In mother tongues
American Pie?
My mother strings words together more eloquently than I, both despite her lack of familiarity with English and because of it.
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‘Harry Potter’ doesn’t need J.K. Rowling anymore
To an extent, Rowling has revealed her “feminism” is not in service of dismantling all gendered prejudice, but rather in maintaining her own.
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A trip down the cobbled streets of Edinburgh, Scotland
Like many cities in Europe, Edinburgh is an incredible mashup of old and new — in a magical way. There are McDonald’s restaurants next to decades-old pubs and Starbucks locations beside real-life castles.
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Places you can visit to feel like you’re in Berkeley
The Bay Area is so uniquely special that it can feel like there’s no place like it, but if we travel, we might realize that’s not quite true.
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A study of British humor at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe
The Edinburgh Festival Fringe runs for the whole month of August, and it is a wonderful way to get to know the ins and outs and the subtleties of British sarcasm.
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Picks of the week: Familiar faces, popular music take over Bay Area
Over the weekend, a symphony and a pop legend are featuring at Bay Area venues, and as the week progresses, hip-hop powerhouses, popular comedians and YouTube sensations take over.
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Beehive society enchants with Magical Beasts of Hogwarts art exhibition
Throw your wands in the air and wave them like you just don’t care! Solemnly swearing that they were up to no good, Harry Potter enthusiasts gathered this past Saturday for an evening of well-mannered frivolity at the Beehive Society’s awe-inspiring Beasts of Hogwarts Art Show at Heron Arts. Capitalizing
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‘Fantastic Beasts’ is (almost) fantastic
The great joy of revisiting the wizarding world of Harry Potter is spending time with its characters. Any chance to thumb through well-worn pages of the novels or tune into a Freeform (formerly ABC Family) marathon of the films feels less like experiencing a story and more like catching up
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How to celebrate Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
July 31, 2016, this Sunday, is a very important day. First of all, it’s Harry Potter’s 36th birthday. Second of all, it heralds the official opening and script release of “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts I and II.” For those of you who don’t know, “Harry Potter and the
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The inglorious twenties
Hearing older people ordain that their college years were “the best years of their lives” and they “would give anything to go back” should make us happy, right? The fact that “it’ll only be a long downhill slope from here” (downhill in the sense of ease and not decline) should
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