Noah Berlatsky

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

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

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

The Lord of the Flies can feel like a vacation spot for conflict-management consultants in comparison to social media.

Some love stories don't end happily. So why do so many romance novels insist they do?

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

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

Bus ads comparing Muslims to Hitler have been replaced with images of a superhero. And not just any superhero.

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

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