JK Rowling just dropped a big revelation – Hogwarts had a Gaelic Medium Unit

mathan-na-mara:

I have mixed feelings about this. The optimist in me is pleased to have support for GME in such a popular franchise. However, the realist in me is annoyed by the implication that Gaels only were assigned to Ravenclaw. Furthermore, I’m put off by the fact that there were very few known Scots, even less of them Gaels, at Hogwarts. Not to mention Rowling’s anti-indyref stance which naturally goes hand-in-hand with Unionism, Anglocentrism, and anti-Celtic/Gaelic sentiment.

butchchadsidy:

it’s easier and faster to create racist/sexist content than it is to deconstruct your own art. it’s easier and faster to ignore the words of sensitivity readers then it is to re-create. it’s easier, faster, lazier to say you love characters and create something without thinking about the biases you hold because of your socialization. it’s easier, faster, lazier and simpler to just create and not think about how you may be continuing a problem.

bibliophilefiles:

Literary map of the U.K.

The map is pretty but where are Irvine Welsh and JK Rowling?