Noah Berlatsky

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

Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, Edith Piaf: they're all still practically household names.

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

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

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

To understand this debate, it's important to consider historical context.

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

It's hard to deny the appeal of the masculine ideal, especially when embodied in Jude Law. And yet, it's also a depressing vision.

Can a popular author also be celebrated for literary quality? Not if that author is a woman like Austen.

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