What to Do About Cheerleaders

Published: Dec. 22, 2017, 7:37 p.m.

This month, Slate is republishing some of our favorite stories. Here\u2019s today\u2019s selection: There are a lot of Slate columns I miss, but if I could revive one it would probably be Bryan Curtis\u2019The Middlebrow, a weekly investigation into the obvious. This one about cheerleaders is a perfect example: We never think about cheerleaders, but the whole enterprise is weird as heck.