Noah Berlatsky
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Noah Berlatsky Articles
To read Massive isn't to discover a hidden truth, but to see a massive, obvious fact, bulging out for all the world to see.
Read...Let's not ignore the fact that the original James Bonds wasn't just white. He was a white supremacist.
Read...Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, Edith Piaf: they're all still practically household names.
Read...A new Facebook post calls into question cover depictions of hyper-sexualized men and women.
Read...Conservative fetishization of the past is myopic, simplistic, and mean-spirited—but progressives can be too quick to cede tradition.
Read...Art without politics actually results in a sweeping Puritanism. For art to have power, it needs to engage with power, with politics.
Read...The cover for A-Force is a combination of tired trope and deodorant ad. Female empowerment can do so much better.
Read...For once, central character Andrew's flaws are tied up in the fact that he is—wait for it—fundamentally decent.
Read...While Atwood's feminist dystopia remains our favorite nightmarish future, Marge Piercy's Woman On The Edge Of Time is far superior.
Read...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.
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