Noah Berlatsky

Who is memorialized in death has everything to do with race, class . . . and who you were in life.

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.

Art without politics actually results in a sweeping Puritanism. For art to have power, it needs to engage with power, with politics.

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

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

Banks' "Ice Princess" video shows that it's not only white people who can pick up someone else's culture.

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

Feminist dystopia at its finest. Joanna Russ imagines a world in which the elimination of gender hierarchy leads to freedom, strength, and power.

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.