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Beyoncé supports Jay-Z as he accepts the Dr. Dre Global Impact Award during the 66th GRAMMY Awards at Crypto.com Arena on February 04, 2024 in Los Angeles, California. (Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for The Recording Academy)

Beyoncé will dominate country music

Nardos Haile
SZA and Taylor Swift seen during the 65th GRAMMY Awards at Crypto.com Arena on February 05, 2023 in Los Angeles, California (John Shearer/Getty Images for the Recording Academy)

Grammys' annual album of the year snub

Nardos Haile
Beyoncé performs onstage during the “RENAISSANCE WORLD TOUR” at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on May 30, 2023 in London, England. | Taylor Swift performs at the Taylor Swift "The Eras Tour" held at Allegiant Stadium on March 24, 2023 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Our year of concert films is good news

Annie Zaleski
Harry Styles accepts Album Of The Year for “Harry's House” onstage during the 65th GRAMMY Awards at Crypto.com Arena on February 05, 2023 in Los Angeles, California. (Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for The Recording Academy)

Styles' speech made Beyoncé's loss worse

Alison Stine
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Singer Beyonce (Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

Beyoncé's ode to disco & queer history

David Burton - The Conversation
Beyonce Knowles performs onstage during 2018 Coachella Valley Music And Arts Festival Weekend 1 at the Empire Polo Field on April 14, 2018 in Indio, California. (Larry Busacca/Getty Images for Coachella)

On Beyoncé and moving away from ableism

Alison Stine
Fountain figure of Manneken Pis in Brussels (Getty Images/LUke1138)

Why many old fountains show boys peeing

Mike Rampton - Mental Floss
Supporters listen as President Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally at the Kenosha Regional Airport on November 02, 2020 in Kenosha, Wisconsin. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)

MAGA's twisted vision of medieval Europe

John Stoehr - Alternet
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Bill Gates; Steven Pinker (Getty/Shutterstock/Salon)

Why Pinker doesn't get the Enlightenment

Erika Schelby
"Six Tuscan Poets" - Giorgio Vasari (Wikimedia)

Origin of the Ninja Turtle theory of art

Noah Charney
"Love in the Golden Age," Agustino Caracci

Renaissance origins of porn

Noah Charney
(AFP PHOTO / Mona Lisa Foundation)

Prachi Gupta
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