Noah Berlatsky

Critics say call-out culture is mean-spirited and bullying. Not so fast.

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.

A recent controversy at the Calgary Expo suggests MRAs care more about making opponents look bad than they do about discrimination.

It's hard to deny the appeal of the masculine ideal, especially when embodied in Jude Law. And yet, it's also a depressing vision.

Daredevil focuses on the dynamics of heroism—the display of strength and violence as a way to distance oneself from weakness.

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

Bus ads comparing Muslims to Hitler have been replaced with images of a superhero. And not just any superhero.

If my wife and son had thought bubbles above their heads, like in the comics, you would be able to read them saying, "dog dog dog dog dog dog dog."

The founder of the brilliant fyeahblackrockmusic Tumblr talks racial politics, Kelis, and . . . the Doobie Brothers?

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