Noah Berlatsky

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

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.

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

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

A recent controversy at the Calgary Expo suggests MRAs care more about making opponents look bad than they do about discrimination.

The founder of the brilliant fyeahblackrockmusic Tumblr talks racial politics, Kelis, and . . . the Doobie Brothers?

The rom-com's worshipping of power and wealth comes with a gender twist.

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

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

With the prospect of another Bush/Clinton presidential contest looming as ominously as Donald Trump's hairpiece, the word "dynasty" seems to be frothing off of many a pundit's keyboard. "Clinton, Bush struggle to shed dynasty labels," a Washington Post headline declared.