Noah Berlatsky
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The MIT professor recently wrote that feminist literature left him "terrified" of his sexual desire. But is Dworkin to blame?
Read...Country music is an overwhelmingly heterosexual endeavor. The LGBTQ community certainly listen to, and perform, country, but in terms of lyrical content and themes, country has been focused on male-female romantic love.
Read..."The look on Miley's face during Nicki Minaj's savage, expletive-laden rant says it all," Salon tweeted the day after the VMAs. Less than 140 characters, but still enough to link a black woman to a longstanding racial slur.
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...I am on my knees in 15-degree weather scrubbing poop from the sidewalk, and I have an epiphany of sorts—I do not want this dog.
Read...Maddie & Tae's new hit both indicates and subverts country's long history of sexism.
Read..."I believe that, in order to address these problems, we need to first understand how we got here."
Read...The Lord of the Flies can feel like a vacation spot for conflict-management consultants in comparison to social media.
Read...Why should prostitution be illegal? And, more specifically why should male prostitution be illegal?
Read...A new Facebook post calls into question cover depictions of hyper-sexualized men and women.
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