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Why There Are Fewer Women Than Men on the TIME 100

The process of compiling this annual list highlights switchbacks and blind alleys on the road to female equality

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When Fans Attack: The Perils of an Internet-Enabled Audience

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Pop culture consumers may be devoted, but all that adulation can turn to outrage with the slightest of provocations

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Nostalgia: Our Favorite Cultural Copout

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What Adele, Woody Allen and Newt Gingrich have in common and why we can’t stop romanticizing the past

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Grammys Fallout: The Subtle Snubbing of Kanye

Why his nominations are mere booby prizes