Author Archives: Tita


Day #4 – Ways to Prevent Stress

Hello, and welcome to Day 4 of Breaking Out of the (Stressful) Muggle Mindset! This is Tita and today, it is my turn to try and help deal with stress—and stress is something I know a lot about. For the past few months, I have felt like a Year 3 Hermione. I undertook a lot [...]

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And the winner was… Love

For a few days, I have been playing with blog ideas in my head. I was asking myself how I could write about Same-Sex marriage, Prop 1 in Maine, Prop 8 in California, and the fact that even though I am married, I still feel like my union is not the same as other people’s. [...]

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Love Will Conquer Hate

The Ministry of Magic had to enforce Muggle Protection Acts to prevent the killing and torturing of Muggles by wizards, but at the same time, they would pass laws that made it harder for Lupin, a werewolf, to find job. Once again, the similarities between the Harry Potter world and ‘the real’ world become more [...]

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Commemorating the Armenian Genocide

April 24 marks the 94th anniversary of the start of the Armenian Genocide in what was the first state-planned genocide of the 20th Century. Today, the survivors, families and supporters are coming together to honor the 1.5 million of Armenian lives lost. Thousands marched in silence to the Armenian Museum-Institute in Yerevan, Armenia, while in [...]

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The Difference Between Marrying a Pure-blood and a Muggle-born

Sometimes I wonder how Andromeda Black felt when she fell in love with Ted Tonks. Coming from a family of pure-bloods, I’m sure she knew what was coming when she and Ted decided to get married. I imagine the differences in the Andromeda/Ted and Narcissa/Lucius weddings. The latter one was probably fancy, with lots of [...]

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Forums Down Time

The HP Alliance Forums will be down for some maintenance beginning today at 9:30 EST. They will be back up and functional after Sunday’s DA meeting. Thank you, Tita

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The HP Alliance is looking for Forum Leaders!

Forum Leaders are an integral part of the Harry Potter Alliance! They help turn our forums into the Room of Requirement for the HPA by encouraging participation and fostering a creative and caring environment to talk!   We are currently looking for responsible people to become part of the HP Alliance as Forum Leaders. Each will be assigned a section [...]

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Living With Dementors

Living with depression is not easy. Whether you or someone you love suffers from it, depression can be a difficult thing to live with. But it’s not the end of the world either. Believe me, I should know. It’s a bit of a long and personal blog, but my main intention is to help others [...]

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It's not over yet.

In California, Florida and Arizona, voters passed measures that will amend their states’ constitutions to deny me, my partner and millions of others the right to get married—a step that many of us take in our pursuit of happiness. I’m disappointed, sad and angered at the result, but I am also very proud of everyone’s [...]

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Fight for Equality – Part 2

You can still be in a civil union in CA with the same rights as marriage. We just don’t want you to indocrinate our kids into your sexual deviations, that’s all.  This was one of the responses I got to the video I uploaded on YouTube earlier this month.  To be honest, I’m a little [...]

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