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.

The surface text of the film is that you can't trust some guys. The (barely) subtext is that you can't trust any guys.

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

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

english lit academic. wish fulfiller. thwarted world-changer.

Last year there was much excitement at the announcement that Lupita Nyong'o was going to play a major role in Star Wars: The Force Awakens — the first Black woman to star in the franchise.

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

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

The founder of the brilliant fyeahblackrockmusic Tumblr talks racial politics, Kelis, and . . . the Doobie Brothers?

To read Massive isn't to discover a hidden truth, but to see a massive, obvious fact, bulging out for all the world to see.