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  Re: Trump-Voldemort Metaphors in the 2016 US Presidential Election

  I really enjoyed this post,

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  Kati Sudnick Duquesne University

  Tuesday, November 15, 2016 — 3:32 pm

  I really enjoyed this post, especially as it sits well with how I have been envisioning the Potter series in how it relates to the real world. While I didn't have room for it in mine, I was tempted to add some Trump-Voldemort-Hitler metaphors and I&# ...
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  Re: Harry Potter, World War II, and the Banality of Evil

  Thanks so much for your

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  Kati Sudnick Duquesne University

  Tuesday, November 15, 2016 — 3:28 pm

  Thanks so much for your comment Lauren. I do see a lot of correlation between Harry Potter and Nazi Germany as well, but I was very interested to explore the responsibility aspects of this correlation and Arendt was a perfect fit. I appreciate you suggest ...
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  Re: What Counts as Harry Potter Canon?

  Great Post!

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  Kati Sudnick Duquesne University

  Wednesday, November 16, 2016 — 6:35 pm

  I really enjoyed the hermeneutic deconstruction on how we determine what canon is. As a Harry Potter fan since the fourth grade, I always feel like I have my own alternate Potter-verse floating in my head of how I interpret the series (inclusive of lgbtq ...