Noah Berlatsky

Is the gender of the philosopher a marginal curiosity—or is it more central?

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.

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

As a parent, you tend to assume that you have some say in forming your child's mental landscape. Then Santa comes along.

Their sexuality traps and destroys male innocence, as they grad hold, by the penis- the better to lead him to castration. Make no mistake that castration is greeted with fear, terror, and disgust—but also with glee. Women as super villains allow their characters to be super powerful; a force for evil is at least a force. In a media landscape where women are often rendered secondary, invisible, and passive, the femme fatale, in her icy violence, seizes female agency along with the phallus that she so efficiently cuts off.

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

Can a popular author also be celebrated for literary quality? Not if that author is a woman like Austen.

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

Scientists are hotly debating whether we should send messages into space. Perhaps they should consult Octavia Butler for some wisdom...

Metal aggression isn't sexual, but existential. As a result, women in the genre are both rare and unexpectedly equal.