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Men suffer under patriarchy, too – and Ryan Gosling’s man-child Ken is a brilliant demonstration of that

Tina Turner’s death reinvigorates the need for public acknowledgement of the black roots of rock ‘n’ roll, writes Dr Kirsten Zemke.

From Mary Wesley’s throuples to James Baldwin’s heartbreak in Paris, writers have long been obsessed by ‘the most sought-after and least examined emotion’. Here Lucy Knight picks her top 10

After reading two books with red-coloured covers -- bell hooks' All About Love and Tara Costello's Red Moon Gang, Chanaradee Chatrakul Na Ayudhya, better known as juli baker and summer, became triggered by issues in the books, including relationships, politics, capitalism and menstruation. In order to convey the messages she…

That DeSantis relies on this foundational principle of white supremacy is actually evidence of systemic racism

After Florida’s governor vowed to block the class, a revised version – with key writings removed – sparked swift backlash

There is always a flurry of media excitement at this time of year surrounding the Grammys, the American music business’s peer-recognised music awards delivered by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. But away from the gossip about who deserved to win, the outfits on display and the racial…

Romantic victimhood allows us to believe we’re forever the wounded party – and that men are incapable of change, says Moya Lothian-McLean, a contributing editor at Novara Media

When local police named 22-year-old Robert E. Crimo III as “a person of interest” in the July 4 mass shootings in an affluent Chicago suburb, several news outlets described him in headlines as a “rapper.”

Pro-gun Republicans wasted no time blaming gun violence on rap, a tactic with a long and sordid history

The day after the May 24, 2022, mass shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, U.S. Rep. Ronny Jackson promptly blamed the violence on rap music and video games.