Noah Berlatsky

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

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?

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

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

english lit academic. wish fulfiller. thwarted world-changer.

Sex and bodies don't clarify gender; they confuse the issue.

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

I am on my knees in 15-degree weather scrubbing poop from the sidewalk, and I have an epiphany of sorts—I do not want this dog.

Critics say call-out culture is mean-spirited and bullying. Not so fast.

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