Noah Berlatsky

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

In the U.S., anti-Semitism is universally condemned. This means that, effectively, anti-Semitism doesn't exist.

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

The MIT professor recently wrote that feminist literature left him "terrified" of his sexual desire. But is Dworkin to blame?

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

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

These covers remind us of the lengthy, rich—but often obscured—history of female songwriters.

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

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

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?