Noah Berlatsky

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

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

Maddie & Tae's new hit both indicates and subverts country's long history of sexism.

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

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?

It's hard to deny the appeal of the masculine ideal, especially when embodied in Jude Law. And yet, it's also a depressing vision.

David Ress' Aphexswift is genius precisely because it's so unlikely.

Some love stories don't end happily. So why do so many romance novels insist they do?

It's not the gender that's the problem: It's the oppression.

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