Noah Berlatsky

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

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

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

Art without politics actually results in a sweeping Puritanism. For art to have power, it needs to engage with power, with politics.

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

Who is memorialized in death has everything to do with race, class . . . and who you were in life.

Bulimia.com has reworked superhero images to show more realistic body types—and their efforts are valuable in more than the expected ways.

Feminist dystopia at its finest. Joanna Russ imagines a world in which the elimination of gender hierarchy leads to freedom, strength, and power.

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.

Fans of Batgirl are fans of Batgirl. They buy her comic to see her being heroic, not to see her being a slasher movie victim.