Noah Berlatsky

Katniss is the voice of conscience and morality in the film, and in The Hunger Games series as a whole. In the just released last film in the series, she tries repeatedly to avoid unnecessary deaths. She insists that refugees from an attacked base be given an escape route, for example, and exposes herself in an effort to help them.

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

So, if there are so many ways to sing this song, and if it's meant different things at different points, why complain about Beyoncé's version?

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

The first graphic novel to win a Caldeott gives children the chance to be adults, and adults the chance to be kids.

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

Under the guise of philanthropy, 8 Minutes essentially blackmails some of the most marginalized and powerless people in society.

Banks' "Ice Princess" video shows that it's not only white people who can pick up someone else's culture.

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

Critics say call-out culture is mean-spirited and bullying. Not so fast.