Noah Berlatsky

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

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

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

Under the guise of philanthropy, 8 Minutes essentially blackmails some of the most marginalized and powerless people in society.

Metal aggression isn't sexual, but existential. As a result, women in the genre are both rare and unexpectedly equal.

So, if there are so many ways to sing this song, and if it's meant different things at different points, why complain about Beyoncé's version?

Irritation is the way of all flesh. The question is, if you're going to be annoyed for all of eternity, who do you want to be doing the annoying?

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

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.

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