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During your summer reading, did you start to wonder why Harry was seeming so Christ-like? Or what was up with all those Biblical inscriptions? Or all that talk about souls and overcoming death? Author J.K. Rowling explains.

And, by the way, Dumbledore is gay. Rowling outed him in a speech at Carnegie Hall. Apparently, he was in love with his arch rival Grindelwald the whole time.

Who knew that the story would continue, even after the books were all written? Rowling seems to have cleverly developed a solid epic, woven in religious themes Christians can resonate with, and then ramped up the heat by outing one of the story’s most beloved characters. She pulls you in, then says, ‘Oh, yeah. By the way, that guy you love so much? He’s one of those people you think you have to hate.’ It gets homophobic folks to identify with the character, and then exposes how easily he could be one of the people homophobic folks define themselves in opposition to.

Hooray for gay Christian magicians! And their fans!

If you like Harry Potter and progressive politics, this memorial to Karl Rove’s stint running our country is for you:

For those who like blogs and don’t like Bush:

The facial tics and jumbled verbiage of this actor are uncannily realistic. The truth of it is scary.

At midnight on July 21, millions of Harry Potter fans across the world (including me) lined up to buy their copy of the seventh book in the series, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. Fortunately, the pages of their new tome were made of sustainable paper products. 30% came from recycled paper, and another 65% of the paper came from wood certified by the Forest Stewardship Council, which certifies wood harvested without decimating forest ecosystems. 12 million copies of the book have made it to stores and eager readers hands, a record first-printing. Thank goodness Scholastic, Inc. made the right choice to consider the ecological impact of their product!