Noah Berlatsky

Illicit passions aren't less enjoyable because they're illicit. Quite the contrary.

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.

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

The acclaimed solo album of former Danity Kane member Dawn Richard raises questions about the very nature of "cred." Is pop antitethical to artistry?

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.

Daredevil focuses on the dynamics of heroism—the display of strength and violence as a way to distance oneself from weakness.

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

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.

Hating sex workers—and treating them as things—can get you money.

Sex and bodies don't clarify gender; they confuse the issue.