Noah Berlatsky

To understand this debate, it's important to consider historical context.

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

Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, Edith Piaf: they're all still practically household names.

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

The founder of the brilliant fyeahblackrockmusic Tumblr talks racial politics, Kelis, and . . . the Doobie Brothers?

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

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

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

I am on my knees in 15-degree weather scrubbing poop from the sidewalk, and I have an epiphany of sorts—I do not want this dog.

The Lord of the Flies can feel like a vacation spot for conflict-management consultants in comparison to social media.