Noah Berlatsky

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

"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.

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

The loss of gospel history has meant forgetting how important black women have been to American performance styles.

The acclaimed solo album of former Danity Kane member Dawn Richard raises questions about the very nature of "cred." Is pop antitethical to artistry?

Bus ads comparing Muslims to Hitler have been replaced with images of a superhero. And not just any superhero.

Fifth Harmony is nobody's idea of a roots band.

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

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.