Noah Berlatsky

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

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.

While Atwood's feminist dystopia remains our favorite nightmarish future, Marge Piercy's Woman On The Edge Of Time is far superior.

C.S. Lewis' classic book presents an unlikely challenge to the patriarchy in the form of its true hero, Lucy.

english lit academic. wish fulfiller. thwarted world-changer.

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

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

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

Banks' "Ice Princess" video shows that it's not only white people who can pick up someone else's culture.

Last year there was much excitement at the announcement that Lupita Nyong'o was going to play a major role in Star Wars: The Force Awakens — the first Black woman to star in the franchise.