Noah Berlatsky

If you want America to relearn how to hate white Jews, the quickest way to do that is to associate them with black people.

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

If my wife and son had thought bubbles above their heads, like in the comics, you would be able to read them saying, "dog dog dog dog dog dog dog."

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

Is the gender of the philosopher a marginal curiosity—or is it more central?

Under the guise of philanthropy, 8 Minutes essentially blackmails some of the most marginalized and powerless people in society.

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

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.

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?

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