Noah Berlatsky

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

Country music is an overwhelmingly heterosexual endeavor. The LGBTQ community certainly listen to, and perform, country, but in terms of lyrical content and themes, country has been focused on male-female romantic love.

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

Let's not ignore the fact that the original James Bonds wasn't just white. He was a white supremacist.

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

For once, central character Andrew's flaws are tied up in the fact that he is—wait for it—fundamentally decent.

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

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

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

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