Noah Berlatsky

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

For once, central character Andrew's flaws are tied up in the fact that he is—wait for it—fundamentally decent.

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

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

Irritation is the way of all flesh. The question is, if you're going to be annoyed for all of eternity, who do you want to be doing the annoying?

Is it insulting to ask about the greatest female comics creator?

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

So, if there are so many ways to sing this song, and if it's meant different things at different points, why complain about Beyoncé's version?

Some love stories don't end happily. So why do so many romance novels insist they do?

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