Noah Berlatsky

Feminist dystopia at its finest. Joanna Russ imagines a world in which the elimination of gender hierarchy leads to freedom, strength, and power.

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.

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

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

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

The cover for A-Force is a combination of tired trope and deodorant ad. Female empowerment can do so much better.

The first graphic novel to win a Caldeott gives children the chance to be adults, and adults the chance to be kids.

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

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

If you want America to relearn how to hate white Jews, the quickest way to do that is to associate them with black people.