Trans activist, writer, spoken word performer and biologist
Julia Serano talks with Cath Davies about her first full-length book
Whipping Girl: A Transsexual Woman on Sexism and the Scapegoating of
Femininity.
Whipping Girl has been described by one reviewer as a “transfeminine
critique” of not only traditional but feminist accounts of gender.
US-based Serano argues that trans women are “ridiculed and dismissed
not merely because we transgress binary gender norms, but rather
because we choose to be women rather than men” and most discrimination
she has experienced is better described not as ‘anti-trans’ but
‘misogyny’...
Katrina Fox explores boi culture in Australia and what it means to those who take on the identity.
The word ‘boi’ has been floating around for some time in the queer
community. For some, it’s merely an updated term for ‘butch’. Others
claim it as a gender identity or as a genderless social or sexual
descriptor, while still others identify as both boi and woman. In her book Female Chauvinist Pigs US author Ariel Levy portrays bois
as aggressive pimps or ‘bros’ seeking female ‘hos’ to treat badly,
while academic commentators such as Camille Paglia accuse bois...
Being ‘green’ doesn’t mean boring. Liz Bowie offers up some stylish eco-gear.
It’s almost impossible to turn on the news, hear a political speech or
go to the movies these days without being reminded of the state of our
environment. We are in an environmental crisis and politicians can no
longer bury their heads in the sand and pretend climate change doesn’t
exist...
I.Kandi isn’t your average drag king – she’s dirty, queer and loves to bend the rules, writes Liz Bowie.
“I’m not very good at self censoring,” says Alanna, otherwise known as
I.Kandi as she stirs honey into her chai tea. This self-confessed
exhibitionist has become a regular on the Sydney drag scene, her shows
consisting of both boi drag and uber-femme goddesses that bare uncanny
resemblances to Paris Hilton and Anna Nicole Smith...
What is the attraction of tattoos to lesbian and queer women? Shuk-Wah Chung investigates.
Mel C, aka Sporty Spice, used to laugh at those lesbian rumours. But
recently she told Cosmopolitan magazine: “Then it kind of pissed me off
when I thought, because I have short hair and am quite muscular with a
few tattoos, am I the stereotypical lesbian?”
Trans activist, writer, spoken word performer and biologist
Julia Serano talks with Cath Davies about her first full-length book
Whipping Girl: A Transsexual Woman on Sexism and the Scapegoating of
Femininity. 
Katrina Fox explores boi culture in Australia and what it means to those who take on the identity.
Being ‘green’ doesn’t mean boring. Liz Bowie offers up some stylish eco-gear.
I.Kandi isn’t your average drag king – she’s dirty, queer and loves to bend the rules, writes Liz Bowie.
What is the attraction of tattoos to lesbian and queer women? Shuk-Wah Chung investigates.
