Noah Berlatsky

There's a good argument to be made that the earliest, and the best, rockabilly performers were women. Slicked-back, hiccuping, hopped up cool.

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

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.

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

A Ghostbusters with a female cast is a thorough violation of the spirit of the original. And that's a good thing.

Let's not ignore the fact that the original James Bonds wasn't just white. He was a white supremacist.

In the U.S., anti-Semitism is universally condemned. This means that, effectively, anti-Semitism doesn't exist.

"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.

Art without politics actually results in a sweeping Puritanism. For art to have power, it needs to engage with power, with politics.

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