Noah Berlatsky

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

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

The rom-com's worshipping of power and wealth comes with a gender twist.

A Ghostbusters with a female cast is a thorough violation of the spirit of the original. And that's a good thing.

Who is memorialized in death has everything to do with race, class . . . and who you were in life.

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.

If you want America to relearn how to hate white Jews, the quickest way to do that is to associate them with black people.

As a white woman, Swift can afford to celebrate carelessness. Beyoncé, though, knows that even her casualness has to be perfect.

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

As a parent, you tend to assume that you have some say in forming your child's mental landscape. Then Santa comes along.