Noah Berlatsky

David Ress' Aphexswift is genius precisely because it's so unlikely.

In the U.S., anti-Semitism is universally condemned. This means that, effectively, anti-Semitism doesn't exist.

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

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

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

These covers remind us of the lengthy, rich—but often obscured—history of female songwriters.

If my wife and son had thought bubbles above their heads, like in the comics, you would be able to read them saying, "dog dog dog dog dog dog dog."

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

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.

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