Noah Berlatsky

For a second, it looked like the rabid hordes of gamergaters would be joined by metalheads. But #metalgate was never meant to be.

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

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

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

Their sexuality traps and destroys male innocence, as they grad hold, by the penis- the better to lead him to castration. Make no mistake that castration is greeted with fear, terror, and disgust—but also with glee. Women as super villains allow their characters to be super powerful; a force for evil is at least a force. In a media landscape where women are often rendered secondary, invisible, and passive, the femme fatale, in her icy violence, seizes female agency along with the phallus that she so efficiently cuts off.

Some love stories don't end happily. So why do so many romance novels insist they do?

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

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?

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

At first, this looks like sexism. And then you realize, hey, this is sexism. Hope isn't allowed to do the dangerous job because Pym has put her on a pedestal, and won't let her off it.