Noah Berlatsky

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

Last year there was much excitement at the announcement that Lupita Nyong'o was going to play a major role in Star Wars: The Force Awakens — the first Black woman to star in the franchise.

A new Facebook post calls into question cover depictions of hyper-sexualized men and women.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

Irritation is the way of all flesh. The question is, if you're going to be annoyed for all of eternity, who do you want to be doing the annoying?