Noah Berlatsky

Hating sex workers—and treating them as things—can get you money.

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

With the death of Leonard Nimoy, it's a good moment to pay tribute to (and question) his most famous character.

A new Facebook post calls into question cover depictions of hyper-sexualized men and women.

Critics say call-out culture is mean-spirited and bullying. Not so fast.

Fans of Batgirl are fans of Batgirl. They buy her comic to see her being heroic, not to see her being a slasher movie victim.

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

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

Genre boundaries are conscious of race—and, in the case of rock, conscious of gender too.

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