Noah Berlatsky

Metal aggression isn't sexual, but existential. As a result, women in the genre are both rare and unexpectedly equal.

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

Feminist dystopia at its finest. Joanna Russ imagines a world in which the elimination of gender hierarchy leads to freedom, strength, and power.

Rather than seeing Beyoncé's sexual performance as linked to destruction, we can consider whether eroticism might be an alternative to violence.

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

It's not the gender that's the problem: It's the oppression.

There's a good argument to be made that the earliest, and the best, rockabilly performers were women. Slicked-back, hiccuping, hopped up cool.

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

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

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