The Movement Research Performance Journal Issue #60 - Gender Disarray

Movement Research Performance Journal Issue 60 revisits the landmark Issue #3 — published in 1991 amid the Culture Wars, with its focus on gender performance — attempting to move beyond idealization and engage critically with the original content. Under the direction of contributing editors Amalle Dublon, Kay Gabriel, Keioui Keijaun Thomas, and Anh Vo, the issue assembles new work by mostly trans and queer artists reflecting on the keyword "gender" and its relation to contemporary performance, spanning analytic essays, poetry, and performance scripts. Rather than addressing gender head-on, many contributors approach it obliquely — theorizing that indirection may itself be a form of resistance, a refusal to exhaust momentum toward liberation by endlessly explaining what should not need explaining.