Noah Berlatsky
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In the U.S., anti-Semitism is universally condemned. This means that, effectively, anti-Semitism doesn't exist.
Read...Fans of Batgirl are fans of Batgirl. They buy her comic to see her being heroic, not to see her being a slasher movie victim.
Read...Their sexuality traps and destroys male innocence, as they grad hold, by the penis- the better to lead him to castration. Make no mistake that castration is greeted with fear, terror, and disgust—but also with glee. Women as super villains allow their characters to be super powerful; a force for evil is at least a force. In a media landscape where women are often rendered secondary, invisible, and passive, the femme fatale, in her icy violence, seizes female agency along with the phallus that she so efficiently cuts off.
Read...Hating sex workers—and treating them as things—can get you money.
Read...Conservative fetishization of the past is myopic, simplistic, and mean-spirited—but progressives can be too quick to cede tradition.
Read...Let's not ignore the fact that the original James Bonds wasn't just white. He was a white supremacist.
Read...A new Facebook post calls into question cover depictions of hyper-sexualized men and women.
Read...Did the classic Adam West Batman show strike a blow (Kerwhap!) for feminism?
Read...Maddie & Tae's new hit both indicates and subverts country's long history of sexism.
Read...The surface text of the film is that you can't trust some guys. The (barely) subtext is that you can't trust any guys.
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