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Ren Jender

Ren Jender (she/her) is a queer writer-performer/producer making a film. Her writing has appeared in The New York Times, on NPR, in Bandcamp, The Village Voice and Slate. She was also a fellow at the National Critics Institute in 2021.

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‘Fancy Dance’ finally gets the release it deserves
TV & Film

‘Fancy Dance’ finally gets the release it deserves

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In ‘The Stroll,’ Black trans former sex workers recall hard times—and some joy—in the old neighbourhood
TV & Film

In ‘The Stroll,’ Black trans former sex workers recall hard times—and some joy—in the old neighbourhood

REVIEW: The Sundance standout documentary is as intimate as it is revolutionary

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How Jeanna Kadlec turned away from evangelical Christianity and stopped being ‘a car wreck in progress’
Books

How Jeanna Kadlec turned away from evangelical Christianity and stopped being ‘a car wreck in progress’

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November 3, 2022
‘A League of Their Own’ becomes the queer story it should have been all along
TV & Film

‘A League of Their Own’ becomes the queer story it should have been all along

REVIEW: While uneven in its execution, Abbi Jacobson and Will Graham’s reboot justifies its own existence

August 11, 2022
Just a three-minute walk from Stonewall, New York’s House of D was the site of an overlooked and turbulent queer history
Books

Just a three-minute walk from Stonewall, New York’s House of D was the site of an overlooked and turbulent queer history

Hugh Ryan’s new book “The Women’s House of Detention” spotlights a crossroads of Black, trans and gay liberation

May 16, 2022
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