Noah Berlatsky

Conservative fetishization of the past is myopic, simplistic, and mean-spirited—but progressives can be too quick to cede tradition.

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

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

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

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.

"The look on Miley's face during Nicki Minaj's savage, expletive-laden rant says it all," Salon tweeted the day after the VMAs. Less than 140 characters, but still enough to link a black woman to a longstanding racial slur.

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

A new Facebook post calls into question cover depictions of hyper-sexualized men and women.

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

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