[HPforGrownups] FAT

[Monica Hoover]

No: HPFGUIDX 20302

I just read this and i think you people are reading
way to much into this.  It's just a childrens book for
crying out loud.  so it happens to be perverted,
anything can be perverted if you look at it the right
way.
--- Schlobin at aol.com wrote:
> One of my friends, Rich, who is a professor at the
> University of Michigan 
> School of Social Work gave me permission to post
> these comments to this list
> 
> "I love the Harry Potter books too. 
> But anyway, something that really bugs me about the
> books is her depiction 
> of obesity and her equating it with sloth, greed,
> and narrow-mindedness 
> (her depiction of Harry's cousin). I think that
> continues to promote 
> intolerance and mistreatment based on weight. I feel
> these wildly popular 
> books will not do much for kids who are bullied and
> ostracized based on 
> weight.
> On the who's who in Harry Potter website, notice the
> description of Dudley:
> "Dudley Dursley: Harry's chubby, spoiled and bratty
> cousin, also a Muggle."
> I bet nine of out ten kids would start with a
> description of Dudley's 
> weight as his defining characteristic."
> 
> I brought up Hagrid and Molly and noted that Mrs.
> Malfoy is thin, but still 
> think 
> that this is an issue worth discussing...
> 
> Susan
> 
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