Noah Berlatsky

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.

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

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

The Lord of the Flies can feel like a vacation spot for conflict-management consultants in comparison to social media.

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

Bulimia.com has reworked superhero images to show more realistic body types—and their efforts are valuable in more than the expected ways.

Let's not ignore the fact that the original James Bonds wasn't just white. He was a white supremacist.

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.

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