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.

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

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?

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

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.

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

Hating sex workers—and treating them as things—can get you money.

english lit academic. wish fulfiller. thwarted world-changer.

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