Elia Cugini

Journalist and critic

Elia Cugini is a Manchester-based literary critic and freelance journalist, with specialist expertise in writing about contemporary literary trends, queer literature and culture, video games, sex and relationships (particularly among young millennials and Gen Z), and transness. He is also a PhD student in English and American Studies at the University of Manchester.He is a regular contributor to Dazed, and his work can be found in The Baffler, Gawker, AnOther, Eurogamer, Xtra, Huck and elsewhere.

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ESSAYSBad Romance / BafflerThe Good Little Pig Problem / GawkerThe troubled golden age of trans literature / XtraHow To Write About Trans People / Electric LiteratureIs it ever OK to surveil your boyfriend's internet activity? / DazedWhat’s so important about gays behaving badly? / DazedBritish satire is fanning the flames of fascism / HuckPolyamory isn’t perfect – but neither is monogamy / DazedWhen Thin is a Trans Requirement / AutostraddleWhy Everything Transphobes Think About Detransition Is Wrong / AutostraddleREVIEWSOn Kay Dick's 'They' / XtraI read Florence Given’s debut novel Girl Crush so you don’t have to / DazedINTERVIEWSHarry Nicholas’s novel explores life, love and sex as a gay trans man / DazedDavey Davis’s novel will scare you... but also turn you on? / DazedNicola Dinan’s Bellies: An Addictive Love Story With Transition at Its Core / AnOtherPolly Barton’s New Book Wants to Get Us All Talking About Porn / AnOtherInterview with Megan Milks / XtraGAMES CRITICISMOn Difficult Queer Games / EurogamerHow can games engage with the complex realities of mental health? / EurogamerTwine Games and the Trans People Who Love Them / EurogamerDanganronpa & the surprising joys of clumsy queer representation / EurogamerIn Neo Cab, We Can Play / Into The Spine