is this novel? seems there are many such cases actually it almost seems like the absence of this narrative is what's unusualhttps://twitter.com/DouthatNYT/status/828746724105678848 …
yeah seems like HP became a social leftist rallying point when Dumbledore was revealed gay. the trad bits seem unimportant
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it seemed like an intentional (artistically ham-handed) political move by jk rowling, good way to endear oneself to a group
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But intersectionalists being closet fans of English boarding schools = white nationalists being closet weaboos!
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HA. Understood all of those words but political context has gotten so weird/convoluted I'm not sure I can parse for meaning
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I'm somewhat serious. Like feminists who want to be living inside a Jane Austen novel where game-over once you're married.
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… but that's OK as long as you marry Mr. Darcy with his fabulous estate.
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… the white supremacist weaboo is a thing I just made up because of anime avatars & also this:pic.twitter.com/vatbhq5F8F
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you're not wrong
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If I may be bit Douthatish here, many weaboos in denial re. closet desire of some Japanese to be not-white-but-more-white.
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… but seriously, for the HP affinity to be so widespread, there's probably more than one reason. (Yes I'm jumping around.)
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