Noah Berlatsky

Conservative fetishization of the past is myopic, simplistic, and mean-spirited—but progressives can be too quick to cede tradition.

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

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

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.

These covers remind us of the lengthy, rich—but often obscured—history of female songwriters.

The history of pop music, and of black pop music in particular, has always been gay history.

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

A new Facebook post calls into question cover depictions of hyper-sexualized men and women.

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.

As a parent, you tend to assume that you have some say in forming your child's mental landscape. Then Santa comes along.