Noah Berlatsky

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

Rodriguez is confused when she says that people want her to steal white people's superheroes. But she also has a point.

To understand this debate, it's important to consider historical context.

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

Art without politics actually results in a sweeping Puritanism. For art to have power, it needs to engage with power, with politics.

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

The Lord of the Flies can feel like a vacation spot for conflict-management consultants in comparison to social media.

Who is memorialized in death has everything to do with race, class . . . and who you were in life.

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

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