Noah Berlatsky

Did the classic Adam West Batman show strike a blow (Kerwhap!) for feminism?

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

Banks' "Ice Princess" video shows that it's not only white people who can pick up someone else's culture.

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

In the U.S., anti-Semitism is universally condemned. This means that, effectively, anti-Semitism doesn't exist.

Art without politics actually results in a sweeping Puritanism. For art to have power, it needs to engage with power, with politics.

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

Who is memorialized in death has everything to do with race, class . . . and who you were in life.

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

I am on my knees in 15-degree weather scrubbing poop from the sidewalk, and I have an epiphany of sorts—I do not want this dog.