Noah Berlatsky

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

Did the classic Adam West Batman show strike a blow (Kerwhap!) for feminism?

Their sexuality traps and destroys male innocence, as they grad hold, by the penis- the better to lead him to castration. Make no mistake that castration is greeted with fear, terror, and disgust—but also with glee. Women as super villains allow their characters to be super powerful; a force for evil is at least a force. In a media landscape where women are often rendered secondary, invisible, and passive, the femme fatale, in her icy violence, seizes female agency along with the phallus that she so efficiently cuts off.

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.

"I believe that, in order to address these problems, we need to first understand how we got here."

Talking about race can get you into a lot of trouble . . . especially if you don't have a lot of class power or status.

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

Some love stories don't end happily. So why do so many romance novels insist they do?

If my wife and son had thought bubbles above their heads, like in the comics, you would be able to read them saying, "dog dog dog dog dog dog dog."

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.