Noah Berlatsky

Rodriguez is confused when she says that people want her to steal white people's superheroes. But she also has a point.

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

The loss of gospel history has meant forgetting how important black women have been to American performance styles.

Fifth Harmony is nobody's idea of a roots band.

Sex and bodies don't clarify gender; they confuse the issue.

Bus ads comparing Muslims to Hitler have been replaced with images of a superhero. And not just any superhero.

Talking about race can get you into a lot of trouble . . . especially if you don't have a lot of class power or status.

At first, this looks like sexism. And then you realize, hey, this is sexism. Hope isn't allowed to do the dangerous job because Pym has put her on a pedestal, and won't let her off it.

Their sexuality traps and destroys male innocence, as they grad hold, by the penis- the better to lead him to castration. Make no mistake that castration is greeted with fear, terror, and disgust—but also with glee. Women as super villains allow their characters to be super powerful; a force for evil is at least a force. In a media landscape where women are often rendered secondary, invisible, and passive, the femme fatale, in her icy violence, seizes female agency along with the phallus that she so efficiently cuts off.

As a parent, you tend to assume that you have some say in forming your child's mental landscape. Then Santa comes along.