Noah Berlatsky

Hating sex workers—and treating them as things—can get you money.

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

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

It's hard to deny the appeal of the masculine ideal, especially when embodied in Jude Law. And yet, it's also a depressing vision.

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.

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

While Atwood's feminist dystopia remains our favorite nightmarish future, Marge Piercy's Woman On The Edge Of Time is far superior.

Why should prostitution be illegal? And, more specifically why should male prostitution be illegal?

Daredevil focuses on the dynamics of heroism—the display of strength and violence as a way to distance oneself from weakness.

Female masturbation is sexy in part because it flirts with lesbianism. For male masturbation, it's a different story.