Noah Berlatsky

Maddie & Tae's new hit both indicates and subverts country's long history of sexism.

"I believe that, in order to address these problems, we need to first understand how we got here."

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

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

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?

It's hard to deny the appeal of the masculine ideal, especially when embodied in Jude Law. And yet, it's also a depressing vision.

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

Why should prostitution be illegal? And, more specifically why should male prostitution be illegal?

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.

A recent controversy at the Calgary Expo suggests MRAs care more about making opponents look bad than they do about discrimination.