Noah Berlatsky

According to an Academy Awards voter, the right sort of people, with the right sort of education and connections, can't be racist.

A Ghostbusters with a female cast is a thorough violation of the spirit of the original. And that's a good thing.

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?

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

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

At first, this looks like sexism. And then you realize, hey, this is sexism. Hope isn't allowed to do the dangerous job because Pym has put her on a pedestal, and won't let her off it.

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

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?

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

Fans of Batgirl are fans of Batgirl. They buy her comic to see her being heroic, not to see her being a slasher movie victim.