Noah Berlatsky

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

A new Facebook post calls into question cover depictions of hyper-sexualized men and women.

For a second, it looked like the rabid hordes of gamergaters would be joined by metalheads. But #metalgate was never meant to be.

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

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

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

A Ghostbusters with a female cast is a thorough violation of the spirit of the original. And that's a good thing.

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

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

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