Noah Berlatsky

It's not the gender that's the problem: It's the oppression.

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

Hating sex workers—and treating them as things—can get you money.

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

Can a popular author also be celebrated for literary quality? Not if that author is a woman like Austen.

Bulimia.com has reworked superhero images to show more realistic body types—and their efforts are valuable in more than the expected ways.

Last year there was much excitement at the announcement that Lupita Nyong'o was going to play a major role in Star Wars: The Force Awakens — the first Black woman to star in the franchise.

This doesn't mean that the outcomes of domestic violence are always equal; men tend to be bigger and stronger than women, and therefore are more likely to cause serious harm, even in situations where violence is reciprocal. Still, the fact that women are frequently perpetrators of violence in domestic situations substantially undermines the typical story of domestic abuse—and helps to show just how harmful that story is.

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.

Let's not ignore the fact that the original James Bonds wasn't just white. He was a white supremacist.