Noah Berlatsky

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

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?

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.

Talking about race can get you into a lot of trouble . . . especially if you don't have a lot of class power or status.

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

If you want America to relearn how to hate white Jews, the quickest way to do that is to associate them with black people.

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

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

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

Maddie & Tae's new hit both indicates and subverts country's long history of sexism.