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Evan Gardner
The Rise of the Theater Kids
It’s not just ‘Wicked.’ Pop music has been taken over by hyper-confident, tightly choreographed theater kids with something to prove.
Evan Gardner
Flop Girl Summer Is Here
This time last year, pop culture treated us every day: Barbie, Taylor Swift’s tour, Gwyneth in court. Now, it has nothing left to give.
Evan Gardner
The SAT Is Back. Or Is It?
Elite schools have reintroduced standardized testing—but does a new, all-digital exam mean standards will slip?
Evan Gardner
Country Music and Me: My Great Migration in the Wrong Direction
I’m black. Country music is supposedly white. But this summer my father and I reveled in the sounds of the South.
Evan Gardner
Taylor Swift Unites America
Why one millennial woman is jump-starting the economy, rumbling the earth, and erasing people’s minds—in a good way.
Evan Gardner
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