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Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. twitter:image: https://gcp-na-images.contentstack.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Pop Culture ## Pop Culture *  Nov 21, 2023 ## [The Best White Elephant Gifts of 2023](https://time.com/6337822/best-white-elephant-gifts-holidays-2023/) [ENTERTAINMENT](/section/entertainment/) by Cady Lang *  Aug 31, 2023 ## [TikTok Adds Pressure to School Shopping](https://time.com/6310245/tiktok-back-to-school-shopping-hauls-dormtok/) [ENTERTAINMENT](/section/entertainment/) by Cady Lang *  Aug 11, 2023 ## [The Alarming Rise of Wholesome Romance](https://time.com/6303477/red-white-and-royal-blue-wholesome-romance/) [ENTERTAINMENT](/section/entertainment/) by Judy Berman *  May 6, 2019 ## ['The Word Is Camp': What to Know About the Inspiration for This Year’s Met Gala, as Explained in 1964](https://time.com/5584111/met-gala-2019-camp-history/) [HISTORY](/section/history/) by Olivia B. Waxman *  Nov 8, 2018 ## [A Century After Armistice, the American Popular Memory of World War I Is Still Shaped by Snoopy](https://time.com/5447842/snoopy-world-war-i/) [HISTORY](/section/history/) by History Today *  Oct 23, 2018 ## [What to Know About the Rise and Fall of the Theory That the Smurfs Are Communists](https://time.com/5431298/are-the-smurfs-communist/) [HISTORY](/section/history/) by Mahita Gajanan *  Oct 1, 2018 ## [Matilda Statue Faces Down Trump to Celebrate 30th Anniversary of Beloved Roald Dahl Classic](https://time.com/5411413/matilda-statue-trump/) by Megan McCluskey *  Sep 10, 2018 ## [Jon Snow Has 'Always Wanted' to Play Harry Potter So What's the Holdup?](https://time.com/5391563/kit-harington-jon-snow-harry-potter/) by Megan McCluskey *  Jul 31, 2018 ## [The 7 Most Underrated _Harry Potter_ Characters of All Time](https://time.com/5349058/harry-potter-underrated-characters/) [ENTERTAINMENT](/section/entertainment/) by Megan McCluskey *  Apr 23, 2018 ## [The History of Black Female Superheroes Is More Complicated Than You Probably Think](https://time.com/5244914/black-female-superheroes-comics-movies/) [HISTORY](/section/history/) by Regine L. Sawyer *  Apr 9, 2018 ## [Internet Reactions to John Krasinski’s _A Quiet Place_ Prove _The Office_ Will Follow Him Forever](https://time.com/5233546/a-quiet-place-reactions-john-krasinski-the-office/) by Megan McCluskey *  Mar 23, 2018 ## [Michael Scott Describing Kanye West's Albums Proves _The Office_ Is Still Perfect](https://time.com/5212729/the-office-michael-scott-kanye-west-albums/) by Megan McCluskey *  Jan 24, 2018 ## [Get Ready to Experience the Pain and Pleasure of an Official _Fifty Shades_ Museum](https://time.com/5117397/fifty-shades-pop-up-experience/) by Megan McCluskey *  Jan 22, 2018 ## [China Just Banned Hip-Hop Culture and Tattoos From TV](https://time.com/5112061/china-hip-hop-ban-tattoos-television/) [ENTERTAINMENT](/section/entertainment/) by Casey Quackenbush and Aria Chen *  Jan 22, 2018 ## [Alison Brie Stands by James Franco at the SAG Awards](https://time.com/5112010/james-franco-sag-awards-alison-brie/) [ENTERTAINMENT](/section/entertainment/) by People ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/"},"name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/tag/pop-culture/","name":"Pop Culture"}}]}] ```