Noah Berlatsky
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In the U.S., anti-Semitism is universally condemned. This means that, effectively, anti-Semitism doesn't exist.
Read...Irritation is the way of all flesh. The question is, if you're going to be annoyed for all of eternity, who do you want to be doing the annoying?
Read...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...The first graphic novel to win a Caldeott gives children the chance to be adults, and adults the chance to be kids.
Read...The MIT professor recently wrote that feminist literature left him "terrified" of his sexual desire. But is Dworkin to blame?
Read...This doesn't mean that the outcomes of domestic violence are always equal; men tend to be bigger and stronger than women, and therefore are more likely to cause serious harm, even in situations where violence is reciprocal. Still, the fact that women are frequently perpetrators of violence in domestic situations substantially undermines the typical story of domestic abuse—and helps to show just how harmful that story is.
Read...Let's not ignore the fact that the original James Bonds wasn't just white. He was a white supremacist.
Read...Rather than seeing Beyoncé's sexual performance as linked to destruction, we can consider whether eroticism might be an alternative to violence.
Read...The history of pop music, and of black pop music in particular, has always been gay history.
Read...Art without politics actually results in a sweeping Puritanism. For art to have power, it needs to engage with power, with politics.
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