Noah Berlatsky

A Ghostbusters with a female cast is a thorough violation of the spirit of the original. And that's a good thing.

english lit academic. wish fulfiller. thwarted world-changer.

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

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

It's worth questioning some of our assumptions about adolescent inferiority.

There's a good argument to be made that the earliest, and the best, rockabilly performers were women. Slicked-back, hiccuping, hopped up cool.

For a second, it looked like the rabid hordes of gamergaters would be joined by metalheads. But #metalgate was never meant to be.

I am on my knees in 15-degree weather scrubbing poop from the sidewalk, and I have an epiphany of sorts—I do not want this dog.

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

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."