Noah Berlatsky

Is the gender of the philosopher a marginal curiosity—or is it more central?

Fans of Batgirl are fans of Batgirl. They buy her comic to see her being heroic, not to see her being a slasher movie victim.

Critics say call-out culture is mean-spirited and bullying. Not so fast.

With the prospect of another Bush/Clinton presidential contest looming as ominously as Donald Trump's hairpiece, the word "dynasty" seems to be frothing off of many a pundit's keyboard. "Clinton, Bush struggle to shed dynasty labels," a Washington Post headline declared.

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

The loss of gospel history has meant forgetting how important black women have been to American performance styles.

Rodriguez is confused when she says that people want her to steal white people's superheroes. But she also has a point.

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

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

These covers remind us of the lengthy, rich—but often obscured—history of female songwriters.