Noah Berlatsky

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.

Action movies don't usually bother much with romance. The trailer for The Transporter: Refueled certainly doesn't. The hero is cool — sexy women, plural, throw themselves at him, or at least stand near him and things blow up; there are fights and revenge and high production values. Romance is, at best, a secondary concern.

Is the gender of the philosopher a marginal curiosity—or is it more central?

Feminist dystopia at its finest. Joanna Russ imagines a world in which the elimination of gender hierarchy leads to freedom, strength, and power.

A Ghostbusters with a female cast is a thorough violation of the spirit of the original. And that's a good thing.

Banks' "Ice Princess" video shows that it's not only white people who can pick up someone else's culture.

The first graphic novel to win a Caldeott gives children the chance to be adults, and adults the chance to be kids.

The cover for A-Force is a combination of tired trope and deodorant ad. Female empowerment can do so much better.

Did the classic Adam West Batman show strike a blow (Kerwhap!) for feminism?

A recent controversy at the Calgary Expo suggests MRAs care more about making opponents look bad than they do about discrimination.