Noah Berlatsky

Irritation is the way of all flesh. The question is, if you're going to be annoyed for all of eternity, who do you want to be doing the annoying?

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

Rather than seeing Beyoncé's sexual performance as linked to destruction, we can consider whether eroticism might be an alternative to violence.

The history of pop music, and of black pop music in particular, has always been gay history.

Rodriguez is confused when she says that people want her to steal white people's superheroes. But she also has a point.

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

Illicit passions aren't less enjoyable because they're illicit. Quite the contrary.

In the U.S., anti-Semitism is universally condemned. This means that, effectively, anti-Semitism doesn't exist.

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.