Noah Berlatsky

The cover for A-Force is a combination of tired trope and deodorant ad. Female empowerment can do so much better.

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

C.S. Lewis' classic book presents an unlikely challenge to the patriarchy in the form of its true hero, Lucy.

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

Lower your standards, live in moderate amounts of filth, and go to bed early. The cat will thank you.

According to an Academy Awards voter, the right sort of people, with the right sort of education and connections, can't be racist.

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

With the prospect of another Bush/Clinton presidential contest looming as ominously as Donald Trump's hairpiece, the word "dynasty" seems to be frothing off of many a pundit's keyboard. "Clinton, Bush struggle to shed dynasty labels," a Washington Post headline declared.

Daredevil focuses on the dynamics of heroism—the display of strength and violence as a way to distance oneself from weakness.

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