Noah Berlatsky

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

Writing can be hard and uncomfortable and precarious—but it's hard and uncomfortable and precarious in the way that any job can be.

Metal aggression isn't sexual, but existential. As a result, women in the genre are both rare and unexpectedly equal.

Banks' "Ice Princess" video shows that it's not only white people who can pick up someone else's culture.

Critics say call-out culture is mean-spirited and bullying. Not so fast.

The MIT professor recently wrote that feminist literature left him "terrified" of his sexual desire. But is Dworkin to blame?

Female masturbation is sexy in part because it flirts with lesbianism. For male masturbation, it's a different story.

Under the guise of philanthropy, 8 Minutes essentially blackmails some of the most marginalized and powerless people in society.

Art without politics actually results in a sweeping Puritanism. For art to have power, it needs to engage with power, with politics.

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