Who Exactly Is Having a “Crisis of Masculinity”?
From Scott Galloway to Tucker Carlson, the panic over endangered manhood isn’t helping boys — it’s enforcing the same rigid gender rules that harm everyone.
Noah Berlatsky
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Noah Berlatsky is the author of Wonder Woman: Bondage and Feminism in the Marston/Peter Comics, and The Consequences of Feminism: Women Film Directors. Follow him: @nberlat
“Tradwives” Is Just Influencer Speak for Patriarchal Subordination
At a time when women in the U.S. are losing rights to their autonomy, a regressive domestic lifestyle with a long history in white supremacy is being pushed on social media by other women — and some find it quite appealing.
The BDE of “Honey Don’t”
In the fun and sexy second installation of their "lesbian B-movie" trilogy, filmmakers Ethan Coen and Tricia Cooke subvert pulpy noir tropes to reveal the narrative convention's reliance on the phallus.
Even AI Robots Don’t Want to Submit to the Patriarchy
"M3GAN 2.0" has joined an ongoing storytelling tradition in American culture about the cishet male fantasy companion: a wholly submissive female robot. Except this time, AI has entered the chat.
The Horror of ‘American Psycho’ Feels All Too Real Right Now
Mary Harron’s adaptation of Bret Easton Ellis's 1991 novel—a portrait of a very specific, ghoulish brand of toxic masculinity—is more than just a genre film. Revisiting it on its 25th anniversary could explain our current leadership.
The Disturbingly Prophetic Message of ‘The Stepford Wives’
Fifty years ago, the dystopic film that imagined suburban white men swapping their spouses for robot trad wives terrified viewers. Now, it watches like a GOP playbook.
Does Sci-Fi Fear the Matriarchy?
The new Netflix film ‘I Am Mother’ explores the genre's longstanding problems with pregnancy and motherhood.
Trump’s Curious Obsession With Human Trafficking
The occupant in the Oval Office claims he’s going after gangs kidnapping women and children and selling them into sexual slavery. The irony.
Bryan Singer’s Accusers Remind Us #MeToo Also Includes Men
The movement isn’t about vilifying men. It’s about protecting all survivors of sexual harassment and abuse.