Culture

Opinion — Oct 26, 2025

Why Some Trans People are Reclaiming the Term 'Transsexual', and Why I Am One of Them

There is a distinction in needs and experiences for those of us who do take steps to materially change our sex compared to those of us who do not. This distinction should be recognized rather than erased.

Interview — Oct 24, 2025

14 Weird Questions With Louise Weard, Part 4 of 7

The filmmaker speaks to The Needle about trans culture and trans cinema in a long-form interview. This is The Needle's latest culture coverage.

Interview — Oct 22, 2025

14 Weird Questions With Louise Weard, Part 3 of 7

The filmmaker speaks to The Needle about trans culture and trans cinema in a long-form interview. This is The Needle's latest culture coverage.

Academia Slaying — Oct 21, 2025

Academia Slaying: What We Can Learn from the Puppygirl

The tools of academia can be used for joyful things- rather than just for reinforcing or changing the system. They can reflect the joy of, for example, “Barking and Ripping Things up and Just Freaking it.”

Interview — Oct 20, 2025

14 Weird Questions With Louise Weard, Part 2 of 7

The filmmaker speaks to The Needle about trans culture and trans cinema in a long-form interview. This is The Needle's latest culture coverage.

Culture — Oct 18, 2025

Review: Hopeless Junction by Nadia Nova

Hopeless Junction, created for the 2nd VN Cup in which it won 2nd place is a strong entry in its genre and is an exemplar of art imitating reality- in this case the messiness of human beings.