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02/28/2019

Finally Finding a Place in the Fandom

The Critical Companion

Stacie writes about how she finally found her place in the Potter fandom.

06/08/2018

Introducing: Black Girls Nerd Out’s The Critical Companion

The Critical Companion

The Critical Companion series will feature bi-monthly blog posts written by Black writers. We hope those writers are some of you!

11/14/2019

Revisiting Harry Potter’s Final Battle: Where Did All the Kreatures Go?

The Critical Companion

Talia looks back at the final battle of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2, and searches for the magical creatures and the important role they should have played.

10/25/2018

Shade to the Supernatural Nerdom: My Mom’s Disgust For My Love of the Supernatural

The Critical Companion

Growing up, Afiya loved all things supernatural, but she was often met with pushback…

02/14/2019

Of White Blaise and Black Hermione: The Highs and Lows of my Harry Potter Journey

The Critical Companion

How the Harry Potter fandom’s refusal to accept Blaise Zabini as Black left a Black fan feeling like she wasn’t welcome, and how Black Hermione turned it all around.

09/13/2018

The Importance of Magical Mental Health Education in Harry Potter

The Critical Companion

There are inevitable risks to living in a magical school, but does Hogwarts truly have the tools to physically and mentally support its students?

08/13/2020

Avatar: The Last Airbender Ships are Meant to Be Fun, Not Destructive

The Critical Companion

Whether you ship canon ships or non-canon ships, it should be a subculture of like fans, not a battlefield of in-fighting. Critical Companion Ebony explores.