Noah Berlatsky

Noah Berlatsky edits the online comics and culture website the Hooded Utilitarian.  He writes for Slate, Reason, and Splice Today. He is the author of a forthcoming book about the original Wonder Woman comics.

The Benefits of Overpraising Good Dads (and Moms, Too)

The Benefits of Overpraising Good Dads (and Moms, Too)

It would be great to get to a point where men and women were recognized for their work at home. More »

It's Time for a Real Code of Ethics in Teaching

It's Time for a Real Code of Ethics in Teaching

Yes, the Atlanta schools scandal happened because of high-stakes testing. But it also happened because teachers are treated like children, not professionals. More »

Why Apologize?

Why Apologize?

People often do feel better after apologizing -- though not as good as they do after being asked to apologize and refusing. More »

Don't Blame 'Hookup Culture': Romance Always Involves Failure and Despair

Don't Blame 'Hookup Culture': Romance Always Involves Failure and Despair

Whether you're having lots of sex or having no sex at all, navigating intimacy is inevitably difficult More »

My Waldorf-Student Son Believes in Gnomes—and That's Fine With Me

My Waldorf-Student Son Believes in Gnomes—and That's Fine With Me

It's not a bad thing for kids to grow up thinking differently than their parents do. More »

The Uncanny-Valley Awfulness of <i>The Host</i>

The Uncanny-Valley Awfulness of The Host

Hollywood took Twilight author Stephenie Meyer's book about alien body snatchers and made a film adaptation with actors who appear to be actual pod people. More »

Gay Marriage Is Not the Death Knell of the Sexual Revolution

Gay Marriage Is Not the Death Knell of the Sexual Revolution

Expanding marriage to include gay people will change society, but not the way Megan McArdle predicts. More »

No More Hand-Wringing About How Expensive Weddings Are, Please

No More Hand-Wringing About How Expensive Weddings Are, Please

Major life events are major life events. What are you saving for, if not for them? More »

Women's Magazines Objectify Women Just as Much as Men's Magazines Do

Women's Magazines Objectify Women Just as Much as Men's Magazines Do

What Esquire UK's editor got right—and wrong—about images of women in mainstream media More »

What Rush Limbaugh Got Right About Beyonce

What Rush Limbaugh Got Right About Beyonce

Her new song "Bow Down" does, in fact, diss women. But so do lots of her songs. More »

The Vile, False Patriotism of 'Olympus Has Fallen'

The Vile, False Patriotism of 'Olympus Has Fallen'

Morgan Freeman, Gerard Butler, and Aaron Eckhart's new movie imagines North Korea attacking the White House—and exploits every stereotype about the American id. More »

How the Sexual Revolution Was Bad for Women, According to 'Ginger & Rosa'

How the Sexual Revolution Was Bad for Women, According to 'Ginger & Rosa'

The movie critiques the movement but doesn't offer much of a solution. More »

The Best Rape Deterrent Hollywood Has Ever Made

The Best Rape Deterrent Hollywood Has Ever Made

The 1978 film I Spit on Your Grave shows the terrible effects of sexual assault. More »

Sex, Violence, and Radical Islam: Why 'Persepolis' Belongs in Public Schools

Sex, Violence, and Radical Islam: Why 'Persepolis' Belongs in Public Schools

Administrators in Chicago may think they're protecting students by limiting access to a controversial graphic novel. But they're missing a chance to impart real knowledge. More »

Spouses Probably Shouldn't Try to Split Household Tasks Exactly Evenly

Spouses Probably Shouldn't Try to Split Household Tasks Exactly Evenly

Obsessing over a completely fair division of labor defeats the purpose of marriage. More »

A Cultural History of Sexy Single-Moms-Turned-Criminals

A Cultural History of Sexy Single-Moms-Turned-Criminals

Jennifer Love Hewitt's character on Lifetime's "The Client List" is just the latest example of "momsploitation." More »

Rob Portman's Selfish Reversal on Marriage Is a Triumph for Gay Rights

Rob Portman's Selfish Reversal on Marriage Is a Triumph for Gay Rights

The Republican senator's embrace of marriage equality shows just how successful advocates have been in linking the personal with the political. More »

How Could Someone Who Writes About Lovesick Teen Girls Be a Feminist?

How Could Someone Who Writes About Lovesick Teen Girls Be a Feminist?

"Twilight" and "Host" author Stephenie Meyer claims the word, for good reasons. More »

Prepare for the Attack of the Christlike, Maternal, Lovey-Dovey Body Snatchers

Prepare for the Attack of the Christlike, Maternal, Lovey-Dovey Body Snatchers

Stephenie Meyer's 'The Host,' soon in theaters, does for aliens what 'Twilight' did for vampires. More »

Neither Pro-Life Nor Pro-Choice Can Solve the Selective Abortion Crisis

Neither Pro-Life Nor Pro-Choice Can Solve the Selective Abortion Crisis

The new documentary "It's a Girl" highlights just how complicated the issue is. More »

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Photos of Tornado Damage in Moore, Oklahoma

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