Noah Berlatsky

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

It's hard to deny the appeal of the masculine ideal, especially when embodied in Jude Law. And yet, it's also a depressing vision.

Who is memorialized in death has everything to do with race, class . . . and who you were in life.

Irritation is the way of all flesh. The question is, if you're going to be annoyed for all of eternity, who do you want to be doing the annoying?

Scientists are hotly debating whether we should send messages into space. Perhaps they should consult Octavia Butler for some wisdom...

The MIT professor recently wrote that feminist literature left him "terrified" of his sexual desire. But is Dworkin to blame?

Genre boundaries are conscious of race—and, in the case of rock, conscious of gender too.

David Ress' Aphexswift is genius precisely because it's so unlikely.

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

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