Tag: JK Rowling

The Matriarch, Harry Potter, and Native Appropriations

March 12, 2016

There’s been a bit of flack surrounding the previews on JK Rowling’s Pottermore website regarding “magical” North American history, specifically in the way it includes Native American culture. If you weren’t aware, this is all advertisement for the new Harry Potter film entitled Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them arriving in theaters November 2016; … More The Matriarch, Harry Potter, and Native Appropriations

YA Horror: Not the Type of Books That You Would Read?

September 27, 2011

“Young Adult Horror” is the topic of discussion I would like to raise today. For example: “After an orphan child endures his formative years being neglected by his foster parents and made to feel powerless, a mysterious stranger arrives with a revelation: the child was born with the blood of sorcerers in his veins. “Taken … More YA Horror: Not the Type of Books That You Would Read?