Noah Berlatsky

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.

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.

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.

Bus ads comparing Muslims to Hitler have been replaced with images of a superhero. And not just any superhero.

Fifth Harmony is nobody's idea of a roots band.

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

Under the guise of philanthropy, 8 Minutes essentially blackmails some of the most marginalized and powerless people in society.

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

As a parent, you tend to assume that you have some say in forming your child's mental landscape. Then Santa comes along.

Iin a passionate Facebook thread last week, children's author Meg Rosoff rejected the idea that there are "too few books for marginalized young people," as librarian Edith Edi Campbell had suggested.