Noah Berlatsky

Metal aggression isn't sexual, but existential. As a result, women in the genre are both rare and unexpectedly equal.

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

Let's not ignore the fact that the original James Bonds wasn't just white. He was a white supremacist.

Art without politics actually results in a sweeping Puritanism. For art to have power, it needs to engage with power, with politics.

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

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?

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

David Ress' Aphexswift is genius precisely because it's so unlikely.

"The look on Miley's face during Nicki Minaj's savage, expletive-laden rant says it all," Salon tweeted the day after the VMAs. Less than 140 characters, but still enough to link a black woman to a longstanding racial slur.

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