Noah Berlatsky

Last year there was much excitement at the announcement that Lupita Nyong'o was going to play a major role in Star Wars: The Force Awakens — the first Black woman to star in the franchise.

I am on my knees in 15-degree weather scrubbing poop from the sidewalk, and I have an epiphany of sorts—I do not want this dog.

With the death of Leonard Nimoy, it's a good moment to pay tribute to (and question) his most famous character.

Art without politics actually results in a sweeping Puritanism. For art to have power, it needs to engage with power, with politics.

Iin a passionate Facebook thread last week, children's author Meg Rosoff rejected the idea that there are "too few books for marginalized young people," as librarian Edith Edi Campbell had suggested.

A new Facebook post calls into question cover depictions of hyper-sexualized men and women.

Under the guise of philanthropy, 8 Minutes essentially blackmails some of the most marginalized and powerless people in society.

"I believe that, in order to address these problems, we need to first understand how we got here."

At first, this looks like sexism. And then you realize, hey, this is sexism. Hope isn't allowed to do the dangerous job because Pym has put her on a pedestal, and won't let her off it.

The loss of gospel history has meant forgetting how important black women have been to American performance styles.