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The List: What's In and Out

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The List: What's In and Out is a U.S. pop culture list published annually by The Washington Post newspaper, on or near New Year's Day in the Style section. It was started by the paper's fashion editor, Nina Hyde, in 1977, and tended to by various former and current Post writers after Hyde's death in 1990, including Martha Sherrill, Cathy Horyn and Robin Givhan. From 2003 to 2009 The List was written by staff writer Hank Stuever. In 2010, Washington Post staff writers Monica Hesse and Dan Zak co-authored The List, which itemizes people, places, things, and even ideas-and rates them as either "out" (not popular, not fun, not recommended) or "in" (popular, fun, and recommended).

The list has been criticized for being mostly or completely subjective. Sometimes a person has been considered both "Out" and "In" (for example, Madonna in 1985 and Al Gore in 2007). At other times, the list makes indirect references to people; also in 2007, listed as "Out" is "Wrestling-coach voice" (this is a veiled reference to out-going Republican House Speaker Dennis Hastert) while listed as "In" is "Mother-of-five voice" (a veiled reference to in-coming Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi).

"Out" and "In" for 2007

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The following is a partial list of things "Out" and "In" for 2007:

Out In
"America's Next Top Model" "Ugly Betty"
OxyContin Oxytocin
Hugh Jackman Daniel Craig
Al Gore Al Gore
"Seinfeld" reruns "How I Met Your Mother"
Anderson Cooper Keith Olbermann
Wrestling-coach voice Mother-of-five voice
Jim Gaffigan Dane Cook
Led Zeppelin "Danity Kane"
Monica Lewinsky, pizza girl Monica Lewinsky, economist
Penn State Purdue
Driving drunk Driving nude

"Out" and "In" for 2008

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The following is a partial list of things "Out" and "In" for 2008:

Out In
Emile Hirsch as Speed Racer Heath Ledger as the Joker
Sex Naps
AP Calculus Latin Class
Jason Bourne Indiana Jones
HBO Showtime
Marc Jacobs Marc Jacob's clothes
Cheetah Girls Jonas Brothers
Sudoku Scrabulous
Pomegranates Persimmons
Hannah Montana tickets for your daughter 529 fund for your daughter
Steve Carell as Maxwell Smart Zachary Quinto as Mr. Spock
Meerkats Squirrels

"Out" and "In" for 2009

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The following is a partial list of things "Out" and "In" for 2009:

Out In
Claymates Twihards
Gay rights Vampire rights
Twittering Slow blogging
Hot dudes from Gossip Girl Hot dudes from Star Trek
Waco Waikiki
Wolverine Watchmen
Oscar de la Renta Jason Wu
Goth Steampunk
Momma Mia! Slumdog Millionaire
Governors Senators
Voting like Oprah Eating like Oprah
Kings of Leon Fleet Foxes

"Out" and "In" for 2010

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The following is a partial list of things "Out" and "In" for 2010:

Out In
Twihards Randroids
Jonas Brothers Justin Bieber
Gilbert Arenas Earl Boykins
Peanut allergies Celiac disease
Liz Cheney Beau Biden
Group hugs Groupons
Journey Hall & Oates
Emily Blunt Rosamund Pike
Drug tests Gender tests
Dark matter Super-Earths
Chateau Marmont The Sunset Tower
Sexting Sex

"Out" and "In" for 2011

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The following is a partial list of things "Out" and "In" for 2011:

Out In
Internet Trolling Internet Hacktivism
Scott Brown Marco Rubio
Brussels sprouts Sauerkraut
King Tut Cleopatra
Death Taxes
Relying on 'the Pill' Revisiting the Rhythm Method
Betty White Anne Meara
World War II World War I
Mark Zuckerberg Ethan Zuckerman
Mamie Gummer Lily Rabe
Ruby Tuesday IHOP
True Blood True Grit

"Out" and "In" for 2012

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The following is a partial list of things "Out" and "In" for 2012:

Out In
Apps Naps
Ryan Gosling Michael Fassbender
Portland, Oregon Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Hyperbole Pragmatism
Tebowing Hunting the God particle
Groupons Coupons
Bryce Dallas Howard Jessica Chastain
Alex Ovechkin Lamont Peterson
Justin Bieber Christopher Plummer
Don't remake Footloose Don't remake Flashdance
Reviving Oklahoma! Reviving Ant Farm
Reagan Thatcher
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