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The Story’s the Thing: The Great (and Terrible?) Gatsby Movie

by EmilyR May 15, 2013 Leave a comment

Blog Notes: The Great Gatsby Movie ByF. Scott Fitzgerald/ EmilyR  SPOILER ALERT: If you did not read the Great Gatsby or if you are studiously waiting until finals are over to see the movie, you may want to read this post later. But, keep going if you are anxiously biting your nails /twirling your ponytail/tapping your [...]

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Revolving Libraries: My Peter Pan

by EmilyR May 13, 2013 Leave a comment

There is always that one book for which a reader is on the look-out while ducking in and out of crowded bookshelves and coffee shops. It can be thin and nondescript or spiky and obvious, but no matter what, the book is always beckoning the reader’s soul from place to place just wishing to be found [...]

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Celebrate Big and Green for Earth Day 2013

by EmilyR April 22, 2013 Leave a comment

Happy Earth Day! While we at the HPA are in full fledged Accio Books mode, it is important to celebrate our earth today, especially after a fantastic NIHN 2.0 campaign. Without our awesome, ever-changing earth, we would have no cocoa, no coffee, and no way to defend ourselves against the dementors of both the wizarding [...]

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DOS 2013: Let’s Make Some Noise

by Joana Petrova April 18, 2013 1 Comment

Tomorrow, April 19th, marks the 18th annual Day of Silence and the third Day of Silence in my school, one of the 90,000 in the world that endorsed the initiative. Last year was the first time I participated actively, as a member of our tolerance club, Embrace, with the aim to turn a rather homophobic [...]

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It’s Time for ACCIO BOOKS!

by Erin Millar April 4, 2013 1 Comment

It’s that time of year again!  It’s time, once again, for the Harry Potter Alliance to band together with all of the power we have and to collect a ton of books for those who most need them!  And if you’re a member of the HPA (and if you’ve been following our weekly The Story’s [...]

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The Story’s The Thing: To Say Nothing of the Dog

by Quinn Kess April 3, 2013 2 Comments

I must admit that I was a bit thrown off last week by Kara’s lovely blog about my newest fandom obsession, which I’d planned on writing about this week. Instead of re-hashing the Warehouse (which, by the way comes back in a couple weeks with new episodes, watch it, it is amazing), it got me [...]

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An HPA Statement on Marriage Equality

by Andrew Slack March 27, 2013 Leave a comment

To my fellow members of the heterosexual community: White bigots have maintained they were right to keep blacks enslaved, killed, tortured, barred from voting, from restaurants, from certain sidewalks, and lunch counters, and bathrooms and bridges and yes, from marrying whites. But they lost. Just a few years ago, a bigoted white man refused to [...]

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Questions of Age: When Can You Talk to Children About Serious Issues?

by EmilyR March 25, 2013 3 Comments

When is it too soon to talk to children about serious issues? Last week, my boss posed an interesting thought: when is his son the appropriate age to go to the Holocaust Museum here in DC? As a Potter fan, this question perplexed me; I was incredibly young when I read about the themes of [...]

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The Story’s the Thing: Emily’s Favorite Ted Talks

by EmilyR March 13, 2013 2 Comments

Ted. The name of a Marky Mark movie, a president, a rockin’ DC restaurant, a pro baseball player, and (ironically) my boyfriend. While all of these people and things are notable in their own right, I want to recommend another Ted, one where listening, watching, believing, and understanding stories have become an internet phenomenon. If [...]

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The Importance of Being *Outside*

by EmilyR March 11, 2013 2 Comments

The best remedy for those who are afraid, lonely or unhappy is to go outside, somewhere where they can be quiet, alone with the heavens, nature and God. Because only then does one feel that all is as it should be. – Anne Frank The clocks have sprung forward, spring break season has started, and [...]

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