Noah Berlatsky

So, if there are so many ways to sing this song, and if it's meant different things at different points, why complain about Beyoncé's version?

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

Is it insulting to ask about the greatest female comics creator?

Critics say call-out culture is mean-spirited and bullying. Not so fast.

For once, central character Andrew's flaws are tied up in the fact that he is—wait for it—fundamentally decent.

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

As a white woman, Swift can afford to celebrate carelessness. Beyoncé, though, knows that even her casualness has to be perfect.

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

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