Noah Berlatsky

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

A recent controversy at the Calgary Expo suggests MRAs care more about making opponents look bad than they do about discrimination.

"I believe that, in order to address these problems, we need to first understand how we got here."

english lit academic. wish fulfiller. thwarted world-changer.

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

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

Female masturbation is sexy in part because it flirts with lesbianism. For male masturbation, it's a different story.

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

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?

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