Noah Berlatsky

If you want America to relearn how to hate white Jews, the quickest way to do that is to associate them with black people.

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

According to an Academy Awards voter, the right sort of people, with the right sort of education and connections, can't be racist.

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

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

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

Conservative fetishization of the past is myopic, simplistic, and mean-spirited—but progressives can be too quick to cede tradition.

"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.

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.

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