Noah Berlatsky

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

"I believe that, in order to address these problems, we need to first understand how we got here."

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.

The cover for A-Force is a combination of tired trope and deodorant ad. Female empowerment can do so much better.

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.

A recent controversy at the Calgary Expo suggests MRAs care more about making opponents look bad than they do about discrimination.

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

The MIT professor recently wrote that feminist literature left him "terrified" of his sexual desire. But is Dworkin to blame?

Banks' "Ice Princess" video shows that it's not only white people who can pick up someone else's culture.

The rom-com's worshipping of power and wealth comes with a gender twist.