an essential act for humankind’s survival.
Short Story Collection ‘Transitions’ Sets the Mind in Motion
Transitions is an exceptional collection of short stories that deserves recognition both for the quality of the writing and its provocative themes.
‘Transgender Street Legend Vol. 2’ Finds Left at London “At My Peak and Still Rising”
"[Pandemic lockdown] has been a detriment to many people's mental health," notes Nat Puff (aka Left at London) around her incendiary, politically-charged new album, "but goddamn it if I haven't been making some bops here and there!"
Wendy Carlos: Musical Pioneer, Reluctant Icon
Amanda Sewell's vastly informative new biography on musical trailblazer Wendy Carlos is both reverent and honest.
“I’ll See You Later”: Repetition and Time in Pedro Almodóvar’s ‘All About My Mother’
There are mythical moments in Almodóvar’s All About My Mother. We are meant to register repetition in the story as something wonderfully strange, a connection across the chasm of impossibility.
‘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.
‘Going Stealth’: Trans Politics and Surveillance Practices
When activists cooperate with a repressive state, who gets left behind?
‘A Fantastic Woman’ Is a Tale of Identities Half-Formed, Half-Believed
Unfortunately, Sebastian Lelio’s foreign film-Oscar nominated drama about a transgender woman, A Fantastic Woman, is something of a half-shaped film.
When One’s ‘True Sex’ Is Discovered in America
The rich portraits Skidmore creates of these trans men can help illuminate not only their lives but also the lives of many other trans people who remain undiscovered and anonymous.
The Power of Created Stories in Ivan Coyote’s ‘Tomboy Survival Guide’
Ivan Coyote's Tomboy Survival Guide is full of well-told tales about growing up transgender in the Yukon.
The Ongoing Conversation of Gender and Sexuality
Dutch author Maxim Februari's The Making of a Man is an interesting, if sometimes frustrating, contribution to discussions of gender and sexuality.