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The legal battle that started in 2013 over whether Robin Thicke and Pharrell Williams jacked Marvin Gaye’s “Got to Give It Up” in their song “Blurred Lines” is finally over. Billboard reports that a California federal judge has ruled in favor of the Gayes and entered a judgement of nearly $5 million against Thicke and

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It’s common to evoke the notion of a simpler time, as evidenced by television programs like Leave It to Beaver and Father Knows Best, depicting white nuclear families cozy in freshly built suburbs. But really, those shows were an imaginary universe created by a very specific set of conditions—and not by widespread

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Yes, voters have made strides in recent years to induct more women, historically a blind spot for the dudely Rock and Roll Hall of Fame—Sister Rosetta Tharpe was inducted last year. While that’s something to celebrate, it’s also a great reminder of how out-of-touch the institution has been; Tharpe basically invented

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