Noah Berlatsky

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

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

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

The Lord of the Flies can feel like a vacation spot for conflict-management consultants in comparison to social media.

Katniss is the voice of conscience and morality in the film, and in The Hunger Games series as a whole. In the just released last film in the series, she tries repeatedly to avoid unnecessary deaths. She insists that refugees from an attacked base be given an escape route, for example, and exposes herself in an effort to help them.

For once, central character Andrew's flaws are tied up in the fact that he is—wait for it—fundamentally decent.

Lower your standards, live in moderate amounts of filth, and go to bed early. The cat will thank you.

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

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?

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.