Noah Berlatsky

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

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

The founder of the brilliant fyeahblackrockmusic Tumblr talks racial politics, Kelis, and . . . the Doobie Brothers?

english lit academic. wish fulfiller. thwarted world-changer.

To read Massive isn't to discover a hidden truth, but to see a massive, obvious fact, bulging out for all the world to see.

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

If my wife and son had thought bubbles above their heads, like in the comics, you would be able to read them saying, "dog dog dog dog dog dog dog."

Hating sex workers—and treating them as things—can get you money.

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

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.