Noah Berlatsky

Iin a passionate Facebook thread last week, children's author Meg Rosoff rejected the idea that there are "too few books for marginalized young people," as librarian Edith Edi Campbell had suggested.

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.

So, if there are so many ways to sing this song, and if it's meant different things at different points, why complain about Beyoncé's version?

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

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

There's a good argument to be made that the earliest, and the best, rockabilly performers were women. Slicked-back, hiccuping, hopped up cool.

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

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

Critics say call-out culture is mean-spirited and bullying. Not so fast.

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