Noah Berlatsky

With the prospect of another Bush/Clinton presidential contest looming as ominously as Donald Trump's hairpiece, the word "dynasty" seems to be frothing off of many a pundit's keyboard. "Clinton, Bush struggle to shed dynasty labels," a Washington Post headline declared.

"I believe that, in order to address these problems, we need to first understand how we got here."

With the death of Leonard Nimoy, it's a good moment to pay tribute to (and question) his most famous character.

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

As a parent, you tend to assume that you have some say in forming your child's mental landscape. Then Santa comes along.

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

Metal aggression isn't sexual, but existential. As a result, women in the genre are both rare and unexpectedly equal.

Why should prostitution be illegal? And, more specifically why should male prostitution be illegal?

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

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