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toys

December 18, 2019

I Am Your Big Mouth Billy Bass, and I Only Sing Schubert’s “Erlkönig” Now

by Gaby FeBland
December 11, 2018

An Open Letter to Gift-Givers of Noise-Making Toys

by Colleen Rothman
December 19, 2017

This Year’s Must-Have Toy: Console-Me-Because-2017-is-Hell Elmo!

by Matthew Disler
June 5, 2017

How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Fidget Spinner

by Zain Khalid
February 4, 2016

Nerf Guns for Writers

by Jennifer Howard
February 7, 2014

Another Day in Bricksburg

by Arlaina Tibensky
January 17, 2013

The Right Time

by Sam Shelstad
February 9, 2012

The Consumer Product Safety Commission Has Issued a Voluntary Recall for “Baby Boomers.”

by John Flowers
May 12, 2011

Forthcoming Offerings from K.B. Cockfoster’s Toy House & Futurarium, ca. 1896

by Steve Etheridge
December 22, 2010

An Open Letter to Beyblade Metal Fusion

by Jim Miller

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April 30, 2020

The Girl From Avril Lavigne’s “Sk8er Boi” Responds 18 Years Later

by Madeleine Trebenski
June 30, 2020

Would-You-Rathers for Parents During Quarantine

by Sally Miller and Julie Vick
June 26, 2020

A Message from Your University’s Vice President for Magical Thinking

by Juliana Gray
July 16, 2018

The 6 Books Donald Trump Is Reading This Summer

by Wendi Aarons and Mariana Olenko

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July 13, 2020

O, How I Miss the Nightclub!

by Gian-Paul Bergeron, Katie Davis, and Kevin Kelly
July 13, 2020

We Are Hastily Reopening Disney World in the Middle of a Pandemic with This New Set of Safety Measures

by Mike Jungman
July 13, 2020

This is a Hard Time for Everyone

by Sara Zuba
July 13, 2020

Welcome to LobsterClass, the MasterClass Knockoff Operated By Lobsters

by megan shub

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