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'The Word Is Camp': What to Know About the Inspiration for This Year’s Met Gala, as Explained in 1964

By Olivia B. Waxman

A Century After Armistice, the American Popular Memory of World War I Is Still Shaped by Snoopy

By Carrie Allen Tipton / History Today

What to Know About the Rise and Fall of the Theory That the Smurfs Are Communists

By Mahita Gajanan

Matilda Statue Faces Down Trump to Celebrate 30th Anniversary of Beloved Roald Dahl Classic

By Megan McCluskey
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'The Word Is Camp': What to Know About the Inspiration for This Year’s Met Gala, as Explained in 1964

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As far as their creator was concerned, the Smurfs had nothing to do with politics

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Matilda Statue Faces Down Trump to Celebrate 30th Anniversary of Beloved Roald Dahl Classic

Trump has replaced Miss Trunchbull as Matilda's top adversary

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Jon Snow Has 'Always Wanted' to Play Harry Potter So What's the Holdup?

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