Book 3, Ep. 3 | Animal Studies Revisited
Material Girls
Rehak Hannah
4.8 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 13 April 2021
⏱️ 58 minutes
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Summary
Witches, meet us at the edge of the Forbidden Forest.
We're returning to the rich territory of animal studies to understand the limitations of human vs. animal hierarchies. We'll spend some time with marginal figures in the wizarding world who cross the human/animal divide, challenge social and political norms, and invite us into new ways of being. In particular, we'll be spending quite some time with Remus Lupin and his fellow marauders. We'll also discuss how systemic dehumanization, or the rendering of certain people as animalistic or less than human, is a tool of state violence.
Content note: Throughout this episode, there are references to historical and contemporary instances of racism, violence, and dehumanization as enacted upon Black people and Indigenous people.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to Witch Please, a Fortnightly podcast about the Harry Potter world. |
| 0:09.6 | I'm Hannah McGrigger, and I'm Marcel Cosmon, suddenly realizing that I never completed |
| 0:15.1 | the part in the script where I transitioned smoothly from my name to the sorting chat. |
| 0:21.9 | So here we are. |
| 0:24.9 | Oh, how do we get here? |
| 0:27.4 | Wow, magical. |
| 0:28.6 | This really speaks to where I'm at in the semester. |
| 0:32.2 | I don't know about you, Hannah, but if it doesn't look like a flashing glaring error, I don't |
| 0:37.6 | even see it. |
| 0:38.6 | Oh, I am barely holding it together. |
| 0:41.4 | So what do you want to talk about in the sorting chat? |
| 0:44.2 | Well, I thought that it might be fun since today we are returning to the topic of animals. |
| 0:54.4 | If we considered what magical creature we would love to encounter, and why? |
| 1:01.1 | And I'm thinking that the magical creature in question could be from any genre, any series, |
| 1:07.0 | any franchise. |
| 1:08.0 | You know, it could be the hamburger glare, if you want, like whatever. |
| 1:12.7 | What a pool. |
| 1:17.2 | Truly, the hamburger glare is the Robin Hood of the 20th century. |
| 1:23.4 | Lying for the corporation, distributing hamburgers to the poor. |
| 1:27.8 | No, actually, I have an answer to this. |
| 1:30.2 | And this answer comes with a very brief anecdote, which is that on Saturday, my bubble couple, |
| 1:37.6 | the couple that I am bubbled with came over for dinner. |
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