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.
Noah Berlatsky
contributor
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
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.