Noah Berlatsky

Who is memorialized in death has everything to do with race, class . . . and who you were in life.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

It's worth questioning some of our assumptions about adolescent inferiority.

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