Noah Berlatsky

Is the gender of the philosopher a marginal curiosity—or is it more central?

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

Fans of Batgirl are fans of Batgirl. They buy her comic to see her being heroic, not to see her being a slasher movie victim.

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

Talking about race can get you into a lot of trouble . . . especially if you don't have a lot of class power or status.

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

Who is memorialized in death has everything to do with race, class . . . and who you were in life.

Can a popular author also be celebrated for literary quality? Not if that author is a woman like Austen.

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

The acclaimed solo album of former Danity Kane member Dawn Richard raises questions about the very nature of "cred." Is pop antitethical to artistry?