Noah Berlatsky

With the death of Leonard Nimoy, it's a good moment to pay tribute to (and question) his most famous character.

So, if there are so many ways to sing this song, and if it's meant different things at different points, why complain about Beyoncé's version?

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

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

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

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

Talking about race can get you into a lot of trouble . . . especially if you don't have a lot of class power or status.

The cover for A-Force is a combination of tired trope and deodorant ad. Female empowerment can do so much better.

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

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