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In December, social media briefly became invested in a controversy ignited by Jon Stewart: Are the banker goblins featured in the “Harry Potter” series antisemitic caricatures?
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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