The Daily Snitch: Friday 10 July
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Hi friends! Apologies for the unexpected and unannounced hiatus the last few weeks! Due to an unanticipated convergence of irl stuff for the mods, I have become the only currently active editor for the Daily Snitch as of this edition. This means for the time being, posting may be only once per week; I'll be trying out once weekly and twice weekly to see what is most manageable. That said, I'd love to have some new pals join me in editing this newsletter, so I'm looking for 1-2 more editors to do one edition per week each. Entries for the editions are collected with the Google Reader Feedly, so you don't have to know HP fandom inside out to be an editor. Putting together one edition takes about one hour, a bit longer in the beginning. If you might be interested in joining me, or want more info about what it entails, please email dailysnitch AT gmail DOT com.
This edition is huge and it will surely be missing things that have happened in fandom in the last weeks since we posted. If I missed something you really want to see in the Daily Snitch, please email it in for the next one :) We always welcome folks to send in recs, meta, and other items of interest, and I make that call more enthusiastically than ever, particularly if the content you are reccing centres BIPOC, two-spirit, trans, non-binary, or intersex characters, or the meta deals with race/racism in fandom/critical fandom discourse. Thank you!
Harry Potter Books:
• Chapter 14: “Norbert the Norwegian Ridgeback” Is a Malfoy Family Reunion
• Hugh Bonneville Reads Chapter 13: “Nicolas Flamel” for Harry Potter at Home
• Matthew Lewis, Helen Howard, and Imelda Staunton Read Chapter 12 of “Philosopher’s Stone”
• Davids Tennant and Beckham read Ch.11 of "Philosopher's Stone"
Harry Potter - Actors and Movies:
•
Kt_Leung tweeted links to Black trans fundraisers
• Daniel Radcliffe Responds to J.K. Rowling’s Tweets on Gender Identity
•
chrisrankin signal boosted some organisations to support trans folks
• Alfred Enoch: A Pro at Reading Children’s Stories and Impersonating Flies
• Emma Watson Joins Kering’s Board of Directors to Advocate for Sustainable Fashion
• Matthew Lewis Becomes a Dad in New “Baby Done” Trailer
• “Sometimes Always Never” Star Bill Nighy Says Always to Comedy
• Yaxley Actor Peter Mullan Takes On Another Villain Role in Netflix’s “Cursed”
Fantastic Beasts - Actors and Movies:
• What J.K. Rowling’s Anti-Trans Views Could Mean for ‘Fantastic Beasts’ Franchise - and ‘Harry Potter’ Fans
• Eddie Redmayne’s Failed Audition and Why He Laughs About It
Harry Potter & The Cursed Child - Actors and Stage:
• “Cursed Child” on Broadway Now Suspended Until 2021
Prompt Challenges:
•
hp-coffeehouse July prompt is up
•
hpfemslash-minifest posted the July/August prompt
Communities:
•
blkgirlscreate tweeted about joining their community. Quote from tweet: "We strive for this to be a safe space for people of color, but the needs and considerations of Black women, specifically, will be placed above all others". They also shared a list of books with Black magical main characters, author spotlights on
KalynnBayron, author of Cinderella is Dead,
BCMorrow, author of A Song Below Water, and
nandi_taylor, author of Given, as well as new Hogwarts BSU stories: From the Desk of Ms. Charlotte Noelle Thomas, Runeologist by
stephsfrancis and A Journey Through The Diaspora - Part 1 and Part 2 by
ConStar24
• New Black Witches Weekly newsletters from the last four weeks! [1] [2] [3] [4]
•
bufferingcast posted a list of recs for Black-led pop culture and genre podcasts
•
DeanAtta linked to a continually updated spreadsheet of queer YA books with Black authors
• Still time to snag
gendereveal's t-shirt with proceeds to Okra Project and Transpose PDX
•
HouseOfBlackPod donated $100 from Patreon donations to Spiral Collective in Minnesota
•
tonksntheaurors is doing some wrock live streams
• The Rec Centre has new issues #233, #234, and #235
•
expelligender fest is in the creation process and though sign-ups are closed, you can check out the schedule here
•
wolfstargames sign-ups still open!
•
hp-crossgenfest posted a deadline reminder
• hp_creatures posted the fest calender
• hd-prophet posted new issues 5 July and 28 June and 21 June
• sshp_prophet posted new issues for 28 June- 4 July and for 14-20 June
•
bbtp-challenge announced it's coming back this September
•
hp_nextgen_fest posted the 2020 Rules & Guidelines
• hp_drizzle opened claiming
• hp-shoreofangst posted [Fest2020:] Reveals!
• sshg_promptfest now posting!
•
wshurtfest opened claiming
• hd-fan-fair opened claiming
Masterlists and Weekly Round-ups:
• rarepair_shorts [SUMMER WISHLIST EVENT] June Round Up
•
hpfemslash-minifest posted the May/June roundup
•
hpwlwbigbang posted the Fest Stats and Masterlist
•
daily_deviant posted Banging Birthday 2020 Reveals!
•
femmefest posted 2020: Reveals
Editor's Choice Rec:
•
kiertorata wrote Mechanics of Emotion for
hpwlwbigbang, with artworks by
tonftyhw and
ravenclawkward-art. This Padma/Hermione fic--told from Padma's POV--and the accompaying art are together an emotional tour de force that explore themes of pressure, and the intense feelings of failure and lack of connection even when someone wants to succeed and connect so desperately. I have never encountered a Padma-centric fic this long and I want to reread it over and over for her tense, inseure getting together situation with Hermione, her blossoming sororal relationship with Parvati, and for her best attempts at adulting in spite of all of her hang ups <3
Fandom Recs:
• snax0 recced 1 Lucius/Narcissa, Rodolphus/Lucius fic and 1 Severus/Remus fic
• toblass recced 1 piece of Snape art
•
TheHPAlliance signal boosted an ep of Millennial Mystics Podcast that imagines Snape as trans
Resources:
•
WZRDRadioPod is offering 2 microgrants "to raise new and underrepresented voices in wrock"
•
UNspoiledShow signal boosted a project supporting homeless trans PoC to find homes and a thread of concrete, non optical solidarity actions
•
blkgirlscreate signal boosted a call by Tor.com for "writers of color to work on sci-fi, fantasy, and horror book reviews/lists" for pay
•
thegaylyprophet updated their 'Guide To Canceling JKR While Keeping Harry Potter'
•
TheHPAlliance signal boosted a site to help readers find bookstores with Black owners, the Kween Culture Initiative (
kweenculture), a by-and-for Black trans women empowerment project, and resources for supporting the BLM movement when you can't attend protests. They also tweeted their guide to safe protesting, promoted Camp GLA (Granger Leadership Academy), the Camp GLA sched, and scholarships to Camp GLA, as well as a covid coping toolkit.
•
BTFAcollective posted about their Artist/Resource Directory
•
amistadlaw tweeted about 'A World Without Azkaban,' programming to be fetured at Camp GLA
•
halsey lauched Black Creators Funding Initiative
Discussions:
• J’Neia of
HouseOfBlackPod posted a thread on
pottercast about the power of fanfic to deal with problematic elements of canon
•
blkgirlscreate unlocked "Wizarding Social Justice CONtent" following Hufflepuff winning their Birthday House Cup!
•
marifullofgrace posted about bigotry in the HP canon
• Addressing J.K. Rowling's Recent Statements
Podcasts
•
blkgirlscreate posted Episode 240 - Crimes of Grindelwald, Scenes 58 - 62, Episode 241 - Crimes of Grindelwald, Scenes 63 - 71, Episode 242 - Crimes of Grindelwald, Scenes 72 - 79, Episode 243 - Crimes of Grindelwald, Scenes 80 - 86 , and Episode 244 - Crimes of Grindelwald, Scenes 87 - 95
• “Beyond the Veil” Episode 42: “Coming Home to Hogwarts“ and Episode 41: “Weasleys’ Wizard Wheezes: The Best Medicine”
•
winewandsandwafflingpodcast discussed the first fic of s2
•
HouseOfBlackPod posted new eps “Spicy Harry: The Threepeat”, “Harry Goes Ghost (Pepper)”, “This Is A Sirius Black Stan Account”, and "Abolish Dementors!"
•
WizardStudies posted a new ep
•
ohwitchplease announced their return
Essay/Meta:
• Harry Potter Saved My Life. J.K. Rowling Is Now Endangering Trans People Like Me by Kacen Callender
•
blkgirlscreate posted Of White Blaise and Black Hermione: The Highs and Lows of my Harry Potter Journey by
jane_anon, an existing piece: The White Progressivism of the Harry Potter Franchises by @Porshea_obvi, and a link to "What ‘Harry Potter’ Doesn’t Teach Us About Allyship & Activism"
• Hogwarts Pride: A Meditation on my Relationship with Harry Potter, Fandom, and Queer Identity by Talia Franks
• ‘Cancel Culture’ Is How the Powerful Play Victim
• Five “Harry Potter” Characters I Read as LGBTQ
• In Defense of Percy Weasley
• The Sorting Hat Deserves More Credit
• I Would’ve Been Okay If Hermione Ended Up with Viktor Krum
General Fandom News:
• The Quidditch Community Expresses Its Support for the LGBTQIA+ Community
• New Location for European Quidditch Cup Division One Needed for 2021
• US Quidditch Awards 2019-2020 Volunteers
• Winners of USQ National Individual Awards Announced
• Quidditch Community Supports “Black Lives Matter”
• “The Unofficial Harry Potter Character Compendium” Is MuggleNet’s First Book in over a Decade! Get Yours Now!
Have a Laugh:
• The “Harry Potter” Characters in Quarantine
• CC #422: Week of May 31, 2020
•
ohwitchplease tweeted "HEDWIG LIVES AND ALSO HATES COPS!"
Nifty:
•
HouseOfBlackPod signal boosted a tweet about a a Black-owned HP themed café
• 14 Harry Potter things to love that have nothing to do with J.K. Rowling
• You’d Have to Be a Ravenclaw to Make It Through the Hogwarts Escape
• The Golden Snitch Shines on “MasterChef Australia”
• This Isn’t Your Childhood Treasure Hunt, It’s Geocaching with a “Harry Potter” Twist
• “Hamilton” Songs for Each Hogwarts House - Part 2
• “Hamilton” Songs for Each Hogwarts House - Part 1
• Rosmerta’s Allergy-Friendly Recipes
Please send your fandom news to the Daily Snitch.
Hi friends! Apologies for the unexpected and unannounced hiatus the last few weeks! Due to an unanticipated convergence of irl stuff for the mods, I have become the only currently active editor for the Daily Snitch as of this edition. This means for the time being, posting may be only once per week; I'll be trying out once weekly and twice weekly to see what is most manageable. That said, I'd love to have some new pals join me in editing this newsletter, so I'm looking for 1-2 more editors to do one edition per week each. Entries for the editions are collected with the Google Reader Feedly, so you don't have to know HP fandom inside out to be an editor. Putting together one edition takes about one hour, a bit longer in the beginning. If you might be interested in joining me, or want more info about what it entails, please email dailysnitch AT gmail DOT com.
This edition is huge and it will surely be missing things that have happened in fandom in the last weeks since we posted. If I missed something you really want to see in the Daily Snitch, please email it in for the next one :) We always welcome folks to send in recs, meta, and other items of interest, and I make that call more enthusiastically than ever, particularly if the content you are reccing centres BIPOC, two-spirit, trans, non-binary, or intersex characters, or the meta deals with race/racism in fandom/critical fandom discourse. Thank you!
Harry Potter Books:
• Chapter 14: “Norbert the Norwegian Ridgeback” Is a Malfoy Family Reunion
• Hugh Bonneville Reads Chapter 13: “Nicolas Flamel” for Harry Potter at Home
• Matthew Lewis, Helen Howard, and Imelda Staunton Read Chapter 12 of “Philosopher’s Stone”
• Davids Tennant and Beckham read Ch.11 of "Philosopher's Stone"
Harry Potter - Actors and Movies:
•
Kt_Leung tweeted links to Black trans fundraisers
• Daniel Radcliffe Responds to J.K. Rowling’s Tweets on Gender Identity
•
chrisrankin signal boosted some organisations to support trans folks
• Alfred Enoch: A Pro at Reading Children’s Stories and Impersonating Flies
• Emma Watson Joins Kering’s Board of Directors to Advocate for Sustainable Fashion
• Matthew Lewis Becomes a Dad in New “Baby Done” Trailer
• “Sometimes Always Never” Star Bill Nighy Says Always to Comedy
• Yaxley Actor Peter Mullan Takes On Another Villain Role in Netflix’s “Cursed”
Fantastic Beasts - Actors and Movies:
• What J.K. Rowling’s Anti-Trans Views Could Mean for ‘Fantastic Beasts’ Franchise - and ‘Harry Potter’ Fans
• Eddie Redmayne’s Failed Audition and Why He Laughs About It
Harry Potter & The Cursed Child - Actors and Stage:
• “Cursed Child” on Broadway Now Suspended Until 2021
Prompt Challenges:
•
hp-coffeehouse July prompt is up
•
hpfemslash-minifest posted the July/August prompt
Communities:
•
blkgirlscreate tweeted about joining their community. Quote from tweet: "We strive for this to be a safe space for people of color, but the needs and considerations of Black women, specifically, will be placed above all others". They also shared a list of books with Black magical main characters, author spotlights on
KalynnBayron, author of Cinderella is Dead,
BCMorrow, author of A Song Below Water, and
nandi_taylor, author of Given, as well as new Hogwarts BSU stories: From the Desk of Ms. Charlotte Noelle Thomas, Runeologist by
stephsfrancis and A Journey Through The Diaspora - Part 1 and Part 2 by
ConStar24
• New Black Witches Weekly newsletters from the last four weeks! [1] [2] [3] [4]
•
bufferingcast posted a list of recs for Black-led pop culture and genre podcasts
•
DeanAtta linked to a continually updated spreadsheet of queer YA books with Black authors
• Still time to snag
gendereveal's t-shirt with proceeds to Okra Project and Transpose PDX
•
HouseOfBlackPod donated $100 from Patreon donations to Spiral Collective in Minnesota
•
tonksntheaurors is doing some wrock live streams
• The Rec Centre has new issues #233, #234, and #235
•
expelligender fest is in the creation process and though sign-ups are closed, you can check out the schedule here
•
wolfstargames sign-ups still open!
•
hp-crossgenfest posted a deadline reminder
• hp_creatures posted the fest calender
• hd-prophet posted new issues 5 July and 28 June and 21 June
• sshp_prophet posted new issues for 28 June- 4 July and for 14-20 June
•
bbtp-challenge announced it's coming back this September
•
hp_nextgen_fest posted the 2020 Rules & Guidelines
• hp_drizzle opened claiming
• hp-shoreofangst posted [Fest2020:] Reveals!
• sshg_promptfest now posting!
•
wshurtfest opened claiming
• hd-fan-fair opened claiming
Masterlists and Weekly Round-ups:
• rarepair_shorts [SUMMER WISHLIST EVENT] June Round Up
•
hpfemslash-minifest posted the May/June roundup
•
hpwlwbigbang posted the Fest Stats and Masterlist
•
daily_deviant posted Banging Birthday 2020 Reveals!
•
femmefest posted 2020: Reveals
Editor's Choice Rec:
•
kiertorata wrote Mechanics of Emotion for
hpwlwbigbang, with artworks by
tonftyhw and
ravenclawkward-art. This Padma/Hermione fic--told from Padma's POV--and the accompaying art are together an emotional tour de force that explore themes of pressure, and the intense feelings of failure and lack of connection even when someone wants to succeed and connect so desperately. I have never encountered a Padma-centric fic this long and I want to reread it over and over for her tense, inseure getting together situation with Hermione, her blossoming sororal relationship with Parvati, and for her best attempts at adulting in spite of all of her hang ups <3
Fandom Recs:
• snax0 recced 1 Lucius/Narcissa, Rodolphus/Lucius fic and 1 Severus/Remus fic
• toblass recced 1 piece of Snape art
•
TheHPAlliance signal boosted an ep of Millennial Mystics Podcast that imagines Snape as trans
Resources:
•
WZRDRadioPod is offering 2 microgrants "to raise new and underrepresented voices in wrock"
•
UNspoiledShow signal boosted a project supporting homeless trans PoC to find homes and a thread of concrete, non optical solidarity actions
•
blkgirlscreate signal boosted a call by Tor.com for "writers of color to work on sci-fi, fantasy, and horror book reviews/lists" for pay
•
thegaylyprophet updated their 'Guide To Canceling JKR While Keeping Harry Potter'
•
TheHPAlliance signal boosted a site to help readers find bookstores with Black owners, the Kween Culture Initiative (
kweenculture), a by-and-for Black trans women empowerment project, and resources for supporting the BLM movement when you can't attend protests. They also tweeted their guide to safe protesting, promoted Camp GLA (Granger Leadership Academy), the Camp GLA sched, and scholarships to Camp GLA, as well as a covid coping toolkit.
•
BTFAcollective posted about their Artist/Resource Directory
•
amistadlaw tweeted about 'A World Without Azkaban,' programming to be fetured at Camp GLA
•
halsey lauched Black Creators Funding Initiative
Discussions:
• J’Neia of
HouseOfBlackPod posted a thread on
pottercast about the power of fanfic to deal with problematic elements of canon
•
blkgirlscreate unlocked "Wizarding Social Justice CONtent" following Hufflepuff winning their Birthday House Cup!
•
marifullofgrace posted about bigotry in the HP canon
• Addressing J.K. Rowling's Recent Statements
Podcasts
•
blkgirlscreate posted Episode 240 - Crimes of Grindelwald, Scenes 58 - 62, Episode 241 - Crimes of Grindelwald, Scenes 63 - 71, Episode 242 - Crimes of Grindelwald, Scenes 72 - 79, Episode 243 - Crimes of Grindelwald, Scenes 80 - 86 , and Episode 244 - Crimes of Grindelwald, Scenes 87 - 95
• “Beyond the Veil” Episode 42: “Coming Home to Hogwarts“ and Episode 41: “Weasleys’ Wizard Wheezes: The Best Medicine”
•
winewandsandwafflingpodcast discussed the first fic of s2
•
HouseOfBlackPod posted new eps “Spicy Harry: The Threepeat”, “Harry Goes Ghost (Pepper)”, “This Is A Sirius Black Stan Account”, and "Abolish Dementors!"
•
WizardStudies posted a new ep
•
ohwitchplease announced their return
Essay/Meta:
• Harry Potter Saved My Life. J.K. Rowling Is Now Endangering Trans People Like Me by Kacen Callender
•
blkgirlscreate posted Of White Blaise and Black Hermione: The Highs and Lows of my Harry Potter Journey by
jane_anon, an existing piece: The White Progressivism of the Harry Potter Franchises by @Porshea_obvi, and a link to "What ‘Harry Potter’ Doesn’t Teach Us About Allyship & Activism"
• Hogwarts Pride: A Meditation on my Relationship with Harry Potter, Fandom, and Queer Identity by Talia Franks
• ‘Cancel Culture’ Is How the Powerful Play Victim
• Five “Harry Potter” Characters I Read as LGBTQ
• In Defense of Percy Weasley
• The Sorting Hat Deserves More Credit
• I Would’ve Been Okay If Hermione Ended Up with Viktor Krum
General Fandom News:
• The Quidditch Community Expresses Its Support for the LGBTQIA+ Community
• New Location for European Quidditch Cup Division One Needed for 2021
• US Quidditch Awards 2019-2020 Volunteers
• Winners of USQ National Individual Awards Announced
• Quidditch Community Supports “Black Lives Matter”
• “The Unofficial Harry Potter Character Compendium” Is MuggleNet’s First Book in over a Decade! Get Yours Now!
Have a Laugh:
• The “Harry Potter” Characters in Quarantine
• CC #422: Week of May 31, 2020
•
ohwitchplease tweeted "HEDWIG LIVES AND ALSO HATES COPS!"
Nifty:
•
HouseOfBlackPod signal boosted a tweet about a a Black-owned HP themed café
• 14 Harry Potter things to love that have nothing to do with J.K. Rowling
• You’d Have to Be a Ravenclaw to Make It Through the Hogwarts Escape
• The Golden Snitch Shines on “MasterChef Australia”
• This Isn’t Your Childhood Treasure Hunt, It’s Geocaching with a “Harry Potter” Twist
• “Hamilton” Songs for Each Hogwarts House - Part 2
• “Hamilton” Songs for Each Hogwarts House - Part 1
• Rosmerta’s Allergy-Friendly Recipes
Please send your fandom news to the Daily Snitch.