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Of Eloise, the iconic children's book character, April Bernard writes, "Despite the efforts of publishers, promoters, and indeed of Kay Thompson herself, I cannot bring myself to regard Eloise as any sort of cute. She has always been too much, all hilarious, monstrous id."
Eloise, the children's literature star—she of the Plaza, Paris, and Moscow—was born of Kay Thompson, not otherwise an author. There's currently an Eloise revival, in the form of a new museum show emphasizing illustrator Hillary Knight's contributions, now at the New-York Historical Society until Oct...
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"Authoritarians, in China and elsewhere, normally have preferred to dress their authoritarianism up in pretty clothes. But in the era of Xi Jinping, repression is often stated baldly, even proudly," writes Perry Link.
The art of controlling speech while avoiding the appearance of doing so has a long history in China. If ten years ago political censorship was done by telephone, now it is out on the table, in writing. Though euphemisms continue to be useful to China’s rulers, it has now become increasingly obvious…
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