Noah Berlatsky

Katniss is the voice of conscience and morality in the film, and in The Hunger Games series as a whole. In the just released last film in the series, she tries repeatedly to avoid unnecessary deaths. She insists that refugees from an attacked base be given an escape route, for example, and exposes herself in an effort to help them.

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

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

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

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?

Sex and bodies don't clarify gender; they confuse the issue.

Scientists are hotly debating whether we should send messages into space. Perhaps they should consult Octavia Butler for some wisdom...

Maddie & Tae's new hit both indicates and subverts country's long history of sexism.

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

The surface text of the film is that you can't trust some guys. The (barely) subtext is that you can't trust any guys.