Noah Berlatsky

Iin a passionate Facebook thread last week, children's author Meg Rosoff rejected the idea that there are "too few books for marginalized young people," as librarian Edith Edi Campbell had suggested.

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

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

A new Facebook post calls into question cover depictions of hyper-sexualized men and women.

The cover for A-Force is a combination of tired trope and deodorant ad. Female empowerment can do so much better.

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

Fifth Harmony is nobody's idea of a roots band.

Illicit passions aren't less enjoyable because they're illicit. Quite the contrary.

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

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.