Noah Berlatsky

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

Some love stories don't end happily. So why do so many romance novels insist they do?

These covers remind us of the lengthy, rich—but often obscured—history of female songwriters.

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

Let's not ignore the fact that the original James Bonds wasn't just white. He was a white supremacist.

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

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

Sex and bodies don't clarify gender; they confuse the issue.

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?

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