M.I.A.'s Delightful Middle Finger of an Album
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Spencer Kornhaber is a senior associate editor at The Atlantic, where he edits the Entertainment channel. More
Before coming to The Atlantic, he worked as an editor for AOL's Patch.com and as a staff writer at Village Voice Media's OC Weekly. He has also written for Spin, The AV Club, RollingStone.com, Field & Stream, and The Orange County Register.
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