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J.K. Rowling and Transphobia: How to Be Your Own Worst Enemy

The world’s deepest man-made hole, named the Kola Superdeep Borehole, plummets more than 4,230 feet into the earth, reaching well over an impressive 12 kilometres.  Legend has it that if you go right down to the bottom, you will find J.K Rowling still hacking away with a shovel in both hands.  There are many ways […]

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Housing refugees in Rowling’s magical mansion

Content warning: Islamophobia In a surprising turn, the immigration debate has taken to the white, Hogwarts-esque mansion of JK Rowling; not on the basis of her own staunch and passionate advocacy on behalf of refugees but, rather, in the form of a demand that her spare bedrooms be used to house exactly 18 Muslim refugees. […]

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Harry Potter – Always?

“The scar had not pained Harry for nineteen years. All was well.” In 2007, the simple yet effective final lines of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows marked the end of an era. In the magical saga’s final addition, J.K. Rowling gave Harry Potter, along with her devoted readers, both the conclusion and closure they […]

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Harry Potter and the Cursed Child

There are always complaints voiced when books are adapted to films. The omission of valued scenes is an inevitable, albeit necessary, part of the transformation process. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, however, potentially promised a solution to all this. Instead, J. K. Rowling and Jack Thorne offer fans a shell of a Harry Potter […]