Alessa Dominguez’s essays, criticism, and journalism have appeared in Camera Obscura, GLQ, Remezcla, and BuzzFeed News, where she was a staff culture writer.
Born and raised in Barranquilla, Colombia, she received her PhD in American Studies from Brown University.
Selected Essays
Susan Sontag’s Queer Life
Reflections on Susan Sontag have yet to fully reckon with how fundamentally queerness shaped her writing and her life. Benjamin Moser’s controversial new biography Sontag finally begins that conversation.
The Cost Of Being Truman Capote
The Capote Tapes paints a compelling portrait of a queer writer grappling with his femme identity.
“Drag Race” Is Bigger Than Ever. Is That A Good Thing?
As queer identity became mainstream and social media transformed reality TV celebrity, the onetime niche show became bigger than ever. But so have the criticisms.
Hollywood Casts A Very Flattering Light On Right-Wing White Women
In reimagining the conservative activist Phyllis Schlafly as a prestige-TV antihero, the new FX series Mrs. America overlooks some uncomfortable realities.
Interviews
