Noah Berlatsky
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So, if there are so many ways to sing this song, and if it's meant different things at different points, why complain about Beyoncé's version?
Read...At first, this looks like sexism. And then you realize, hey, this is sexism. Hope isn't allowed to do the dangerous job because Pym has put her on a pedestal, and won't let her off it.
Read...A recent controversy at the Calgary Expo suggests MRAs care more about making opponents look bad than they do about discrimination.
Read...The MIT professor recently wrote that feminist literature left him "terrified" of his sexual desire. But is Dworkin to blame?
Read...The surface text of the film is that you can't trust some guys. The (barely) subtext is that you can't trust any guys.
Read...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.
Read...The Lord of the Flies can feel like a vacation spot for conflict-management consultants in comparison to social media.
Read...Iin a passionate Facebook thread last week, children's author Meg Rosoff rejected the idea that there are "too few books for marginalized young people," as librarian Edith Edi Campbell had suggested.
Read...While Atwood's feminist dystopia remains our favorite nightmarish future, Marge Piercy's Woman On The Edge Of Time is far superior.
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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