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A Slate editor solves the mysteries of headline writing.
I think it's safe to say that those of us who saw the caption ''The Myth of the Asian Fetish'' on the front page (which will be gone in a few days or less) have been had. It's worth noting here that titles in Slate often (always?) contain puns, offensive references, or misleading nonsense designed to draw you in rather than accurately describe ...
Posted to The Dismal Science by haulinsacs on November 9, 2007