Some areas, such as L.A.’s Fashion District, remain lively, but the inescapable realities of homelessness, mental illness and drug use keep many visitors and businesses away.

Out of all the short people listed here, the 5-foot queen has had an inescapable impact on pop culture and music this year.

The inescapable takeaway from ‘Liars: A Novel’ is the narrator’s fury, which makes it author Sarah Manguso’s too.

In a startlingly modern conception, the negative space of Claudel’s abrupt amputation exposes — and italicizes — the human body’s dense, inescapable physicality.

This was in April, and before long, the clip had millions of views, and the audio was inescapable.