Noah Berlatsky

This doesn't mean that the outcomes of domestic violence are always equal; men tend to be bigger and stronger than women, and therefore are more likely to cause serious harm, even in situations where violence is reciprocal. Still, the fact that women are frequently perpetrators of violence in domestic situations substantially undermines the typical story of domestic abuse—and helps to show just how harmful that story is.

Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, Edith Piaf: they're all still practically household names.

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

Last year there was much excitement at the announcement that Lupita Nyong'o was going to play a major role in Star Wars: The Force Awakens — the first Black woman to star in the franchise.

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

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

Banks' "Ice Princess" video shows that it's not only white people who can pick up someone else's culture.

Action movies don't usually bother much with romance. The trailer for The Transporter: Refueled certainly doesn't. The hero is cool — sexy women, plural, throw themselves at him, or at least stand near him and things blow up; there are fights and revenge and high production values. Romance is, at best, a secondary concern.

A new Facebook post calls into question cover depictions of hyper-sexualized men and women.

Lower your standards, live in moderate amounts of filth, and go to bed early. The cat will thank you.