I wrote an essay called "Contradicting Elizabeth E. Heilman" in which I disagree with her 2003 essay Blue Wizards and Pink Witches: Representations of Gender Identity and Power. The link is here.

Some thoughts on the old magical families and bloodlines, and where muggleborns come from.

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Order of the Phoenix and the Surprise of Gender

As a committed and proud feminist and Harry Potter fan, I noticed something of a change after the publication of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. This change came in the area of gender roles and the treatment of the female characters. J.K. Rowling does not explicitly address the issues of ( Read more... )

The idea for this essay cropped up suddenly in my Literary Criticism class where my "incessant scribbling" irritated my professor. Supposedly, I was ignoring her lecture in favor of "mere personal writing whims." Yup, she used alliteration on me. But, back to the subject at hand. Herein I am attempting to deconstruct the three Black sisters by ( Read more... )

So, I just wrote this paper on Harry Potter for my Young Adult Lit Class and now I have joined this community for the sole purpose of sharing it with you. I am excited about reading everyone else's essays, though! Please comment and let me know what you think. If I get comments before tomorrow, I might be able to fix mistakes before I turn it in ( Read more... )

( The men in Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince are more concerned with identity and how it affects their choices. The women’s identities in this text are inextricably tied to the men they love, and their actions reinforce this belief )

I posted this already in my LJ, so if you have this read before, I am sorry.

( Are men and women portrayed as equal in Harry Potter? )

ETA: I fixed the link.

Because a number of people requested it (none of whom left their e-mails *laughs*) I'm going to post my notes here. Feel free to ignore this post ( Read more... )

This is an essay I wrote for my Women in Western Culture class, on the subject of gender concepts in the Harry Potter fandom (as the title suggests.) I thought I'd share it. I actually don't like it as much as my Percy essay from last week *laughs.* Too bad that one wasn't on topic!

Now, without further ado:

Victorian Magic: Gender Concepts in ( Read more... )