But the book isn't narrated by an omniscient narrator; the text is focalized through Harry, so we ONLY know what Harry knows, and what we can infer from info Harry is privy to but doesn't know-know. Clearly, it is not a very LGBT-inclusive text (although I think Dumbledore's sexuality is obvious, and saying he's not…

I definitely read Dumbledore as gay the whole time, and with the exception of Snape and Hagrid, we don't get any romantic background on any of the profs. I also didn't read Dumbledore as out with his students, and everything that was narrated was what Harry saw/knew. Things that Harry wouldn't have known, we had to…

I mean, even if it's right (which I actually think it is; I am pretty sure she was white in the book), the recasting is bullshit — unlike Ron's red hair or Harry's green eyes, her physical features were totally unimportant in the book and there's no reason for her screen character not to be black.

More that while ambition is not an inherently bad quality, unchecked ambition can be very, very dangerous.

I agree that there should be different ways to talk about. I use "sexist" and "misogynistic" differently — misogyny to mean blatant hatred or discrimination or violence, sexism to mean biases and assumptions that hurt people indirectly. I think it is useful to talk about the two things in different ways.

Gahhhh thank you. Whether Jackie lied about everything, lied about some things, or was just mistaken because trauma fucks with memory, RAPE STILL FUCKING HAPPENS AND FRATS STILL OFTEN ENABLE IT.

Yes. I created the link between two "freedom of assembly/association" issues. Not between genocide and anything. I don't understand how you looked at my reply to you, in which I said "because that [meaning genocide] has nothing to do with the right to assembly, whereas protests do," and took that to mean I was…

But no one is being arrested. No one is being expelled. No one is being on trial, or getting anything on their permanent record.

Um, because that has nothing to do with the right to assembly, whereas protests do? Because it makes sense to talk about two issues that fall under the same amendment, but it doesn't make sense to talk about two totally unrelated things? Because often, the people who get most upset about first-amendment rights don't…

Unless there's a hefty dose of sprite in there too?

What I told my little (female) cousins before they went off to college was: have fun. Drink beer. Don't drink any mixed drinks you haven't mixed yourself.

I don't think *angry*, no. But like...suspending greek life (which just means official functions) is in no way equivalent to, say, police brutality, or rape.

I have no idea; I'm a grad student here and my undergrad had no Greek life. But I know that they're all (theoretically) dry now. There are also brothel laws in Virginia (and a bunch of other states) that prevent large groups of women living together from serving alcohol. Because obviously, if you're not a nunnery,…

Sure. Most people in frats get pretty good jobs too, bc the greek system is a very privileged network beyond college.

Sororities everywhere are dry, that's a panhellenic thing, not just a UVa thing. I also thought it would be that, which would actually be significant than it sounds.

Damn, I thought this was gonna be "panhellenic will reverse that whole sororities have to be dry" bs, which, sure, would still be in a world of privilege but would at least allow parties to happen in female-controlled spaces rather than exclusively male-controlled spaces and thus be a positive step in terms of campus…

But that "gigantic silent majority that are not racist," are, in fact, racist. Not hatefully so. But like everyone in America, they've grown up in a racist society. I sometimes think things then realize the things I thought were racist. I hope to do that less and less, but it's in there. It's in there the way misogyny…

But I think asking "how can I be helpful to you?" is different than...other forms of thinking about oneself. I guess it's about moving from "how do these issues faced by POC affect me, a white person" to "how do my actions as a white person affect POC?"

But...it's people asking/talking about/trying to understand how to be good and supportive without asking for cookies or dominating conversations. Also, given the relative anonymity here, I think it's the perfect platform for doing so — no one is saying "Look at how good I am!" because none of us actually know who…

I think the idea should be to amplify other voices instead of trying to dominate with your own. And — as in the example of men — men should talk to other men about misogyny, and listen to women. White people should talk to other white people about racism, and listen to people of color.