Noah Berlatsky

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

To understand this debate, it's important to consider historical context.

As a parent, you tend to assume that you have some say in forming your child's mental landscape. Then Santa comes along.

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

If you want America to relearn how to hate white Jews, the quickest way to do that is to associate them with black people.

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

A new Facebook post calls into question cover depictions of hyper-sexualized men and women.

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

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

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