Noah Berlatsky

David Ress' Aphexswift is genius precisely because it's so unlikely.

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

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.

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

Lower your standards, live in moderate amounts of filth, and go to bed early. The cat will thank you.

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?

Scientists are hotly debating whether we should send messages into space. Perhaps they should consult Octavia Butler for some wisdom...

C.S. Lewis' classic book presents an unlikely challenge to the patriarchy in the form of its true hero, Lucy.

Can a popular author also be celebrated for literary quality? Not if that author is a woman like Austen.

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