Noah Berlatsky

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

Action movies don't usually bother much with romance. The trailer for The Transporter: Refueled certainly doesn't. The hero is cool — sexy women, plural, throw themselves at him, or at least stand near him and things blow up; there are fights and revenge and high production values. Romance is, at best, a secondary concern.

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

"Childbearing [is] barbaric and pregnancy should be abolished," wrote radical feminist theorist Shulamith Firestone in The Dialectic of Sex.

So, if there are so many ways to sing this song, and if it's meant different things at different points, why complain about Beyoncé's version?

Rodriguez is confused when she says that people want her to steal white people's superheroes. But she also has a point.

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

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The acclaimed solo album of former Danity Kane member Dawn Richard raises questions about the very nature of "cred." Is pop antitethical to artistry?

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