Noah Berlatsky

Did the classic Adam West Batman show strike a blow (Kerwhap!) for feminism?

Why should prostitution be illegal? And, more specifically why should male prostitution be illegal?

Some love stories don't end happily. So why do so many romance novels insist they do?

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?

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.

The cover for A-Force is a combination of tired trope and deodorant ad. Female empowerment can do so much better.

The rom-com's worshipping of power and wealth comes with a gender twist.

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?

As a white woman, Swift can afford to celebrate carelessness. Beyoncé, though, knows that even her casualness has to be perfect.

Action movies don't usually bother much with romance. The trailer for The Transporter: Refueled certainly doesn't. The hero is cool — sexy women, plural, throw themselves at him, or at least stand near him and things blow up; there are fights and revenge and high production values. Romance is, at best, a secondary concern.