Noah Berlatsky

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

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

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

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

Writing can be hard and uncomfortable and precarious—but it's hard and uncomfortable and precarious in the way that any job can be.

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

Bulimia.com has reworked superhero images to show more realistic body types—and their efforts are valuable in more than the expected ways.

The loss of gospel history has meant forgetting how important black women have been to American performance styles.

Sex and bodies don't clarify gender; they confuse the issue.

Rather than seeing Beyoncé's sexual performance as linked to destruction, we can consider whether eroticism might be an alternative to violence.