Noah Berlatsky

It's not the gender that's the problem: It's the oppression.

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 rom-com's worshipping of power and wealth comes with a gender twist.

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

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

Feminist dystopia at its finest. Joanna Russ imagines a world in which the elimination of gender hierarchy leads to freedom, strength, and power.

While Atwood's feminist dystopia remains our favorite nightmarish future, Marge Piercy's Woman On The Edge Of Time is far superior.

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

Let's not ignore the fact that the original James Bonds wasn't just white. He was a white supremacist.

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?