Noah Berlatsky

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

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

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

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

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 acclaimed solo album of former Danity Kane member Dawn Richard raises questions about the very nature of "cred." Is pop antitethical to artistry?

Their sexuality traps and destroys male innocence, as they grad hold, by the penis- the better to lead him to castration. Make no mistake that castration is greeted with fear, terror, and disgust—but also with glee. Women as super villains allow their characters to be super powerful; a force for evil is at least a force. In a media landscape where women are often rendered secondary, invisible, and passive, the femme fatale, in her icy violence, seizes female agency along with the phallus that she so efficiently cuts off.

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.

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

At first, this looks like sexism. And then you realize, hey, this is sexism. Hope isn't allowed to do the dangerous job because Pym has put her on a pedestal, and won't let her off it.