Noah Berlatsky

Writing can be hard and uncomfortable and precarious—but it's hard and uncomfortable and precarious in the way that any job can be.

To understand this debate, it's important to consider historical context.

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

If my wife and son had thought bubbles above their heads, like in the comics, you would be able to read them saying, "dog dog dog dog dog dog dog."

It's hard to deny the appeal of the masculine ideal, especially when embodied in Jude Law. And yet, it's also a depressing vision.

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

It's not the gender that's the problem: It's the oppression.

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

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

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