Noah Berlatsky

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

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

Critics say call-out culture is mean-spirited and bullying. Not so fast.

"The look on Miley's face during Nicki Minaj's savage, expletive-laden rant says it all," Salon tweeted the day after the VMAs. Less than 140 characters, but still enough to link a black woman to a longstanding racial slur.

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

Lower your standards, live in moderate amounts of filth, and go to bed early. The cat will thank you.

Can a popular author also be celebrated for literary quality? Not if that author is a woman like Austen.

I am on my knees in 15-degree weather scrubbing poop from the sidewalk, and I have an epiphany of sorts—I do not want this dog.

Country music is an overwhelmingly heterosexual endeavor. The LGBTQ community certainly listen to, and perform, country, but in terms of lyrical content and themes, country has been focused on male-female romantic love.

Talking about race can get you into a lot of trouble . . . especially if you don't have a lot of class power or status.