Is the Harry Potter series a feminist story? Part 2

Reeah and Jem continue their analysis of the Harry Potter series through a feminist lens, this time exploring the grown female characters. The sisters discuss essentialism, the paradox of the female terrorist, and whether we as Harry Potter fans should move forward from this point.

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Is the Harry Potter series a feminist story (Part 1)

Reeah and Jem do their best to tackle a too big topic in this two part episode about representation in the HP series. We look at how specific female characters are portrayed on the page and on screen and discuss what they can teach us about feminism and the role of women. This first episode focuses on girls and teenagers, and Part 2 will look at young women and adults.

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Did Harry kill Cedric?

Reeah and Jem become two backgrounfd Slytherins in tin foil hats trying to figure out if the famous Harry Potter got away with the murder of golden boy Cedric Diggory, or if he's completely innocent.

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Was Harry an accident?

Reeah and Jem go completely off the rails and talk mostly about the state of the world and their own personal takes and only a bit about whether or not the boy wizard Harry Potter was a planned baby or a happy accident.

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Who is the most f*ckable Hogwarts professor?

Would you wed, bed or behead? Toss or be tossed? Rate them out of three? The sisters can't decide on a ranking system, but they can decide which of the Hogwarts staff members they would be DTF. Join Reeah, Jem and special returning guest (and friend of the podcast) Sarah as they consider at length Dumbledore's clever fingers, Umbridge's large chest and Hagrid's whole ... situation.

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Can all wizards see the future?

Can we know our fate, or is their no fate? The sisters try to understand how fate and prophecy work in the magical world. Reeah once again gets mad about time travel, Jem talks a lot about genetic predeterminism and neither can agree on whether or not Harry ever had free will.

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Is it animal cruelty to use live animals in transfiguration?

Jem makes the bold claim that 'if you can't eat it, it's not real' and Reeah tries not to spoil Westworld Season 2. Both sisters get very confused about sentience in their journey to figure out what counts as animal cruelty, and how magic effect the ethics of its users.

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Why do students have to catch a train to Hogwarts

Reeah and Jem are joined by special guest: Loud and Intrusive Train Noises in this episode investigating the Hogwarts Express. Jem gets mad at wizards for their crimes against muggles, and Reeah gets really excited about obscure train facts.

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Sink or Float - Remadora

It's Valentine's Day which means it's time for Reeah and Jem to celebrate love by debating another Sink or Float! This time, the couple is Remus Lupin and Nymphadora Tonks. Reeah argues that love overcomes all boundaries, and Jem argues that their relationship is unnecessary, unhealthy and uninteresting.

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What is love magic and what can it do?

Reeah and Jem take another stab at trying to figure out what magic is and how it works - this time looking specifically at love magic. As predicted the sisters get side-tracked on tangents of blood sacrifice and the Department of Mysteries.

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Was Sirius a good godfather?

Reeah drags Sirius' god-fathering skills through the mud and Jem tries her darnedest to prove that Sirius always had Harry's best interests at heart. Do Sirius and Harry share a special connection through similar experiences of trauma, or does Sirius' arrested development just do Harry more harm than good?   Jem used this resource to figure out what a godparent does: https://www.independent.ie/life/family/family-features/what-does-it-mean-to-be-a-godparent-in-2015-34161424.html (https://www.independent.ie/life/family/family-features/what-does-it-mean-to-be-a-godparent-in-2015-34161424.html) Contact us: Email: nineandthreequarterspodcast@gmail.com Tumblr: podcastnineandthreequarters.tumblr.com Instagram: www.instagram.com/podcastnineandthreequarters/ Facebook: www.facebook.com/PodcastNineAndThreeQuarters/ Twitter: Jem - @Jem_JustJem and Reeah - @SmashMouthReeah Logo by wingedcorgi. Find more of her art at wingedcorgi.tumblr.com This week’s intro music was ‘The Sirius Deception’ by Nicholas Hooper, and our outro music was ‘Hedwig’s Theme’ by John Williams.

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What took Hagrid so long?

Reeah and Jem try to figure out why it took Hagrid so long to make his way from Godric's Hollow to Privet Drive with baby Harry after the defeat of Voldemort in 1981. What was Hagrid doing in that missing 24 hours? Does the motorbike run on fuel? Where is Wales? The girls put their geography and math skills to he test and try to answer all these questions and more.   https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/117110/where-is-godrics-hollow (https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/117110/where-is-godrics-hollow) https://www.sunrise-and-sunset.com/en/sun/united-kingdom/london/2019/october (https://www.sunrise-and-sunset.com/en/sun/united-kingdom/london/2019/october) Contact us: Email: nineandthreequarterspodcast@gmail.com Tumblr: podcastnineandthreequarters.tumblr.com Instagram: www.instagram.com/podcastnineandthreequarters/ Facebook: www.facebook.com/PodcastNineAndThreeQuarters/ Twitter: Jem - @Jem_JustJem and Reeah - @SmashMouthReeah Logo by wingedcorgi. Find more of her art at wingedcorgi.tumblr.com This week’s intro music was ‘Prologue’ by John Williams, and our outro music was ‘Hedwig’s Theme’ by John Williams

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Podcast Nine and Get Sorted! Are Slytherins really evil?

Reeah and Jem are joined by special guests Beth and Nora from Get Sorted cast to try and figure out whether or not Slytherins are really evil. Will these four Slytherin hosts come to an unbiased conclusion, or just get completely sidetracked?   Find Get Sorted cast here: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/beth-reinstein/get-sorted Wordpress: www.getsortedcast.wordpress.com Patreon: www.patreon.com/getsortedcast Twitter: https://twitter.com/getsortedcast Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/getsortedcast/ Contact us: Email: nineandthreequarterspodcast@gmail.com Tumblr: podcastnineandthreequarters.tumblr.com Instagram: www.instagram.com/podcastnineandthreequarters/ Facebook: www.facebook.com/PodcastNineAndThreeQuarters/ Twitter: Jem - @Jem_JustJem and Reeah - @SmashMouthReeah Logo by wingedcorgi. Find more of her art at wingedcorgi.tumblr.com This week’s intro music was ‘Death Eaters’ by Alexandre Desplat, and our outro music was ‘Hedwig’s Theme’ by John Williams.

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Halloween Special – Is wizard candy actually good?

Are Ice Mice really nice? Would you eat a Cockroach Cluster? Why would anyone want a vomit flavoured bean? Reeah and Jem decide that Halloween is the perfect time to settle this, but quickly begin to fear for their lives as Josh a.k.a 'the little boy in the sweet shop' decides once and for all whether wizard candy is actually good.   Contact us: Email: nineandthreequarterspodcast@gmail.com Tumblr: podcastnineandthreequarters.tumblr.com Instagram: www.instagram.com/podcastnineandthreequarters/ Facebook: www.facebook.com/PodcastNineAndThreeQuarters/ Twitter: Jem - @Jem_JustJem and Reeah - @SmashMouthReeah Special Gust: Josh @THATSUNDANCEKD (https://twitter.com/THATSUNDANCEKD) from the Mighty Motion Picture Rangers (https://t.co/cuTRUq0BMu?amp=1) podcast Logo by wingedcorgi. Find more of her art at wingedcorgi.tumblr.com This week’s intro music was ‘Wizard Wheezes’ by Nicholas Hooper, and our outro music was ‘Hedwig’s Theme’ by John Williams.

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