Noah Berlatsky
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Talking about race can get you into a lot of trouble . . . especially if you don't have a lot of class power or status.
Read...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.
Read...There's a good argument to be made that the earliest, and the best, rockabilly performers were women. Slicked-back, hiccuping, hopped up cool.
Read...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.
Read...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.
Read...Is it insulting to ask about the greatest female comics creator?
Read...According to an Academy Awards voter, the right sort of people, with the right sort of education and connections, can't be racist.
Read...These covers remind us of the lengthy, rich—but often obscured—history of female songwriters.
Read...David Ress' Aphexswift is genius precisely because it's so unlikely.
Read...The cover for A-Force is a combination of tired trope and deodorant ad. Female empowerment can do so much better.
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