Noah Berlatsky

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

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

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

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

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

Under the guise of philanthropy, 8 Minutes essentially blackmails some of the most marginalized and powerless people in society.

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

Female masturbation is sexy in part because it flirts with lesbianism. For male masturbation, it's a different story.

"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.

A recent controversy at the Calgary Expo suggests MRAs care more about making opponents look bad than they do about discrimination.