Noah Berlatsky

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

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

Lower your standards, live in moderate amounts of filth, and go to bed early. The cat will thank you.

Rodriguez is confused when she says that people want her to steal white people's superheroes. But she also has a point.

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

Writing can be hard and uncomfortable and precarious—but it's hard and uncomfortable and precarious in the way that any job can be.

If my wife and son had thought bubbles above their heads, like in the comics, you would be able to read them saying, "dog dog dog dog dog dog dog."

Last year there was much excitement at the announcement that Lupita Nyong'o was going to play a major role in Star Wars: The Force Awakens — the first Black woman to star in the franchise.

While Atwood's feminist dystopia remains our favorite nightmarish future, Marge Piercy's Woman On The Edge Of Time is far superior.

With the death of Leonard Nimoy, it's a good moment to pay tribute to (and question) his most famous character.