A mythical history of the female body turns scholarly material into a thrilling narrative – but makes a few too many leaps of faith. By Orla Polten.
Days of Love and Rage; Pharma Monopoly; The Villain’s Dance; Wilderness of Mirrors.
A new study of transgender experiences finds both diversity and common ground. By Jennie Kermode.
Tilaye’s Saxophone With The Dahlak Band; Nuevos Ríos.
Why Christian should be Leftists; Landscape with Landscape; Big Kiss, Bye-Bye; Notes From a Lost Country.
Keir Starmer and a key adviser smash the British left in a tale of sordid deceit. But does it give them too much credit? By Dexter Govan.
A collection of short stories and vignettes from a feminist pioneer pinpoints the absurd details of the normalizing state, writes Caitlín Doherty.