Noah Berlatsky

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

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

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

To read Massive isn't to discover a hidden truth, but to see a massive, obvious fact, bulging out for all the world to see.

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

At first, this looks like sexism. And then you realize, hey, this is sexism. Hope isn't allowed to do the dangerous job because Pym has put her on a pedestal, and won't let her off it.

Genre boundaries are conscious of race—and, in the case of rock, conscious of gender too.

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.

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.

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