Lexi & Ben try to dork out about the Potter-verse but end up having a messy and sometimes circular discussion of She-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named, harm, nostalgia, problematic media, death of the author, and what the ultimate legacy of the Harry Potter franchise may be.

Content/Trigger Warning:  Discussion of transphobia, anti-semitism, bigotry, racism, sexual assault and harm.

FURTHER DORKSCUSSION:

• Alternatives to the Harry Potter Franchise
  • The Dragon series by Laurence Yep (Thanks, Fiona)
  • His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman
  • Discworld by Terry Pratchett
  • Dark Star trilogy by Marlon James
  • The Earthsea Cycle by Ursula K. Le Guin
  • The Worst Witch by Jill Murphy
  • The Bartimaeus Sequence by Jonathan Stroud
  • The Once and Future King by T. H. White 
  • Little Witch in the Woods
  • Witchbrook
  • Final Fantasy IX

BONUS CONTENT:

• Transgender resources in Canada
  • The Canadian Centre for Gender + Sexual Diversity
  • A Guide to Hormone Therapy for Transgender People
  • Gender Surgeons in Canada
  • Egale (Canada’s leading organization for 2SLGBTQI people and issues)
  • Transgender rights in Canada
  • Trans Equality Society of Alberta
  • Skipping Stone
  • Further resources c/o BIPOC Women's Health Network

SOCIALS:

Here's where you can find us!

• Lexi' Hunt's website and twitter and instagram
• Ben Rankel's website and instagram and where to buy his book: Amazon.ca / Comixology / Ind!go / Renegade Arts
• Jess Schmidt's website, twitter and instagram
• Dork Matter's website(WIP) and twitter and instagram and reddit
• This podcast is created on the traditional territories of the Blackfoot Nations, which includes the Siksika, the Piikani, and the Kainai. We also acknowledge the Stoney Nakota Nation, Tsuut'ina, and Metis Nation Region 3.

Help spread the word: share us on social media or give Dork Matters a rating and review on Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your pods!

“Those who choose not to empathize enable real monsters. For without ever committing an act of outright evil ourselves, we collude with it, through our own apathy.” - J.K. Rowling

SOCIALS:

Here's where you can find us!

• Lexi' Hunt's website and twitter and instagram
• Ben Rankel's website and instagram and where to buy his book: Amazon.ca / Comixology / Ind!go / Renegade Arts
• Jess Schmidt's website, twitter and instagram
• Dork Matter's website(WIP) and twitter and instagram and reddit
• This podcast is created on the traditional territories of the Blackfoot Nations, which includes the Siksika, the Piikani, and the Kainai. We also acknowledge the Stoney Nakota Nation, Tsuut'ina, and Metis Nation Region 3.

Help your dorky pals spread the word: share us on social media or give Dork Matters a rating and review on Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your pods! Thank you for helping us to share our love of all things Dork!