Noah Berlatsky

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

Talking about race can get you into a lot of trouble . . . especially if you don't have a lot of class power or status.

At first, this looks like sexism. And then you realize, hey, this is sexism. Hope isn't allowed to do the dangerous job because Pym has put her on a pedestal, and won't let her off it.

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

As a white woman, Swift can afford to celebrate carelessness. Beyoncé, though, knows that even her casualness has to be perfect.

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

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

Illicit passions aren't less enjoyable because they're illicit. Quite the contrary.

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

Writing can be hard and uncomfortable and precarious—but it's hard and uncomfortable and precarious in the way that any job can be.