Noah Berlatsky

Last year there was much excitement at the announcement that Lupita Nyong'o was going to play a major role in Star Wars: The Force Awakens — the first Black woman to star in the franchise.

For once, central character Andrew's flaws are tied up in the fact that he is—wait for it—fundamentally decent.

While Atwood's feminist dystopia remains our favorite nightmarish future, Marge Piercy's Woman On The Edge Of Time is far superior.

Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, Edith Piaf: they're all still practically household names.

Is it insulting to ask about the greatest female comics creator?

According to an Academy Awards voter, the right sort of people, with the right sort of education and connections, can't be racist.

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

Female masturbation is sexy in part because it flirts with lesbianism. For male masturbation, it's a different story.

The MIT professor recently wrote that feminist literature left him "terrified" of his sexual desire. But is Dworkin to blame?

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.