Noah Berlatsky

A Ghostbusters with a female cast is a thorough violation of the spirit of the original. And that's a good thing.

Female masturbation is sexy in part because it flirts with lesbianism. For male masturbation, it's a different story.

Talking about race can get you into a lot of trouble . . . especially if you don't have a lot of class power or status.

Scientists are hotly debating whether we should send messages into space. Perhaps they should consult Octavia Butler for some wisdom...

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

Bulimia.com has reworked superhero images to show more realistic body types—and their efforts are valuable in more than the expected ways.

Writing can be hard and uncomfortable and precarious—but it's hard and uncomfortable and precarious in the way that any job can be.

There's a good argument to be made that the earliest, and the best, rockabilly performers were women. Slicked-back, hiccuping, hopped up cool.

As a white woman, Swift can afford to celebrate carelessness. Beyoncé, though, knows that even her casualness has to be perfect.

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