Heretical musings on religion and culture from a literary scholar
I found this cute political cartoon on esquire for the an article about education budget cuts, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, and Jesus. The author (Stephen Marche) claimed, in essence, that we spend more on the fantasy teachers of Hogwarts than we do for real teachers for our actual children - and that this is not a good idea. But it's interesting that the people who are in favor of the budget cuts are probably ...
There's an interesting, if bizarre, article over at esquire about Harry Potter and Jesus Christ called "Harry Potter and the Hatred of Teachers: His political fantasy and ours." On first glance it seems to be a ridiculously obvious bid to draw Harry Potter traffic to a much smaller issue, (budget cuts on education and teachers) but I LOVE the opening line: "The release of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2 will be the final installment in ...
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