Noah Berlatsky

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

For a second, it looked like the rabid hordes of gamergaters would be joined by metalheads. But #metalgate was never meant to be.

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