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.

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

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

Illicit passions aren't less enjoyable because they're illicit. Quite the contrary.

Daredevil focuses on the dynamics of heroism—the display of strength and violence as a way to distance oneself from weakness.

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

I am on my knees in 15-degree weather scrubbing poop from the sidewalk, and I have an epiphany of sorts—I do not want this dog.

Art without politics actually results in a sweeping Puritanism. For art to have power, it needs to engage with power, with politics.

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

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