Noah Berlatsky

Conservative fetishization of the past is myopic, simplistic, and mean-spirited—but progressives can be too quick to cede tradition.

Some love stories don't end happily. So why do so many romance novels insist they do?

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

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

Lower your standards, live in moderate amounts of filth, and go to bed early. The cat will thank you.

There's a good argument to be made that the earliest, and the best, rockabilly performers were women. Slicked-back, hiccuping, hopped up cool.

Katniss is the voice of conscience and morality in the film, and in The Hunger Games series as a whole. In the just released last film in the series, she tries repeatedly to avoid unnecessary deaths. She insists that refugees from an attacked base be given an escape route, for example, and exposes herself in an effort to help them.

Scientists are hotly debating whether we should send messages into space. Perhaps they should consult Octavia Butler for some wisdom...

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

Maddie & Tae's new hit both indicates and subverts country's long history of sexism.