Noah Berlatsky

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

To read Massive isn't to discover a hidden truth, but to see a massive, obvious fact, bulging out for all the world to see.

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

The founder of the brilliant fyeahblackrockmusic Tumblr talks racial politics, Kelis, and . . . the Doobie Brothers?

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

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

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

Is it insulting to ask about the greatest female comics creator?

"I believe that, in order to address these problems, we need to first understand how we got here."

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.