Noah Berlatsky

The Lord of the Flies can feel like a vacation spot for conflict-management consultants in comparison to social media.

Why should prostitution be illegal? And, more specifically why should male prostitution be illegal?

The first graphic novel to win a Caldeott gives children the chance to be adults, and adults the chance to be kids.

This doesn't mean that the outcomes of domestic violence are always equal; men tend to be bigger and stronger than women, and therefore are more likely to cause serious harm, even in situations where violence is reciprocal. Still, the fact that women are frequently perpetrators of violence in domestic situations substantially undermines the typical story of domestic abuse—and helps to show just how harmful that story is.

Under the guise of philanthropy, 8 Minutes essentially blackmails some of the most marginalized and powerless people in society.

"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.

At first, this looks like sexism. And then you realize, hey, this is sexism. Hope isn't allowed to do the dangerous job because Pym has put her on a pedestal, and won't let her off it.

Feminist dystopia at its finest. Joanna Russ imagines a world in which the elimination of gender hierarchy leads to freedom, strength, and power.

Who is memorialized in death has everything to do with race, class . . . and who you were in life.

With the death of Leonard Nimoy, it's a good moment to pay tribute to (and question) his most famous character.