Noah Berlatsky

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

David Ress' Aphexswift is genius precisely because it's so unlikely.

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

So, if there are so many ways to sing this song, and if it's meant different things at different points, why complain about Beyoncé's version?

According to an Academy Awards voter, the right sort of people, with the right sort of education and connections, can't be racist.

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

Can a popular author also be celebrated for literary quality? Not if that author is a woman like Austen.

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

Scientists are hotly debating whether we should send messages into space. Perhaps they should consult Octavia Butler for some wisdom...

"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.