A Fucked Concept

Emily Zhou's debut short story collection demystifies life among the overeducated, underpaid NYC trans women you envy online.

Bad Influences

Neil Gaiman, Amanda Palmer, and the seductive nihilism of the gothic feminine aesthetic

A Bushwick Version of The Divine Comedy

For the third chapter of Castration Movie, Louise Weard relocates to New York and doubles down on her painfully necessary satire of 21st century transfeminine life.

Revenge of the Repressed

Paul Reubens and the queer romance of the "false self".

On Wanting to Be Killed

A journey into Alex Walton's fevered and brilliant indie rock imagination.

Lost in Space

On fifth grade, youthful cross-dressing, uncontrollable tween anxiety, inspiring female villains, and the time my body tried to destroy itself.

Deadbeats and Dropouts

Canadian filmmaker Louise Weard's slow-burning "Castration Movie" is already a masterful work of trans cinema, and it's only half done.

I Saw the TV Glow... and All I Got Were These Bad Vibes

Jane Shoenbrun's trans-coded psychedelic psychodrama is a masterpiece of atmosphere, but it's also a solipsistic bummer.

This Unique Trans Loneliness Eats Away at Me... and I Love It

A bit of memoir, followed by a book report on Jennifer Espinoza's "I Don't Want to Be Understood"