Noah Berlatsky

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

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

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

Rodriguez is confused when she says that people want her to steal white people's superheroes. But she also has a point.

Conservative fetishization of the past is myopic, simplistic, and mean-spirited—but progressives can be too quick to cede tradition.

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

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.

Did the classic Adam West Batman show strike a blow (Kerwhap!) for feminism?

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

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