Noah Berlatsky

Bulimia.com has reworked superhero images to show more realistic body types—and their efforts are valuable in more than the expected ways.

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.

There's a good argument to be made that the earliest, and the best, rockabilly performers were women. Slicked-back, hiccuping, hopped up cool.

Writing can be hard and uncomfortable and precarious—but it's hard and uncomfortable and precarious in the way that any job can be.

C.S. Lewis' classic book presents an unlikely challenge to the patriarchy in the form of its true hero, Lucy.

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

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

For once, central character Andrew's flaws are tied up in the fact that he is—wait for it—fundamentally decent.

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

Fifth Harmony is nobody's idea of a roots band.