Noah Berlatsky

Critics say call-out culture is mean-spirited and bullying. Not so fast.

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

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

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

These covers remind us of the lengthy, rich—but often obscured—history of female songwriters.

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

Country music is an overwhelmingly heterosexual endeavor. The LGBTQ community certainly listen to, and perform, country, but in terms of lyrical content and themes, country has been focused on male-female romantic love.

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

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