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September 12, 2017
Jo Livingstone
Stephen King’s It is a Call for Solidarity Among the Traumatized
Amid the shock and gore, the new Stephen King adaptation is a devastating account of childhood trauma.
September 29, 2016
Frank T. McAndrew
Why Clowns Creep Us Out
A psychologist explains our cultural coulrophobia.
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Ryan Kearney, Hillary Kelly
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