Space Crone by Ursula K Le Guin
read a little guin
Tag: gender
Little Tales of Misogyny by Patricia Highsmith
the stories are short but the misogyny is loooooong
Can the monster speak? by Paul B. Preciado
arguments to make the world better in language that can only make it worse
POETRY MONTH: Produce Poetry Or Die. by Narada Voux Sanders
realising i read poetry looking for poets, not poems
POETRY MONTH: ANTHOLOGY 2018 by Broken Sleep Books
an excellent anthology from friend of the blog broken sleep books
Penguin Classics Marvel Collection: Black Panther by various
are superheroes for superzeroes?
Andrea Víctrix by Llorenç Villalonga
a “lost masterpiece” that deserved to be forgotten
Dictee by Theresa Hak Kyung Cha
an excellent early 80s hybrid text with a distressing – and violent – context
Mask Off: Masculinity Redefined by JJ Bola
an interesting introduction to progressive gender studies that every teenage lad should read!
Passing by Nella Larsen (Norton Critical Edition)
a stunning harlem renaissance novel; scott muses on the hangover of growing up in a cultural desert
Fear of Flying by Erica Jong
in early Jan I was quoted in the New Yorker and read a perfect novel
The Marriages Between Zones Three, Four, And Five (As Narrated by the Chroniclers of Zone Three) by Doris Lessing
part two of doris lessing’s sci-fi quintet
on sleaze via Saul Bellow
sleaze is not a synonym for prurience
James Baldwin Threeway
baldwin, baldwin, baldwin
The Second Sex by Simone de Beauvoir
well, it’s a “classic” and now i’ve read it
New-Generation African Poets: A Chapbook Boxset (SITA), ed. Kwame Dawes & Chris Abani
a boxset of ten powerful chapbooks
The Pumpkin Eater by Penelope Mortimer
powerful novel that should be better known
The Sign of the Cross by Colm Tóibín
a book almost squarely aimed at me
My Sister, The Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite
great playful (tho violent!) contemporary Nigerian novel
Testosterone Rex by Cordelia Fine
who is this for?
Walking Through Clear Water in a Pool Painted Black by Cookie Mueller
some really gorgeous prose
The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin
gorgeous prose, important content
There Are More Beautiful Things Than Beyoncé by Morgan Parker
v good poems tho a v poor blog post
The Fat Black Woman’s Poems by Grace Nichols
finally some really bloody good poems
SCUM Manifesto by Valerie Solanas
tell me again how bad i am
A Spy In The House Of Love by Anaïs Nin
a literary lifestyle novelist in the GUM clinic
Popular Hits of the Showa Era by Ryu Murakami
not a great book, not a great blog post
Queer: A Graphic History by Meg-John Barker & Julia Scheele
Keen to work out what my sexuality is but too repressed to do it using sex
Giovanni’s Room by James Baldwin
Gorgeous, sensuous, unforgettable
Negroland: A Memoir by Margo Jefferson
Finally, a book about race that makes me angry at myself
Hold Tight by Jeffrey Boakye
i’m looking tired but feeling great
Notes From No Man’s Land by Eula Biss
great essay collection… from america
#TotNTV: Clothing & Identity
William Wyld & Chris Nelson discuss the relationship between clothing and identity.
#TotNTV: SEX
Chris Nelson, Ella Frears, David Ralfe & William Wyld chat sex.
#TotNTV: Fatherhood
boys becoming men / men becoming fathers
#TotNTV: Men & Emotions
in which I ask loadsa men about crying
#TotNTV: Chris Jones on Prison
Chris Jones speaks about a hyper male environment.
#TotNTV: Listening
Winnie M Li and David Ralfe discuss the importance of listening:
#TotNTV: Definitions
My weird (and arguably ill judged) season of #TotNTV episodes on gender continues with an episode on words and definitons.Continue Reading
#TotNTV: Asking Questions About Gender
Potentially ill-judged exploration of gender from a cis white man
50 Euro by Karina Bush
if sex sells who’s buying
#TotNTV: Winnie M Li & Dark Chapter
#TotNTV episode discussing a novel about sexual assault
Home is on my Mind… by Sheena Rose
Review of a lo-fi art book and footnotes about depression
Triumph of the Now TV
home of the lo-fi magazine web series
Closely Observed Trains by Bohumil Hrabel
Good Czech book, but do I need to try harder to czech my privilege?
White Girls by Hilton Als
Off the booze (again), I enjoy a book but despair of life.
The Female Eunuch by Germaine Greer
If Greer – who doesn’t believe in non-binary genders – is correct, then I am a woman.
We Should All Be Feminists by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Men: they wear T-shirts saying “Smash the patriarchy” with an arrow pointing at their penis
The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
This dystopian novel feels a bit too 2016…
Triumph Of The Now 