Noah Berlatsky

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

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?

english lit academic. wish fulfiller. thwarted world-changer.

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

C.S. Lewis' classic book presents an unlikely challenge to the patriarchy in the form of its true hero, Lucy.

It's not the gender that's the problem: It's the oppression.

With the prospect of another Bush/Clinton presidential contest looming as ominously as Donald Trump's hairpiece, the word "dynasty" seems to be frothing off of many a pundit's keyboard. "Clinton, Bush struggle to shed dynasty labels," a Washington Post headline declared.

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

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?

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