diff --git a/src/articles/myarticles/anti-harry-potter-jk-rowling-masterlist.md b/src/articles/myarticles/anti-harry-potter-jk-rowling-masterlist.md index b780599e..41ddeb33 100644 --- a/src/articles/myarticles/anti-harry-potter-jk-rowling-masterlist.md +++ b/src/articles/myarticles/anti-harry-potter-jk-rowling-masterlist.md @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ --- articleTitle: Anti-Harry Potter and Anti-J.K. Rowling Masterlist date: 2023-03-19 -updated: 2024-01-09 +updated: 2024-04-21 desc: My masterlist of criticisms of the Harry Potter series and J.K. Rowling. categories: ["anti harry potter", "anti jk rowling"] --- @@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ categories: ["anti harry potter", "anti jk rowling"]
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-Like many millennials, I grew up with the Harry Potter series and was a major fan of the series. I had read the original 7 books and watched their film adaptations. The series was a passion of mine throughout my early- to mid-teen years. While the Harry Potter novels were far from the first books I read, they were the first fantasy novels I read, and the series’ concept of a magical world set in a contemporary setting fascinated teenage me. +Like many millennials, I grew up with the Harry Potter series and was a major fan of the series. I had read the original 7 books and watched their film adaptations. The series was a passion of mine during my early- to mid-teen years. While the Harry Potter novels were far from the first books I read, they were the first fantasy novels I read, and the series’ concept of a magical world set in a contemporary setting fascinated teenage me. However, even during my Harry Potter fixation years, there were things from the series that bothered me, from the idea of house elves being a slave race that naturally love being slaves, to Snape’s unconvincing “redemption” arc. As I got older and became more aware of social issues, I started to notice more problems with the series. In addition, reading more books has also made me realise that even on a technical writing level, the Harry Potter series was mediocre at best. As a result, I had stopped becoming a Harry Potter fan even before J.K. Rowling’s transphobia got mainstream attention. @@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ Therefore, I am compiling this masterlist by curating various materials that are