How a Streetwalker Became America’s Sweetheart
Pretty Woman was porn-lite for women long before Fifty Shades of Grey came along, and apparently, it still is.
Laura Halferty
Plastic Paddies, Thick Micks, and Drunken Hooligans: St. Patrick’s Unholy Legacy
We Irish Americans have a talent for self-deprecation, and we’ve elevated it to an art form.
Miley Cyrus: The Anti-Lorde
We cannot understand Lorde’s success without recognizing that it happened in the context of Miley Cyrus’ disgrace.
Why Do Feminists Love Don Draper?
Don Draper’s insightful ad pitches are full of arrogance and sexism, but they’re also full of rhetoric, history, philosophy, psychology, and even pure, sexy poetry.
Sex, Drugs, and Honey Nut Cheerios
Nelly on Cheerios is a deconstructionist’s dream: full of sweet contradictory goodness.