Jan 29, 2018
How are threats used for political gain? On this week’s episode, Adri and Erin discuss the politics of threats and how these affect characters in chapter 9 “The Writing on the Wall” of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling.
We also talk about threats in context to the “fake news” movement:
Jan 22, 2018
How do we choose who and what we remember in our cultural spaces? Who gets invited to places of memories and who gets excluded? This week, we discuss the politics of remembrance in chapter 8 “The Deathday Party” of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling.
We also talk about remembrance in the context...
Jan 15, 2018
It’s really hard not to draw comparisons between Draco Malfoy’s utterance of the word “mudblood” and the racial politics of the United States. This week, we discuss the politics of magical purity in chapter 7 “Mudbloods and Murmurs” of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling.
We also discuss...
Jan 8, 2018
Another week, another politic. This week, we discuss the politics of narcissism (in a world where that doesn’t exist in politics, right?, RIGHT?!) in chapter 6, “Gilderoy Lockhart” of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling.
We discuss how narcissism rules our American political climate: