Noah Berlatsky

In the U.S., anti-Semitism is universally condemned. This means that, effectively, anti-Semitism doesn't exist.

"I believe that, in order to address these problems, we need to first understand how we got here."

The rom-com's worshipping of power and wealth comes with a gender twist.

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.

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

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

Is it insulting to ask about the greatest female comics creator?

I am on my knees in 15-degree weather scrubbing poop from the sidewalk, and I have an epiphany of sorts—I do not want this dog.

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?

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