Being a queer person is like being a ghost where you have to find places to hide and yet people get scared when they find you.
Tag: masculinity
Tucker Carlson Pulls From an Old Playbook as He Stokes Anxiety About a Masculinity Crisis
The Fox News host’s forthcoming documentary ‘The End of Men’ is part of a rich heritage of hustlers and politicians claiming that American men are becoming devitalised, lazy and …
Growing Up Queer: A War With the Truth
A poem on internalised homophobia and the corpse of my childhood.
Book Review: Zakes Mda’s Subversive Take On Lesotho’s Traditions
Set in the music wars of Lesotho, the new novel by the South African author tells of a wandering minstrel whose hit song leads to his downfall.
My Body is a Temple Without a God
A poem on how a man is body-shamed for not being masculine enough – both physically and emotionally – as per society's absurd standards.
Trans Author Vivek Shraya on What She Loves About Being Queer
Canadian author and artist Vivek Shraya talks about coming out as a trans woman and why there are no straight answers to the Queer question.
Inside the Warped World of Incel Extremists
Jake Davison, the gunman in the UK’s worst mass shooting in a decade, has been linked to the ‘Incel’ movement.
I Am My Mother’s Son
A poem on the power and the legacy we inherit from our female ancestors.
Review | The Innards of Toxic Masculinity
In her book 'The Anger of Saintly Men', Anubha Yadav painstakingly etches the ways in which masculinity is moulded, reinforced, and applauded in our society.
The Gendered Genesis of Modern-Day Romance
We need to change what we perceive as romantic gestures, and it goes beyond splitting the bill on a first date.