Noah Berlatsky

Talking about race can get you into a lot of trouble . . . especially if you don't have a lot of class power or status.

If you want America to relearn how to hate white Jews, the quickest way to do that is to associate them with black people.

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

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.

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

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

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.

So, if there are so many ways to sing this song, and if it's meant different things at different points, why complain about Beyoncé's version?

The surface text of the film is that you can't trust some guys. The (barely) subtext is that you can't trust any guys.

Maddie & Tae's new hit both indicates and subverts country's long history of sexism.