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Benjamin Hart

The tyranny of pop culture “musts”: How I learned to love being out of the loop

Benjamin Hart
(<a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/gallery-1448759p1.html'>LoloStock</a> via <a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/'>Shutterstock</a>/Salon)

The REAL reason to stop talking about “clickbait”

Benjamin Hart
Yearbook photo of Adnan Syed, the subject of "Serial" podcast

The “storytelling” glut: How online marketers and tech bros destroyed the word

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RIP “mansplaining”: The Internet ruined one of our most useful terms

Benjamin Hart
Thomas Friedman (AP/Mark Lennihan/Salon)

“Moustachioed CEO whisperer Tom Friedman”: How the “celebrithet” took over the Internet

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Remember "Parent Trap"-era Lohan? Those were the days. (Reuters/Rose Prouser/AP/Santa Monica Police Department)

“Want to feel old?”: Welcome to the age of nostalgia-bait

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James Gandolfini in "The Sopranos," Matthew McConaughey in "True Detective," Taylor Schilling in "Orange Is the New Black" (HBO/Netflix/Salon)

“Breaking Bad” isn’t content! Why we need to stop using this terrible noun

Benjamin Hart