Noah Berlatsky

At first, this looks like sexism. And then you realize, hey, this is sexism. Hope isn't allowed to do the dangerous job because Pym has put her on a pedestal, and won't let her off it.

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

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

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

The Lord of the Flies can feel like a vacation spot for conflict-management consultants in comparison to social media.

A recent controversy at the Calgary Expo suggests MRAs care more about making opponents look bad than they do about discrimination.

Who is memorialized in death has everything to do with race, class . . . and who you were in life.

This doesn't mean that the outcomes of domestic violence are always equal; men tend to be bigger and stronger than women, and therefore are more likely to cause serious harm, even in situations where violence is reciprocal. Still, the fact that women are frequently perpetrators of violence in domestic situations substantially undermines the typical story of domestic abuse—and helps to show just how harmful that story is.

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

Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, Edith Piaf: they're all still practically household names.