Noah Berlatsky

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

According to an Academy Awards voter, the right sort of people, with the right sort of education and connections, can't be racist.

For a second, it looked like the rabid hordes of gamergaters would be joined by metalheads. But #metalgate was never meant to be.

Daredevil focuses on the dynamics of heroism—the display of strength and violence as a way to distance oneself from weakness.

Conservative fetishization of the past is myopic, simplistic, and mean-spirited—but progressives can be too quick to cede tradition.

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

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

Female masturbation is sexy in part because it flirts with lesbianism. For male masturbation, it's a different story.

Fifth Harmony is nobody's idea of a roots band.

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