Noah Berlatsky
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Noah Berlatsky Articles
Talking about race can get you into a lot of trouble . . . especially if you don't have a lot of class power or status.
Read...The rom-com's worshipping of power and wealth comes with a gender twist.
Read...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.
Read...There's a good argument to be made that the earliest, and the best, rockabilly performers were women. Slicked-back, hiccuping, hopped up cool.
Read...A new Facebook post calls into question cover depictions of hyper-sexualized men and women.
Read...Female masturbation is sexy in part because it flirts with lesbianism. For male masturbation, it's a different story.
Read...Metal aggression isn't sexual, but existential. As a result, women in the genre are both rare and unexpectedly equal.
Read...As a parent, you tend to assume that you have some say in forming your child's mental landscape. Then Santa comes along.
Read...It's worth questioning some of our assumptions about adolescent inferiority.
Read...Hating sex workers—and treating them as things—can get you money.
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