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Victoria’s dirty secret

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Victoria's Secret was founded as a women's lingerie store aimed at men who want to buy something sexy for their girlfriend or wife. The company has stuck to that "sex sells" playbook for the last 40 years, but in the #MeToo era, the strategy isn't a good look—nor very profitable.

Since 2015, the bra empire has lost $20 billion in market value. And now, the company's entanglement with accused sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein is calling more attention to a business model that is increasingly out of step with the times. —Rebecca Greenfield

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Who is an American? This summer, we've had a national conversation on that topic thanks to a series of controversial comments by President Donald Trump. But artists and authors are offering their own, more expansive views of American identity. A series of new books and plays are forcing audiences to reexamine who belongs, who doesn't, and why.

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