Noah Berlatsky

Is the gender of the philosopher a marginal curiosity—or is it more central?

Did the classic Adam West Batman show strike a blow (Kerwhap!) for feminism?

Bulimia.com has reworked superhero images to show more realistic body types—and their efforts are valuable in more than the expected ways.

The history of pop music, and of black pop music in particular, has always been gay history.

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

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

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

It's hard to deny the appeal of the masculine ideal, especially when embodied in Jude Law. And yet, it's also a depressing vision.

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

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