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.

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

"The look on Miley's face during Nicki Minaj's savage, expletive-laden rant says it all," Salon tweeted the day after the VMAs. Less than 140 characters, but still enough to link a black woman to a longstanding racial slur.

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

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.

If you want America to relearn how to hate white Jews, the quickest way to do that is to associate them with black people.

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

If my wife and son had thought bubbles above their heads, like in the comics, you would be able to read them saying, "dog dog dog dog dog dog dog."

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