Harry Potter has over the years developed a complicated legacy. JK Rowling has drawn controversy thanks to her transphobic statements, but the original works...

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Was Harry Potter Ever Good?

No

Video discusses flaws of the Harry Potter works by J.K. Rowling with comparisons to how other fictional YA novels/tv shows handled problematic topics.

  • BurgerPunk [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
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    6 months ago

    It pisses me off when people say harry potter made kids begin to read

    Yeah, that always felt like some bs advertising shit. “Wow, kids have never read before! Why did no one ever think to write books for kids until just now!” Absolute Reading Rainbow erasure geordi-no

    • Tabitha ☢️[she/her]@hexbear.netOPEnglish
      2·
      6 months ago

      Why did no one ever think to write books for kids until just now!

      I can imagine standing inside my middle school’s actually-rather-huge library with books for kids of all ages and hearing somebody seeing Harry Potter for the first time and saying this lol.