Noah Berlatsky

Rather than seeing Beyoncé's sexual performance as linked to destruction, we can consider whether eroticism might be an alternative to violence.

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

Metal aggression isn't sexual, but existential. As a result, women in the genre are both rare and unexpectedly equal.

english lit academic. wish fulfiller. thwarted world-changer.

The surface text of the film is that you can't trust some guys. The (barely) subtext is that you can't trust any guys.

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

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

Illicit passions aren't less enjoyable because they're illicit. Quite the contrary.

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

To read Massive isn't to discover a hidden truth, but to see a massive, obvious fact, bulging out for all the world to see.