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Time Magazine International Edition|October 10, 2016ConversationCAUSES AND CURESRE “BETWEEN THE DEVIL and the Deep Blue Sea” [Sept. 12–19]: Reading about the fates of the people-smuggled asylum seekers into Europe demonstrates the challenges that lie ahead for the African continent. Yet these challenges could be easily overcome if only there is the will to do so. More than anything else, this continent needs to be socially and culturally brought into the 21st century: family planning, a stop to corruption, good organization, the building of infrastructure and the chance to participate economically in the global community on a level playing field are high on the to-do list. Here is a chance for the U.N. and the internationally operating NGOs to take the lead.Margit Alm, ELTHAM, AUSTRALIAYOUR REPORTING IS VERY crucial for world leaders to discuss the causes…3 min
Time Magazine International Edition|October 10, 2016TICKERSpike in U.S. homicide rateThe U.S. murder rate rose by 10.8% in 2015, the highest percentage increase since the early 1970s, according to the FBI. Violent crime was also up 4%, but still at its third-lowest rate since 1970.Russia linked to MH 17 downingA two-year investigation into the downing of a Malaysia Airlines jet over eastern Ukraine in 2014 concluded that the missile responsible was not just made in Russia, but also fired from a separatist area of Ukraine controlled by pro-Russian rebels.Saudi women protest patriarchyA petition signed by almost 15,000 women in Saudi Arabia calling for an end to male guardianship has been sent to the government. Under Saudi law, women need the consent of a male guardian, usually a family member, for major decisions like travel or health…1 min
Time Magazine International Edition|October 10, 2016The U.S. has a weak hand in Syria—and Russia knows itHOW FAST CAN A PEACE DEAL FALL APART? On day one (Sept. 12), a U.S.-Russia-brokered cease-fire went into effect in Syria. By day four, Moscow and Washington were accusing each other of violations. On day five, a U.K.-based NGO was reporting that airstrikes were killing civilians. On day six, a U.S. air-strike killed Syrian soldiers. On day eight, a bomb attack on a U.N. aid convoy killed more than 20 relief workers and the U.N. was forced to suspend all relief efforts. Again, the U.S. and Russia traded charges of responsibility.No one in Washington has yet made a credible case that a post-Assad Syria can hold togetherOn day 12, Syrian fighter jets pounded the city of Aleppo, killing dozens and wounding hundreds. U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, not known for plain…2 min
Time Magazine International Edition|October 10, 2016Arnold Palmer American iconAS A GLAMOROUS YOUNG MAN at the dawn of television, Arnold Palmer hoisted the rather cloistered game of golf onto his broad shoulders and carried it into a golden age with an irresistible swagger. His grip-and-rip swing married power with calamity to make every shot a heart-stopping drama. At the peak of his game, from 1958 to 1964, he was as good as anyone, ever. And when his career as a touring pro ended, he had 62 titles and seven major championships, easily among the top 10 on both lists. But for all that, Palmer—who died Sept. 25 at 87—was bigger than golf. Much, much bigger.A child of the Depression in little Latrobe, Pa., Palmer learned golf from his father, a country-club greenskeeper. No one knows where he learned magnetism.…3 min
Time Magazine International Edition|October 10, 2016A new ‘hate symbol’In an effort to expose and combat hate speech, the Anti-Defamation League periodically designates “hate symbols,” or icons— some of which appear to be inoffensive—that now have nefarious meanings. The latest addition: Pepe the Frog, a beloved Internet meme (originally created by artist Matt Furie for a 2005 comic) that’s often shared alongside speech bubbles that read, “Feels good, man.” That’s obviously not hate speech. But in recent months, the ADL says “racists and haters” have posted images of Pepe with a Hitler-like mustache or wearing a Klan hood, hence the official designation.…1 min
Time Magazine International Edition|October 10, 2016THIS JUST INA roundup of new and noteworthy insights from the week’s most talked-about studies:1 AMERICANS PREFER PLAYLISTS TO ALBUMSA report published by the Music Business Association found that playlists account for 31% of music-listening time across demographics, while albums make up only 22%. Singles, at 46% of listening time, were the most popular form of music.2 PIGEONS MAY BE ABLE TO ‘SPELL’For a study published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, researchers trained four pigeons to recognize dozens of words. The birds then picked out the correct spellings from a series (which included nonwords) by pecking them, marking the first time nonprimates have been able to identify letter formations.3 KIDS WHO GROW UP ON FARMS MAY HAVE FEWER ALLERGIESA study published in Thorax, analyzing data from more than 10,000…1 min
Time Magazine International Edition|October 10, 2016Once sleepy Singapore has become Asia’s world city—while Hong Kong is laggingI READ WITH MORE THAN CASUAL INTEREST ABOUT THE Wall Street Journal celebrating the 40th anniversary of its Asian edition in September. I had been the first managing editor of the edition, when it was called the Asian Wall Street Journal, and I recalled our launch from a former warehouse in Hong Kong’s Quarry Bay where we rented space from the South China Morning Post.Now working for Time Inc. in New York City, I was, by coincidence, visiting Hong Kong and Singapore as the Journal was celebrating its anniversary in both cities. The visits got me thinking about how Asia and these two extraordinary cities had and had not changed over the past four decades.HONG KONG AND SINGAPORE were the two most advanced centers of capitalism in South and Southeast…4 min
Time Magazine International Edition|October 10, 2016SILENT PARTNERSPARTY OF TWOMERCER ALLIESCANDIDATES THE FAMILY SUPPORTSCANDIDATES THE FAMILY OPPOSESDAVID BOSSIEThe longtime head of a Mercer-funded conservative advocacy group, Citizens United, became Trump’s deputy campaign managerSTEVE BANNONThe boss of the Mercer-backed right-wing website Breitbart News is now Trump’s campaign CEOKELLYANNE CONWAYA former strategist at the Mercer family’s pro-Cruz super PAC, she now manages Trump’s campaignDONALD TRUMPRobert Mercer put $2 million into a pro-Trump super PAC in JulyTED CRUZRobert Mercer gave $13.5 million to the family’s pro-Cruz super PACART ROBINSONRobert Mercer has shelled out $3.4 million to fund the Oregon scientist’s research and political campaignsJOHN BOLTONThe former U.N. envoy’s super PAC has received $2.5 million from Robert Mercer since 2015KOCH BROTHERSIn 2014, Robert Mercer gave $2.5 million to the Koch political network, more than any donor except Charles KochJOHN MCCAINAfter a…16 min
Time Magazine International Edition|October 10, 2016HAMILTON HYPEHANDMADE COSTUMESAt this year’s Comic-Con, fans of the show turned up in full regalia. Some had spent weeks tailoring their garb.HAMILTON: THE REVOLUTIONThe show’s companion book has been in the top 20 of the hardcover nonfiction list since its April release.ALEXANDER CAMELTONChicago’s Lincoln Park Zoo named one of its newest residents, a 4-month-old Bactrian camel, after the Founding Father.FAN ARTA Hamilton-inspired work by Ron Chan. This one hangs backstage at Broadway’s Richard Rodgers Theatre.CHILDREN OF THE REVOLUTIONA onesie with the Hamilton refrain “Young, scrappy and hungry” is among the merchandise that fans have created.AWARD-SHOW TRIBUTEAt the BET Awards in June, co-hosts Tracee Ellis Ross and Anthony Anderson opened the show with a Hamilton parody.COSTUMES: COURTESY OF JON YORK; CAMELS: CHRIS BIJALBA—LINCOLN PARK ZOO…1 min
Time Magazine International Edition|October 10, 2016Deepwater Horizon brings life to oil tragedyPETER BERG, DIRECTOR OF PICTURES LIKE 2013’S tough-as-a-callus military drama Lone Survivor, isn’t known for his subtlety. But then, in telling the story of the Deepwater Horizon—the oil-drilling rig that exploded in 2010 in the Gulf of Mexico off the Louisiana coast, killing 11 workers and triggering the worst oil spill in U.S. history—subtlety is the last thing you want. The picture is effective and harrowing, not least because it features faces we’ve come to trust—like Mark Wahlberg, as chief electronics technician Mike Williams, and Kurt Russell, as the rig’s crew chief, Jimmy Harrell, or “Mr. Jimmy,” as the crew calls him—contorted in terror and coated with what looks like an unholy blend of oil, mud and soot, often streaked with blood.Berg succeeds in balancing Deepwater Horizon’s unnervingly believable special…2 min
Time Magazine International Edition|October 10, 2016A new chaos theory to live your best life“LOTS OF PEOPLE TOLERATE mess,” a friend once observed while looking at my living room, strewn with clothes, dishes and junk mail. “You’re the only one I know who seems to have a positive preference for it.” So you can imagine my initial thrill at the title of Tim Harford’s Messy: The Power of Disorder to Transform Our Lives. Vindication, at last!Well, sort of. Messy is neither a broadside at Marie Kondo and her cult of minimalism nor a case for the hidden virtues of hoarding. Harford, an acclaimed economics journalist, isn’t so much extolling squalor as questioning the notion that order is inherently preferable for creative endeavors. As a society, “we like tidiness to the point of fetishizing it,” he says. “We find clutter and irregularity disturbing and don’t…2 min
Time Magazine International Edition|October 10, 20167 QuestionsSince Sex and the City ended in 2004, you’ve worked in movies and on fashion lines. Why return to TV?‘My life is speculated about, my marriage is constantly ... I’ve weathered the worst already.’I love the medium. Everyone wants a half hour on HBO, so we’d better be willing to work really hard, and it had better be exhausting.Frances, your Divorce character, is not always sympathetic. Are audiences ready for a heroine who is complicated? We used to go back and forth: “Should Carrie have an affair?” And I’m like, “Guys, Tony Soprano is a murderer!” Frances is real. She is a smart person. And we weren’t with her for those 17 years of marriage. We’re with her now—she’s exhausted and she’s made some bad choices. But those choices are…3 min
Time Magazine International Edition|October 10, 2016For the Record‘The signature of the deal is simply the end of the conflict. Then the hard work starts.’JUAN MANUEL SANTOS, President of Colombia, on signing a peace accord Sept. 26 to end a 52-year conflict with the rebel group Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia; citizens will vote on the agreement in an Oct. 2 referendum‘OUR FATHERS AND OUR MOTHERS ARE KILLED, AND WE CAN’T SEE THEM ANYMORE.’ZIANNA OLIPHANT, 9-year-old resident of Charlotte, N.C., lamenting the consequences of police violence against black people at a Sept. 26 city council meeting that took place six days after officers fatally shot Kevin Lamont Scott, sparking two nights of protests‘Donald was one of the people who rooted for the housing crisis. He said, back in 2006, “Gee, I hope [the market] does collapse, because then…2 min
Time Magazine International Edition|October 10, 2016The developing space raceIndia hit a fresh milestone in its space program on Sept. 26 with the launch of eight satellites into different orbits using a single rocket. It’s one of several space expeditions by developing nations. —Tara JohnNIGERIAAnnounced plans in March to send its first astronaut into space by 2030, to develop a space industry to rival the world’s biggest. The country has already launched five satellites into orbit.PERUThe country launched its first observation satellite from French Guiana on Sept. 14. The satellite, which was built in France, will be used to monitor weather patterns and internal security.BRAZILParliament recently greenlighted the construction of Brazil’s sixth satellite. It will be assembled in the country and is expected to be sent to China for launch around December 2018.ALGERIAThree of the satellites launched by India…1 min
Time Magazine International Edition|October 10, 2016TICKERSenate overturns Obama vetoThe U.S. Senate voted 97-1 to overturn President Obama’s veto of a bill that would allow survivors and families of victims of 9/11 to sue Saudi Arabia’s government over the attacks. It was the first veto of Obama’s presidency to be overridden by Congress.Pontiff backs anti-gay-marriage rallyPope Francis voiced his support of a Sept. 24 protest in Mexico City against President Enrique Peña Nieto’s proposal to legalize same-sex marriage nationwide. The Pope said he is “in favor of the family and of life.”India considers water warIndia’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi threatened to scrap a treaty that governs use of rivers shared with Pakistan, as a dispute escalates over an attack on an Indian army base in Kashmir. Pakistan said any attempt to affect water flows would be…1 min
Time Magazine International Edition|October 10, 2016Modi won’t risk India’s economic growth over a clash with PakistanTHE PROSPECT OF WAR BETWEEN INDIA AND PAKISTAN is the stuff of nightmares. Since the British quit the subcontinent in 1947, the South Asian rivals have come to blows four times already, three times over the Himalayan region of Kashmir alone. Claimed in its entirety by both New Delhi and Islamabad, it is one of the world’s most beautiful areas and one of its most militarized, divided between the two nations by a de facto border called the Line of Control (LOC). With both countries now in possession of nuclear weapons, another war, many fear, risks tipping into a potentially apocalyptic confrontation.Which is why all eyes have been on Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi ever since four gunmen attacked an Indian military base near the LOC on Sept. 18. Eighteen…4 min
Time Magazine International Edition|October 10, 2016Pop music is smarter than it appearsPOP MUSIC IS OFTEN DISMISSED AS light, frivolous and artistically bankrupt. But in his new book Love for Sale, music critic David Hajdu argues that it’s one of the most meaningful forms of expression in American culture. Consider songs like “Rock Around the Clock” by Bill Haley and His Comets and “Rapper’s Delight” by the Sugarhill Gang, which were able to unite listeners across race and class divides. Or the Shirelles’ “Will You Love Me Tomorrow,” which reflected shifting social standards regarding sex. Or Lesley Gore’s “You Don’t Own Me,” which primed a generation of feminists for social change. Or flamboyant performers like David Bowie and Lady Gaga, who have helped gay youths feel more comfortable in their own skin. By nature, pop music must appeal to millions of mainstream…1 min
Time Magazine International Edition|October 10, 2016Why we’re addicted to email—and how to fix itIN TODAY’S DIGITAL WORLD, WE’RE OFTEN expected to be on email at all times. Recent studies show that office workers spend almost a third of their workday reading and responding to messages. This constant connectivity can be harmful: scientists have established a clear link between spending time on email and feeling stress.So why do we do it? Many of us are addicted: checking email activates a primal impulse in our brains to seek out what behavioral psychologists call “random rewards.” Imagine email as a slot machine. Most of the time when we “pull the lever” to check our messages, we get something bothersome—a complaint from a client, a request from our boss. But every once in a while we get something exciting—a note from a friend or (if we’re really…1 min
Time Magazine International Edition|October 10, 2016HACKING THE VOTERTHE LEADERS OF THE U.S. GOVERNMENT, including the President and his top national-security advisers, face an unprecedented dilemma. Since the spring, U.S. intelligence and law-enforcement agencies have seen mounting evidence of an active Russian influence operation targeting the 2016 presidential election. It is very unlikely the Russians could sway the actual vote count, because our election infrastructure is decentralized and voting machines are not accessible from the Internet. But they can sow disruption and instability up to, and on, Election Day, more than a dozen senior U.S. officials tell TIME, undermining faith in the result and in democracy itself.The question, debated at multiple meetings at the White House, is how aggressively to respond to the Russian operation. Publicly naming and shaming the Russians and describing what the intelligence community knows…19 min
Time Magazine International Edition|October 10, 2016Dating in DelhiA YOUNG INDIAN WOMAN IN HER EARLY 20S IS PREPARING to go out for the evening when her mother catches sight of her getting dressed. “Going out with someone?” she asks. “Yeah, Mom,” the daughter replies, telling her mother that she is going to a theater festival. As the two women chat, a nearby smartphone buzzes with notifications from Tinder, the dating app. Out of the corner of her eye, the mother sees that there are two messages waiting for her daughter. They’re from a boy named Samrat. “Ma, do you think this combination looks too weird?” the young woman asks, not letting on that she is going on a date. “No, no, it’s perfect,” the mother says, smiling knowingly, before switching from English to Hindi as a warm, homely…9 min
Time Magazine International Edition|October 10, 2016The kids of American Honey hit the road with a sweet-and-sour hustleANDREA ARNOLD’S AmericAn Honey—a fictional story drawn from real life, about marginalized teenagers who sell magazine subscriptions door to door—pinpoints issues that every American needs to think about: our country is so fractured that prosperous citizens can spend their whole lives tucked away in well-manicured neighborhoods, while just a few miles off, a little kid is opening the door to an empty fridge.But there’s a fine line between dramatizing human circ*mstances in a way that leaves us shaken or joyful, or both, and making a carefully calibrated sociology project. American Honey, its good intentions aside, tilts toward the latter. Star (Sasha Lane) is a teenager living somewhere in the Midwest, a young woman who resorts to dumpster diving to feed the two small children in her care (and they’re not…2 min
Time Magazine International Edition|October 10, 2016MIKE LOVE: BRIAN TOOK HIS T-BIRD AWAYThe story of the Beach Boys is like a California-blond version of Amadeus, with Brian Wilson as Mozart and Mike Love as Salieri—except that Salieri had talent. Love’s new memoir, Good Vibrations: My Life as a Beach Boy, seeks to prove his essential artistry and so recaps Wilson’s studio triumphs with detailed notes on how Love saved the day with an apt couplet or, in his finest moment, the lyrics to “Good Vibrations.” Love aches to be seen as a good guy with rough edges smoothed by Transcendental Meditation, but bitterness betrays him, from his toxic speech at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame to a Rolling Stone interview earlier this year. He’s the guy who got the girls, co-wrote the Wilson-less No. 1 hit “Kokomo,” sued for millions…1 min
Time Magazine International Edition|October 10, 2016The 1990s are backIT TOOK 134 INTERVIEWS and a decade for Russell L. Riley and his team at the University of Virginia to compile Inside the Clinton White House: An Oral History, a dense, valuable volume featuring everyone from Clinton secretary Betty Currie to Secretary of State Madeleine Albright (not included: the Clintons themselves).The book reminds us that most presidential history—scandals included—is more complicated than it seems. Take the era of Monica Lewinsky (also not interviewed): the President buried himself in foreign policy because “he didn’t want to go home,” the diplomat Nancy Soderberg tells Riley. If you’re looking for Hillary Clinton grist, the focus is on her milieu as First Lady. She comes off as a decisive woman who inspires loyalty as well as fear—and whose own history can’t yet be told.…1 min
Time Magazine International Edition|October 10, 2016Shimon Peres could change. Can the Israelis and the Palestinians?THE LIFETIME OF SHIMON PERES, who died on Sept. 28 at age 93, spanned the lifetime of the state of Israel. Born in what is now Belarus, his family moved to Tel Aviv more than a decade before Israel was founded in 1948. He lived on a kibbutz when those communal settlements and a utopian, leftist ideology defined the nascent state. He was also an architect of the Israel Defense Forces, the institution that ultimately defined Israeli society. A hawk in the precarious early decades of the country’s existence, Peres at first encouraged the establishment of Jewish enclaves on the West Bank, famously calling settlements “the roots and the eyes of Israel.” Yet in 1994, he shared a Nobel Peace Prize with Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat and Israeli Prime Minister…3 min
Time Magazine International Edition|October 10, 2016What’s next after the peace deal in ColombiaA WAR THAT RAGED FOR OVER 50 years came to an end on Sept. 26 when the government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, known as FARC, signed peace accords in Cartagena. What happens next is crucial to maintaining this moment of reconciliation:BIG CHANGES Under the agreement, FARC is to relaunch as a political party, take part in a truth commission and hand over its guns. But the Colombian government must first pass an amnesty law to protect former guerrillas from arrest for their crimes.NEW LIVES Once disarmed, the fighters will reintegrate into society, guaranteed a minimum wage and seed funding to build new communities. The militia group once funded by the illicit narcotics trade will also help the government destroy coca crops and clear land mines. But there…1 min
Time Magazine International Edition|October 10, 2016Big data breachesLINKEDIN167 MILLIONEstimated number of users affected by a 2012 hack that was originally thought to have exposed only 6.5 million passwords; the true total was revealed in May when hackers tried to sell more passwords onlineHEARTLAND130 MILLIONEstimated number of credit and debit cards compromised after the card-payment processor was hacked in 2008; the breach cost the firm at least $140 million in settlements with credit-card companiesDROPBOX68 MILLIONEstimated number of user names and passwords stolen from the cloud-storage company as part of a 2012 hack, though the scope of the breach did not become fully clear until this August…1 min
Time Magazine International Edition|October 10, 2016The growing case for shared parenting after divorceTHERE ARE MANY WAYS IN WHICH celebrities are not like us, from the clothes they wear to the jets they fly. And when Angelina Jolie, one of the world’s most famous women, filed for divorce from Brad Pitt, one of the world’s most famous men, she did something else few unfamous women do: she filed for full physical custody of their six kids. Essentially, she wants to bar Pitt from living with Maddox, Pax, Zahara, Shiloh, Vivienne and Knox for any stretch of time.Jolie, through her lawyer, argued that sole physical custody was best for the “health” of her family. Whether or not she’s right—without knowing the details, it’s impossible to judge—the case is reigniting a debate over what’s best for kids after divorce.For decades, there was a widely held…3 min
Time Magazine International Edition|October 10, 2016Floating dormsIn major cities around the world, student housing is getting more expensive—and less available. One fix: ditch the traditional house altogether. Danish startup Urban Rigger teamed up with architect Bjarke Ingels to design a series of floating dorms, all made from recycled shipping containers. The first, which opened in Copenhagen in September, contains 15 studio apartments, each with its own bedroom, kitchen and bathroom; rent is $600 a month, considerably less than other local offerings. Next up: a 24-unit complex in Sweden. Ingels has said the approach could eventually be applied to refugee housing.For more on these stories, visit time.com/ideasHADID: ESTROP/GETTY IMAGES; DORMS: URBAN RIGGER…1 min
Time Magazine International Edition|October 10, 2016The debate stage reveals character, preparation and the candidate who is still a childI PREPARED FOR THE FIRST CLINTON-TRUMP DEBATE BY watching Citizen Soldier, a riveting documentary about the Oklahoma Army National Guard in combat in Afghanistan—and by not watching any of the pregame commentary by the talking heads. I wanted to see the debate with those young men in my mind: mechanics, oil-field technicians, cops and even a marketing executive, who chose to serve their country in a combat hellhole. I did it because the most important quality of a Commander in Chief is the sobriety to make life-and-death decisions, rather than the ability to bluster and zing.I had doubts about both candidates in that regard. Hillary Clinton had, after all, sent the Oklahomans into Afghanistan by supporting President Obama’s expansion of the war—which I also mistakenly backed—and the sight of these…4 min
Time Magazine International Edition|October 10, 2016HOW REAL ARE THE RISKS OF A RIGGED ELECTION?WHEN DONALD TRUMP began telling crowds this summer that if he loses the race for the White House, it will be because Democrats “cheated,” he was doing more than hedging his bets. He was tapping into a powerful theme of this election cycle: that the voting system is rigged.“She can’t beat what’s happening here,” Trump told a crowd in Altoona, Pa., in August, referring to Hillary Clinton. “The only way they can beat it, in my opinion, and I mean this 100%, is if in certain sections of the state they cheat, O.K.?” In Wilmington, N.C., he went on to suggest that some people might vote “15 times for Hillary” and pledged to his supporters, via email, to “do everything we are legally allowed to do to stop crooked Hillary…8 min
Time Magazine International Edition|October 10, 2016Hamilton NationON A WARM JULY AFTERNOON, RON CHAN and Cat Farris stood on a sandy Oregon beach to exchange wedding vows. She wore a crown of eucalyptus leaves, while he sported sunglasses and a well-groomed faux-hawk. “I don’t have a dollar to my name/ An acre of land, a troop to command, a dollop of fame,” she sang. He rapped in return: “There’s a million things I haven’t done, and I want to do them with you.” Both were riffing on the words of Alexander Hamilton—or at least the version of him invented by Lin-Manuel Miranda for the musical Hamilton, which they had never seen.Eight-year-old Juliet Forrest wore a colonial-style dress to her recent Hamilton- themed birthday party in Pittsburgh. Her friends wore tricorn hats, and one, Jenna Parker, came dressed…10 min
Time Magazine International Edition|October 10, 2016Burton loses the plot in PeregrineIN A WORLD THAT NOW SEEMS LIKE fantasy but which was once very real, Tim Burton was one of our most imaginative and uncompromising filmmakers—one who could wrest vivid, dreamy details into a cogent story. Burton still has his imagination, as his adaptation of Ransom Riggs’ young-adult novel Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children proves. The picture is laced with gorgeous, haunting touches: two young teens, feeling their way toward romance, drift to the bottom of the sea for an innocent rendezvous aboard a sunken ocean liner—its dining room, draped in mossy rust, is still populated by skeletons sitting primly at their fully set tables, waiting for a meal that will never arrive. Burton revels in his trademark gruesome wit too: a radiant little girl looks perfectly normal from the…2 min
Time Magazine International Edition|October 10, 2016Double standards: available in his and hersTHERE’S THIS THING ABOUT MEN. THEY LIKE TO RANK things: Women. Guitarists of the 1970s. Pitchers of the 1990s. Theirs is a hierarchical world. When men first meet other men, they circle each other warily in conversation until they find something they can rank together.I’ve been trading on this dumb stereotype for so long, it’s embarrassing. But recently I was called out on it. “If I said anything remotely like that to you about something that women do all the time, you’d kill me,” my friend said after I teased him about naming his third favorite band. “You have a double standard for men.” I think I answered with something about how those not in power can make fun of those who are. But it didn’t feel right. Doesn’t that…4 min
