Noah Berlatsky

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

The cover for A-Force is a combination of tired trope and deodorant ad. Female empowerment can do so much better.

Katniss is the voice of conscience and morality in the film, and in The Hunger Games series as a whole. In the just released last film in the series, she tries repeatedly to avoid unnecessary deaths. She insists that refugees from an attacked base be given an escape route, for example, and exposes herself in an effort to help them.

Female masturbation is sexy in part because it flirts with lesbianism. For male masturbation, it's a different story.

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

Daredevil focuses on the dynamics of heroism—the display of strength and violence as a way to distance oneself from weakness.

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

To understand this debate, it's important to consider historical context.

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.