Author Archives: Andrew Slack

Andrew is a teacher, social organizer and human rights activist, comedian, actor, and writer. He spent years performing sketch comedy for hundreds of colleges across the US only to stop touring so that he could devote himself full time to the HP Alliance which he co-founded in 2005. A Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Brandeis University, Andrew is dedicated to learning and extrapolating how modern myth, new media, and expressive therapy can transform our lives both personally and collectively.

Snape and Spike

There are striking similarities between Severus Snape and Spike from Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Let’s list some. Spoiler warning for Harry Potter and Buffy.

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Posted in Accio Books |

Elmo promotes the HPA’s “Fans for Equality”

Our friends at Wizarding Life made a video of Elmo thanking the HPA and promoting Fans for Equality. Check it out!

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Posted in LGBTQ |

The Deathly Hallows Campaign on MLK Day

I’d like to add to the wonderful entries we have seen on the subject of how we eat by putting it into the context of today’s holiday in the US: Martin Luther King Day.

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Posted in Harry Potter Alliance News |

When Harry Potter gave birth to Edward Cullen

How Harry Potter gave birth to the Joker and Edward Cullen

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Modern Myth and the Interpretation of Dreams

Understanding our modern myths and how they reflect on our world is similar to understanding our dreams and how they affect our lives.

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Posted in Uncategorized |

Imagine a world without genocide

Right in time for the Christmas season, the United States Senate has unanimously moved forward on legislation that would require the United States to take an active role in preventing genocide – rather than simply reacting to genocides that already take place.

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Posted in Human Rights |

Harry Potter and the Text Message Commentary

One of my best friends is in the middle of reading Deathly Hallows for the first time and has sent me the following text messages today

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Posted in Harry Potter Alliance News |

Beyond Poverty, aka That Which Must Not Be Named

How can our understanding of people’s perception through their past, present, and mythological relationships help instigate the end of the cultural villain that we are afraid to mention by name: poverty?

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Fear of Muggleborns has ripple effect

People’s fears that President Obama is Muslim is having an effect on President Obama’s behavior. Let’s get passed seventh grade.

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Support Our Troops. Protect their Equality.

Today is the first day that the US military is recruiting openly gay people. So long as the military continues this policy, US troops, American citizens, and the world itself are safer.

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Posted in Harry Potter Alliance News |