Noah Berlatsky

C.S. Lewis' classic book presents an unlikely challenge to the patriarchy in the form of its true hero, Lucy.

As a parent, you tend to assume that you have some say in forming your child's mental landscape. Then Santa comes along.

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

David Ress' Aphexswift is genius precisely because it's so unlikely.

Scientists are hotly debating whether we should send messages into space. Perhaps they should consult Octavia Butler for some wisdom...

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

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.

Is it insulting to ask about the greatest female comics creator?

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 history of pop music, and of black pop music in particular, has always been gay history.