Noah Berlatsky

Why should prostitution be illegal? And, more specifically why should male prostitution be illegal?

A Ghostbusters with a female cast is a thorough violation of the spirit of the original. And that's a good thing.

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

The first graphic novel to win a Caldeott gives children the chance to be adults, and adults the chance to be kids.

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.

This doesn't mean that the outcomes of domestic violence are always equal; men tend to be bigger and stronger than women, and therefore are more likely to cause serious harm, even in situations where violence is reciprocal. Still, the fact that women are frequently perpetrators of violence in domestic situations substantially undermines the typical story of domestic abuse—and helps to show just how harmful that story is.

David Ress' Aphexswift is genius precisely because it's so unlikely.

With the death of Leonard Nimoy, it's a good moment to pay tribute to (and question) his most famous character.

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.

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