Noah Berlatsky

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

Who is memorialized in death has everything to do with race, class . . . and who you were in life.

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

"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.

Why should prostitution be illegal? And, more specifically why should male prostitution be illegal?

For a second, it looked like the rabid hordes of gamergaters would be joined by metalheads. But #metalgate was never meant to be.

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

According to an Academy Awards voter, the right sort of people, with the right sort of education and connections, can't be racist.

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

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