Noah Berlatsky

Genre boundaries are conscious of race—and, in the case of rock, conscious of gender too.

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.

As a white woman, Swift can afford to celebrate carelessness. Beyoncé, though, knows that even her casualness has to be perfect.

So, if there are so many ways to sing this song, and if it's meant different things at different points, why complain about Beyoncé's version?

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

Daredevil focuses on the dynamics of heroism—the display of strength and violence as a way to distance oneself from weakness.

Talking about race can get you into a lot of trouble . . . especially if you don't have a lot of class power or status.

Fans of Batgirl are fans of Batgirl. They buy her comic to see her being heroic, not to see her being a slasher movie victim.

The first graphic novel to win a Caldeott gives children the chance to be adults, and adults the chance to be kids.

According to an Academy Awards voter, the right sort of people, with the right sort of education and connections, can't be racist.