Noah Berlatsky

Daredevil focuses on the dynamics of heroism—the display of strength and violence as a way to distance oneself from weakness.

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.

Talking about race can get you into a lot of trouble . . . especially if you don't have a lot of class power or status.

Metal aggression isn't sexual, but existential. As a result, women in the genre are both rare and unexpectedly equal.

Conservative fetishization of the past is myopic, simplistic, and mean-spirited—but progressives can be too quick to cede tradition.

"I believe that, in order to address these problems, we need to first understand how we got here."

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

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

Bus ads comparing Muslims to Hitler have been replaced with images of a superhero. And not just any superhero.

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