Noah Berlatsky

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.

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

A recent controversy at the Calgary Expo suggests MRAs care more about making opponents look bad than they do about discrimination.

With the death of Leonard Nimoy, it's a good moment to pay tribute to (and question) his most famous character.

Sex and bodies don't clarify gender; they confuse the issue.

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

Metal aggression isn't sexual, but existential. As a result, women in the genre are both rare and unexpectedly equal.

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.

Bus ads comparing Muslims to Hitler have been replaced with images of a superhero. And not just any superhero.

The founder of the brilliant fyeahblackrockmusic Tumblr talks racial politics, Kelis, and . . . the Doobie Brothers?