Noah Berlatsky

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.

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

Last year there was much excitement at the announcement that Lupita Nyong'o was going to play a major role in Star Wars: The Force Awakens — the first Black woman to star in the franchise.

As a white woman, Swift can afford to celebrate carelessness. Beyoncé, though, knows that even her casualness has to be perfect.

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.

Illicit passions aren't less enjoyable because they're illicit. Quite the contrary.

Art without politics actually results in a sweeping Puritanism. For art to have power, it needs to engage with power, with politics.

english lit academic. wish fulfiller. thwarted world-changer.

Bulimia.com has reworked superhero images to show more realistic body types—and their efforts are valuable in more than the expected ways.

Lower your standards, live in moderate amounts of filth, and go to bed early. The cat will thank you.