Noah Berlatsky

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

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

Rather than seeing Beyoncé's sexual performance as linked to destruction, we can consider whether eroticism might be an alternative to violence.

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.

A new Facebook post calls into question cover depictions of hyper-sexualized men and women.

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.

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.

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

Feminist dystopia at its finest. Joanna Russ imagines a world in which the elimination of gender hierarchy leads to freedom, strength, and power.

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