Noah Berlatsky

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

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?

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

With the prospect of another Bush/Clinton presidential contest looming as ominously as Donald Trump's hairpiece, the word "dynasty" seems to be frothing off of many a pundit's keyboard. "Clinton, Bush struggle to shed dynasty labels," a Washington Post headline declared.

As a white woman, Swift can afford to celebrate carelessness. Beyoncé, though, knows that even her casualness has to be perfect.

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

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

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

Bus ads comparing Muslims to Hitler have been replaced with images of a superhero. And not just any superhero.

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