Noah Berlatsky

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

Is the gender of the philosopher a marginal curiosity—or is it more central?

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

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

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.

Rather than seeing Beyoncé's sexual performance as linked to destruction, we can consider whether eroticism might be an alternative to violence.

C.S. Lewis' classic book presents an unlikely challenge to the patriarchy in the form of its true hero, Lucy.

In the U.S., anti-Semitism is universally condemned. This means that, effectively, anti-Semitism doesn't exist.

Irritation is the way of all flesh. The question is, if you're going to be annoyed for all of eternity, who do you want to be doing the annoying?

Genre boundaries are conscious of race—and, in the case of rock, conscious of gender too.