515: Big McGonagall Energy, "I'm Speaking" (Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 15)

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This week, we finally get to chapter 15 of OotP, "The Hogwarts High Inquisitor," in which the Ministry passes middle of the night legislative action to give one of their own, Dolores Umbridge, oversight power for an independent educational institution: Hogwarts. Of course, we find this super problematic. Also problematic? The complex nature of reporting abuse, especially within systems that aren't the most survivor-friendly ones.

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For this episode's Patreon-exclusive content, we talk about the implications of what it would look like had the character of Professor Snape been written as a woman and the rest of the characters had been gendered as canon and the implications of a female professor Snape (for both readers and other characters) if the entire cast had been gender-flipped. The patriarchy, as always, is a strong presence in our discussion.