Noah Berlatsky

It's worth questioning some of our assumptions about adolescent inferiority.

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

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

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

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

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

According to an Academy Awards voter, the right sort of people, with the right sort of education and connections, can't be racist.

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

Daredevil focuses on the dynamics of heroism—the display of strength and violence as a way to distance oneself from weakness.

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