Noah Berlatsky

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

Writing can be hard and uncomfortable and precarious—but it's hard and uncomfortable and precarious in the way that any job can be.

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.

Rodriguez is confused when she says that people want her to steal white people's superheroes. But she also has a point.

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

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

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.

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

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."

It's hard to deny the appeal of the masculine ideal, especially when embodied in Jude Law. And yet, it's also a depressing vision.