Noah Berlatsky

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

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.

Is it insulting to ask about the greatest female comics creator?

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.

Katniss is the voice of conscience and morality in the film, and in The Hunger Games series as a whole. In the just released last film in the series, she tries repeatedly to avoid unnecessary deaths. She insists that refugees from an attacked base be given an escape route, for example, and exposes herself in an effort to help them.

english lit academic. wish fulfiller. thwarted world-changer.

So, if there are so many ways to sing this song, and if it's meant different things at different points, why complain about Beyoncé's version?

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

Banks' "Ice Princess" video shows that it's not only white people who can pick up someone else's culture.

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.