Noah Berlatsky

Banks' "Ice Princess" video shows that it's not only white people who can pick up someone else's culture.

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

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

To read Massive isn't to discover a hidden truth, but to see a massive, obvious fact, bulging out for all the world to see.

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

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.

Lower your standards, live in moderate amounts of filth, and go to bed early. The cat will thank you.

Bus ads comparing Muslims to Hitler have been replaced with images of a superhero. And not just any superhero.

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.

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?