Noah Berlatsky
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Noah Berlatsky Articles
Scientists are hotly debating whether we should send messages into space. Perhaps they should consult Octavia Butler for some wisdom...
Read...Female masturbation is sexy in part because it flirts with lesbianism. For male masturbation, it's a different story.
Read...Art without politics actually results in a sweeping Puritanism. For art to have power, it needs to engage with power, with politics.
Read...At first, this looks like sexism. And then you realize, hey, this is sexism. Hope isn't allowed to do the dangerous job because Pym has put her on a pedestal, and won't let her off it.
Read...The MIT professor recently wrote that feminist literature left him "terrified" of his sexual desire. But is Dworkin to blame?
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...It's worth questioning some of our assumptions about adolescent inferiority.
Read...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.
Read...Last year there was much excitement at the announcement that Lupita Nyong'o was going to play a major role in Star Wars: The Force Awakens — the first Black woman to star in the franchise.
Read..."I believe that, in order to address these problems, we need to first understand how we got here."
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