Noah Berlatsky

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

Is it insulting to ask about the greatest female comics creator?

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

Critics say call-out culture is mean-spirited and bullying. Not so fast.

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

Bulimia.com has reworked superhero images to show more realistic body types—and their efforts are valuable in more than the expected ways.

Hating sex workers—and treating them as things—can get you money.

Last year there was much excitement at the announcement that Lupita Nyong'o was going to play a major role in Star Wars: The Force Awakens — the first Black woman to star in the franchise.

Some love stories don't end happily. So why do so many romance novels insist they do?

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.