Noah Berlatsky

As a white woman, Swift can afford to celebrate carelessness. Beyoncé, though, knows that even her casualness has to be perfect.

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

Is it insulting to ask about the greatest female comics creator?

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

David Ress' Aphexswift is genius precisely because it's so unlikely.

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

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.

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

A Ghostbusters with a female cast is a thorough violation of the spirit of the original. And that's a good thing.

As a parent, you tend to assume that you have some say in forming your child's mental landscape. Then Santa comes along.