3.7: The Boggart in the Wardrobe
JC: If you think about Neville in this chapter… We get two lessons in a row on how to bully people. Snape has just given a masterclass on how to be cruel to a person who is powerless, and then Lupin ...
31 Jul 20241h 50min
3.6: Talons and Tea Leaves
"These divination methods are real subjects. There are things that you and I as Muggles know about, like scrying and tea reading and tarot cards. These are things with a human history and meaning, and...
24 Jul 202453min
3.5: The Dementor
We know what it is, how draining it is because of dementors, to be reminded of the worst memories of your life, and that, I think, does give kid readers a boost in understanding what trauma flashbacks...
17 Jul 202438min
3.4: The Leaky Cauldron
JC: "There's also an interesting moment when Harry comes back to the Leaky Cauldron after spending a day out in Diagon Alley where he can both hear people talking in Diagon Alley and hear the traffic ...
10 Jul 202453min
3.3: The Knight Bus
JC: "Even if he can't go back to Hogwarts, even if he can't really be part of the Wizarding world, he still has this magic and he knows how to use it and he can use it in his life. It makes me think ...
3 Jul 202446min
3.2: Aunt Marge's Big Mistake
LK: "This may be the most intensely fatphobic chapter of the series. It's also full of scapegoating, corporal punishment, eugenics, dehumanization: themes that get darker in the series starting with ...
26 Jun 20241h 10min
3.1: Owl Post
MinaLima are the graphic design house that made all of the props for all of the movies. Eduardo Lima is gay, and they have extremely not-subtle Pride decorations in the House of MinaLima flagship stor...
19 Jun 202439min
2.18: Dobby's Reward
"I love that idea that it's the choices that we make that are the most important rather than the circumstances in which we find ourselves. Just because -- under the circumstances you were born -- you ...
12 Jun 20241h 3min
