Noah Berlatsky

According to an Academy Awards voter, the right sort of people, with the right sort of education and connections, can't be racist.

Did the classic Adam West Batman show strike a blow (Kerwhap!) for feminism?

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

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

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

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

Can a popular author also be celebrated for literary quality? Not if that author is a woman like Austen.

For a second, it looked like the rabid hordes of gamergaters would be joined by metalheads. But #metalgate was never meant to be.

While Atwood's feminist dystopia remains our favorite nightmarish future, Marge Piercy's Woman On The Edge Of Time is far superior.

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