Noah Berlatsky

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.

Rather than seeing Beyoncé's sexual performance as linked to destruction, we can consider whether eroticism might be an alternative to violence.

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

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.

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

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

Did the classic Adam West Batman show strike a blow (Kerwhap!) for feminism?

Bulimia.com has reworked superhero images to show more realistic body types—and their efforts are valuable in more than the expected ways.

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

It's hard to deny the appeal of the masculine ideal, especially when embodied in Jude Law. And yet, it's also a depressing vision.