Noah Berlatsky
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Noah Berlatsky Articles
Scientists are hotly debating whether we should send messages into space. Perhaps they should consult Octavia Butler for some wisdom...
Read...As a parent, you tend to assume that you have some say in forming your child's mental landscape. Then Santa comes along.
Read...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.
Read...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?
Read...The cover for A-Force is a combination of tired trope and deodorant ad. Female empowerment can do so much better.
Read...Banks' "Ice Princess" video shows that it's not only white people who can pick up someone else's culture.
Read...Hating sex workers—and treating them as things—can get you money.
Read...Metal aggression isn't sexual, but existential. As a result, women in the genre are both rare and unexpectedly equal.
Read...Can a popular author also be celebrated for literary quality? Not if that author is a woman like Austen.
Read...A Ghostbusters with a female cast is a thorough violation of the spirit of the original. And that's a good thing.
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