Noah Berlatsky

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

Talking about race can get you into a lot of trouble . . . especially if you don't have a lot of class power or status.

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

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

The loss of gospel history has meant forgetting how important black women have been to American performance styles.

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

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.

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?

There's a good argument to be made that the earliest, and the best, rockabilly performers were women. Slicked-back, hiccuping, hopped up cool.

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