Noah Berlatsky

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

Fifth Harmony is nobody's idea of a roots band.

The MIT professor recently wrote that feminist literature left him "terrified" of his sexual desire. But is Dworkin to blame?

"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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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