Noah Berlatsky

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.

Bulimia.com has reworked superhero images to show more realistic body types—and their efforts are valuable in more than the expected ways.

The acclaimed solo album of former Danity Kane member Dawn Richard raises questions about the very nature of "cred." Is pop antitethical to artistry?

Sex and bodies don't clarify gender; they confuse the issue.

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

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

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

Can a popular author also be celebrated for literary quality? Not if that author is a woman like Austen.

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

It's not the gender that's the problem: It's the oppression.