Noah Berlatsky

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.

With the death of Leonard Nimoy, it's a good moment to pay tribute to (and question) his most famous character.

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?

At first, this looks like sexism. And then you realize, hey, this is sexism. Hope isn't allowed to do the dangerous job because Pym has put her on a pedestal, and won't let her off it.

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

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

Lower your standards, live in moderate amounts of filth, and go to bed early. The cat will thank you.

english lit academic. wish fulfiller. thwarted world-changer.

While Atwood's feminist dystopia remains our favorite nightmarish future, Marge Piercy's Woman On The Edge Of Time is far superior.

Fifth Harmony is nobody's idea of a roots band.