Tag: Harry Potter
J.K. Rowling’s Magical Thinking is Censorship
Harry Potter is one of the most frequently banned series. J.K. Rowling doesn’t understand that when she silences the real, lived experiences of trans people, she is banning a narrative that is not only crucial to the feminist and social justice movement but to humanity as well.
Intellectual Freedom News 9/6/19
Libraries ‘Keep the Light On’ During Banned Books Week; Author Julia Watts Disinvited from Teen Lit Festival; To the barricades: Writing and reading in the Trump Era (Op-Ed by Laurie Halse Anderson)
Intellectual Freedom News 4/5/2019
Colson Whitehead to Keynote Freedom to Read Foundation’s 50th Anniversary Celebration; College President Sparks Controversy by Taking Down Blackface Photos; ALA Joins Groups Opposing Census Citizenship Question; Happy Birthday, Maya Angelou
Harry Potter and 20 Years of Controversy
In the twenty years since Harry Potter first arrived on the publishing scene, J.K. Rowling’s boy wizard series has faced more than its share of attempts to see the books limited, banned or even burned.
A Birthday Chat About Intellectual Freedom with Harry Potter
As I get ready to celebrate Harry Potter’s 31st birthday on July 31 (yes, the book was published twenty years ago, but his “real” birthday is July 31, and he was eleven when he was “born” into the literary landscape), I’ve decided to indulge myself in a little fanfic interview with the adult Chosen One about intellectual freedom.