Noah Berlatsky

Maddie & Tae's new hit both indicates and subverts country's long history of sexism.

It's worth questioning some of our assumptions about adolescent inferiority.

With the prospect of another Bush/Clinton presidential contest looming as ominously as Donald Trump's hairpiece, the word "dynasty" seems to be frothing off of many a pundit's keyboard. "Clinton, Bush struggle to shed dynasty labels," a Washington Post headline declared.

The history of pop music, and of black pop music in particular, has always been gay history.

Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, Edith Piaf: they're all still practically household names.

Is it insulting to ask about the greatest female comics creator?

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

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

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

Sex and bodies don't clarify gender; they confuse the issue.