Noah Berlatsky

The loss of gospel history has meant forgetting how important black women have been to American performance styles.

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.

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

The founder of the brilliant fyeahblackrockmusic Tumblr talks racial politics, Kelis, and . . . the Doobie Brothers?

Did the classic Adam West Batman show strike a blow (Kerwhap!) for feminism?

The acclaimed solo album of former Danity Kane member Dawn Richard raises questions about the very nature of "cred." Is pop antitethical to artistry?

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.

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

The MIT professor recently wrote that feminist literature left him "terrified" of his sexual desire. But is Dworkin to blame?

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