Noah Berlatsky

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

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.

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

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

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.

To understand this debate, it's important to consider historical context.

The founder of the brilliant fyeahblackrockmusic Tumblr talks racial politics, Kelis, and . . . the Doobie Brothers?

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

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."