Grubbly-Plank (was Another sign of Hagrid's improvement as a teacher)

[Amy Z]

No: HPFGUIDX 41282

Jenny the Geist of Ravenclaw wrote:

>this was one instance where
> JKR used one of 
> the most obvious and unpleasant stereotypes I've
> seen:  the man-hating 
> lesbian.  I know I shall be flamed for this, but
> Grubbly-Planks close 
> cropped hair and barking voice at the boys, leaving
> them out is 
> cliched, cliched, cliched.  I can't figure out why
> JKR made her 
> character at all.

Okay, I want to cash in all my gay-affirming chips
here and say that I found it pretty funny.  I picked
up on the stereotype (it didn't hurt that I was
listening to Jim Dale, who gave her a fairly butch
voice) and thought it was one of those sly little
jokes aimed at adults, like Aberforth and his goat.  I
also seem to be the only person in the fandom who
thinks JKR is telling us Grubbly-Plank has never known
the love of a man, so to speak, as it is pointed out
that unicorns are very difficult to catch and lovers
of folklore know who can catch them:  only virgin
women.  She's a stereotype, and if G-P were around for
long and were really unpleasant I'd balk, but as a
one-off joke I liked it.  

Hoping I don't get beat up by any lesbians, who, as we
all know, are all 6 feet tall with iron hair and iron
fists,

Amy Z

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