{"id":123699,"date":"2018-04-02T09:00:46","date_gmt":"2018-04-02T13:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/?p=123699"},"modified":"2018-04-02T11:17:30","modified_gmt":"2018-04-02T15:17:30","slug":"the-teddy-bear-effect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2018\/04\/02\/the-teddy-bear-effect\/","title":{"rendered":"The Teddy Bear Effect"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/teddybeareffect_pb_withedits-copy.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-123717\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/teddybeareffect_pb_withedits-copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"818\" height=\"7436\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/teddybeareffect_pb_withedits-copy.jpg 818w, 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