"The time is right for Michael Jackson, because American culture has gotten better at handling sex and playing with gender roles. He gives you the sense that you can play with anything--with being a ...

I think we’re all aware that, contrary to what your worst relative is probably typing into the Facebook void as we speak, gender and sexual identities are not mere passing “trends.” That’s not to say, ...

People who have expanded their behavioral repertoire feel better about themselves. They have a bigger bag of tricks and more options available to them. In fact, they can appear more familiar to the ...

From Coco Chanel’s parade of pants tailored for women to the sharp, rebellious, boyish cuts of the roaring 1920s, fashion is classically a unique gender-bending stage for social change and criticism.