Noah Berlatsky

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

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

It's worth questioning some of our assumptions about adolescent inferiority.

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

The MIT professor recently wrote that feminist literature left him "terrified" of his sexual desire. But is Dworkin to blame?

To understand this debate, it's important to consider historical context.

Talking about race can get you into a lot of trouble . . . especially if you don't have a lot of class power or status.

This doesn't mean that the outcomes of domestic violence are always equal; men tend to be bigger and stronger than women, and therefore are more likely to cause serious harm, even in situations where violence is reciprocal. Still, the fact that women are frequently perpetrators of violence in domestic situations substantially undermines the typical story of domestic abuse—and helps to show just how harmful that story is.

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

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