Noah Berlatsky

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.

It's not the gender that's the problem: It's the oppression.

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

With the prospect of another Bush/Clinton presidential contest looming as ominously as Donald Trump's hairpiece, the word "dynasty" seems to be frothing off of many a pundit's keyboard. "Clinton, Bush struggle to shed dynasty labels," a Washington Post headline declared.

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

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

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

Lower your standards, live in moderate amounts of filth, and go to bed early. The cat will thank you.

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.

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