Noah Berlatsky

In the U.S., anti-Semitism is universally condemned. This means that, effectively, anti-Semitism doesn't exist.

If my wife and son had thought bubbles above their heads, like in the comics, you would be able to read them saying, "dog dog dog dog dog dog dog."

Talking about race can get you into a lot of trouble . . . especially if you don't have a lot of class power or status.

Metal aggression isn't sexual, but existential. As a result, women in the genre are both rare and unexpectedly equal.

The history of pop music, and of black pop music in particular, has always been gay history.

"I believe that, in order to address these problems, we need to first understand how we got here."

"The look on Miley's face during Nicki Minaj's savage, expletive-laden rant says it all," Salon tweeted the day after the VMAs. Less than 140 characters, but still enough to link a black woman to a longstanding racial slur.

Country music is an overwhelmingly heterosexual endeavor. The LGBTQ community certainly listen to, and perform, country, but in terms of lyrical content and themes, country has been focused on male-female romantic love.

The surface text of the film is that you can't trust some guys. The (barely) subtext is that you can't trust any guys.

The rom-com's worshipping of power and wealth comes with a gender twist.