Noah Berlatsky

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

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

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

These covers remind us of the lengthy, rich—but often obscured—history of female songwriters.

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

For a second, it looked like the rabid hordes of gamergaters would be joined by metalheads. But #metalgate was never meant to be.

While Atwood's feminist dystopia remains our favorite nightmarish future, Marge Piercy's Woman On The Edge Of Time is far superior.

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.

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

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