Noah Berlatsky

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

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

For once, central character Andrew's flaws are tied up in the fact that he is—wait for it—fundamentally decent.

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

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

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?

Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, Edith Piaf: they're all still practically household names.

The surface text of the film is that you can't trust some guys. The (barely) subtext is that you can't trust any guys.

"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.

There's a good argument to be made that the earliest, and the best, rockabilly performers were women. Slicked-back, hiccuping, hopped up cool.