Oct 29, 2018
Adri and Erin are joined by special guests Lauren and Alex from the The Elixir of Life podcast to talk about the Politics of Imprisonment in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. They talk about the real #MeToo, how Snape is still a dick, incels, Lupin’s imprisonment, Harry’s lack of activism, Sirius’...
Oct 22, 2018
Erin and Adri delve into the best tweets and emails they've gotten about Dementors, Romantic Pairings, and Boggarts. Have a thought you want us to address? Give us a call at 915-996-1699, tweet at us @acciopolitics, or email us at info@acciopolitics.com
Oct 15, 2018
We’ve been guided by the politics of outrage forever, it seems. Today, Adri and Erin delve into Snape-level outrage in the last chapter of PoA. Is there such a thing as selective outrage and who wields it? Why do wizards not seem to care about emotional abuse but lose their shit when there’s a very tame werewolf in...
Oct 8, 2018
Time is a construct. And whoever can manipulate time wields power, which is exactly what Hermione does when she uses her time turner. Would Erin and Adri use the time turner? Sure, Adri wants to get more naps in, but Erin is feeling a bit iffy about the whole deal. Speaking about feeling iffy and time, Brett Kavanaugh...
Oct 1, 2018
Join Erin and Adri as they tackle the topic of hope, dementors, patronuses, Brett Kavanaugh and rape culture, the new Crimes of Grindelwald trailer, and our collective political exhaustion. They talk about the heroes that gave us hope this week: Dr. Ford, Ana Maria Archilla, and Maria Gallagher: