Noah Berlatsky

To read Massive isn't to discover a hidden truth, but to see a massive, obvious fact, bulging out for all the world to see.

As a parent, you tend to assume that you have some say in forming your child's mental landscape. Then Santa comes along.

Hating sex workers—and treating them as things—can get you money.

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.

Talking about race can get you into a lot of trouble . . . especially if you don't have a lot of class power or status.

The history of pop music, and of black pop music in particular, has always been gay history.

In the U.S., anti-Semitism is universally condemned. This means that, effectively, anti-Semitism doesn't exist.

While Atwood's feminist dystopia remains our favorite nightmarish future, Marge Piercy's Woman On The Edge Of Time is far superior.

The acclaimed solo album of former Danity Kane member Dawn Richard raises questions about the very nature of "cred." Is pop antitethical to artistry?

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.