Noah Berlatsky

Katniss is the voice of conscience and morality in the film, and in The Hunger Games series as a whole. In the just released last film in the series, she tries repeatedly to avoid unnecessary deaths. She insists that refugees from an attacked base be given an escape route, for example, and exposes herself in an effort to help them.

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.

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

These covers remind us of the lengthy, rich—but often obscured—history of female songwriters.

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?

Is it insulting to ask about the greatest female comics creator?

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

Why should prostitution be illegal? And, more specifically why should male prostitution be illegal?

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

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