Noah Berlatsky

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

The first graphic novel to win a Caldeott gives children the chance to be adults, and adults the chance to be kids.

A new Facebook post calls into question cover depictions of hyper-sexualized men and women.

For a second, it looked like the rabid hordes of gamergaters would be joined by metalheads. But #metalgate was never meant to be.

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

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

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

Genre boundaries are conscious of race—and, in the case of rock, conscious of gender too.

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

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