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Ever wonder who deserves the blame—or praise—for unleashing Gossip Girl upon the world? Next week’s issue of The New Yorker has the answer: Alloy Entertainment, the juggernaut of young adult fiction. Alloy’s not only responsible for the Gossip Girl series, but also its clones The A-List (Gossip Girl moves to Los Angeles), The Clique (Gossip Girl goes back in time and winds up in middle school), and The Insiders (Gossip Girl gets a sex change)—as well as series like The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants and the best-selling murder mysteries Pretty Little Liars ... (Read more in DoubleX.)
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The latest issue of The New Yorker is full of myth
busting, and the targets are two cherished classics of children's
literature. Malcolm Gladwell argues that Atticus Finch, star father and
lawyer of To Kill a Mockingbird, is not a brave reformer, but an accomodationist .... (Read more in Double X.)
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