Noah Berlatsky

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

While Atwood's feminist dystopia remains our favorite nightmarish future, Marge Piercy's Woman On The Edge Of Time is far superior.

Who is memorialized in death has everything to do with race, class . . . and who you were in life.

Feminist dystopia at its finest. Joanna Russ imagines a world in which the elimination of gender hierarchy leads to freedom, strength, and power.

Daredevil focuses on the dynamics of heroism—the display of strength and violence as a way to distance oneself from weakness.

The Lord of the Flies can feel like a vacation spot for conflict-management consultants in comparison to social media.

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

Rodriguez is confused when she says that people want her to steal white people's superheroes. But she also has a point.

C.S. Lewis' classic book presents an unlikely challenge to the patriarchy in the form of its true hero, Lucy.

So, if there are so many ways to sing this song, and if it's meant different things at different points, why complain about Beyoncé's version?