Noah Berlatsky

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

This doesn't mean that the outcomes of domestic violence are always equal; men tend to be bigger and stronger than women, and therefore are more likely to cause serious harm, even in situations where violence is reciprocal. Still, the fact that women are frequently perpetrators of violence in domestic situations substantially undermines the typical story of domestic abuse—and helps to show just how harmful that story is.

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

The surface text of the film is that you can't trust some guys. The (barely) subtext is that you can't trust any guys.

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

With the death of Leonard Nimoy, it's a good moment to pay tribute to (and question) his most famous character.

It's worth questioning some of our assumptions about adolescent inferiority.

Conservative fetishization of the past is myopic, simplistic, and mean-spirited—but progressives can be too quick to cede tradition.

Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, Edith Piaf: they're all still practically household names.

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