Noah Berlatsky

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

Art without politics actually results in a sweeping Puritanism. For art to have power, it needs to engage with power, with politics.

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

As a white woman, Swift can afford to celebrate carelessness. Beyoncé, though, knows that even her casualness has to be perfect.

Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, Edith Piaf: they're all still practically household names.

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

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

Hating sex workers—and treating them as things—can get you money.

"I believe that, in order to address these problems, we need to first understand how we got here."

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.