Noah Berlatsky

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.

Sex and bodies don't clarify gender; they confuse the issue.

David Ress' Aphexswift is genius precisely because it's so unlikely.

To understand this debate, it's important to consider historical context.

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.

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

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

It's worth questioning some of our assumptions about adolescent inferiority.

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

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