Noah Berlatsky

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

Is the gender of the philosopher a marginal curiosity—or is it more central?

With the death of Leonard Nimoy, it's a good moment to pay tribute to (and question) his most famous character.

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.

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

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

So, if there are so many ways to sing this song, and if it's meant different things at different points, why complain about Beyoncé's version?

It's hard to deny the appeal of the masculine ideal, especially when embodied in Jude Law. And yet, it's also a depressing vision.

Hating sex workers—and treating them as things—can get you money.

"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.