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This Week We Recommend: Lies About Sweden and Madonna

There's no accounting for taste, but ours is exquisite. Here are our favorite things on the internet this week.
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Lindsay
Remember all the news this week about how Sweden is moving to a six-hour work day? Remember the slew of think pieces that ensued? So much to think about, right? Not really. That's not a thing that's happening. Better luck next time, insatiable band of journalists eager to feast upon the carcass of a barely-even-juicy rumor.

Zing
Awareness of trans rights has come incredibly far over the last two years alone, but writer Ray Filar nails one disconcerting side effect: the increasing obsession with knowing whether trans people have "fully transitioned"—whatever that means—or not.

Tracie
"You, you, you…"

Mitchell
Earlier this year, Madonna went through a very messy PR campaign for her album Rebel Heart. She kissed Drake, released a song called "Bitch, I'm Madonna," and praised Margaret Thatcher. I thought she had lost it, but then in a new Rolling Stone interview, she made rational sense of her messy (albeit iconic) year.