Noah Berlatsky

Conservative fetishization of the past is myopic, simplistic, and mean-spirited—but progressives can be too quick to cede tradition.

Critics say call-out culture is mean-spirited and bullying. Not so fast.

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

If you want America to relearn how to hate white Jews, the quickest way to do that is to associate them with black people.

"The look on Miley's face during Nicki Minaj's savage, expletive-laden rant says it all," Salon tweeted the day after the VMAs. Less than 140 characters, but still enough to link a black woman to a longstanding racial slur.

With the prospect of another Bush/Clinton presidential contest looming as ominously as Donald Trump's hairpiece, the word "dynasty" seems to be frothing off of many a pundit's keyboard. "Clinton, Bush struggle to shed dynasty labels," a Washington Post headline declared.

The rom-com's worshipping of power and wealth comes with a gender twist.

A Ghostbusters with a female cast is a thorough violation of the spirit of the original. And that's a good thing.

The MIT professor recently wrote that feminist literature left him "terrified" of his sexual desire. But is Dworkin to blame?

Irritation is the way of all flesh. The question is, if you're going to be annoyed for all of eternity, who do you want to be doing the annoying?