Noah Berlatsky

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

C.S. Lewis' classic book presents an unlikely challenge to the patriarchy in the form of its true hero, Lucy.

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

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

Their sexuality traps and destroys male innocence, as they grad hold, by the penis- the better to lead him to castration. Make no mistake that castration is greeted with fear, terror, and disgust—but also with glee. Women as super villains allow their characters to be super powerful; a force for evil is at least a force. In a media landscape where women are often rendered secondary, invisible, and passive, the femme fatale, in her icy violence, seizes female agency along with the phallus that she so efficiently cuts off.

I am on my knees in 15-degree weather scrubbing poop from the sidewalk, and I have an epiphany of sorts—I do not want this dog.

Genre boundaries are conscious of race—and, in the case of rock, conscious of gender too.

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

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

According to an Academy Awards voter, the right sort of people, with the right sort of education and connections, can't be racist.