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I Don’t Want to Go to Mexico, and Other Woes
THE TICKETS were booked in March, back when the idea of summer—leaves on the trees, sun on your skin, sweat trickling down your sides—seemed altogether impossible.…
Britney Spears Uses Auto-Tune, Civilization Crumbles
THE FIRST CD I ever owned was Britney Spears’ Baby One More Time. I was around nine and I became obsessed with Britney Spears. It…
My Struggle: Judging a Book by Its Sexist Cover
THE FIRST two lines of My Struggle: Book 1, by Norwegian writer Karl Ove Knausgaard stop you in your tracks. “For the heart, life is simple:…
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DO IMAGES of the Candyman still haunt you every time you taste honey or hear a bumblebee buzzin’ nearby? Well, forget about that fool, and…