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.

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

Is the gender of the philosopher a marginal curiosity—or is it more central?

The first graphic novel to win a Caldeott gives children the chance to be adults, and adults the chance to be kids.

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

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

Metal aggression isn't sexual, but existential. As a result, women in the genre are both rare and unexpectedly equal.

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.

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