Noah Berlatsky

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

Daredevil focuses on the dynamics of heroism—the display of strength and violence as a way to distance oneself from weakness.

Sex and bodies don't clarify gender; they confuse the issue.

This doesn't mean that the outcomes of domestic violence are always equal; men tend to be bigger and stronger than women, and therefore are more likely to cause serious harm, even in situations where violence is reciprocal. Still, the fact that women are frequently perpetrators of violence in domestic situations substantially undermines the typical story of domestic abuse—and helps to show just how harmful that story is.

Illicit passions aren't less enjoyable because they're illicit. Quite the contrary.

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

Bulimia.com has reworked superhero images to show more realistic body types—and their efforts are valuable in more than the expected ways.

The history of pop music, and of black pop music in particular, has always been gay history.

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

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.