Noah Berlatsky

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

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

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

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

As a white woman, Swift can afford to celebrate carelessness. Beyoncé, though, knows that even her casualness has to be perfect.

Sex and bodies don't clarify gender; they confuse the issue.

"Childbearing [is] barbaric and pregnancy should be abolished," wrote radical feminist theorist Shulamith Firestone in The Dialectic of Sex.

Is the gender of the philosopher a marginal curiosity—or is it more central?

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

The acclaimed solo album of former Danity Kane member Dawn Richard raises questions about the very nature of "cred." Is pop antitethical to artistry?