Noah Berlatsky

Irritation is the way of all flesh. The question is, if you're going to be annoyed for all of eternity, who do you want to be doing the annoying?

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?

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.

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

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

Country music is an overwhelmingly heterosexual endeavor. The LGBTQ community certainly listen to, and perform, country, but in terms of lyrical content and themes, country has been focused on male-female romantic love.

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

The cover for A-Force is a combination of tired trope and deodorant ad. Female empowerment can do so much better.

A new Facebook post calls into question cover depictions of hyper-sexualized men and women.

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