Noah Berlatsky

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

The loss of gospel history has meant forgetting how important black women have been to American performance styles.

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

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

Let's not ignore the fact that the original James Bonds wasn't just white. He was a white supremacist.

Illicit passions aren't less enjoyable because they're illicit. Quite the contrary.

Irritation is the way of all flesh. The question is, if you're going to be annoyed for all of eternity, who do you want to be doing the annoying?

Fans of Batgirl are fans of Batgirl. They buy her comic to see her being heroic, not to see her being a slasher movie victim.

Genre boundaries are conscious of race—and, in the case of rock, conscious of gender too.

Critics say call-out culture is mean-spirited and bullying. Not so fast.