Working mothers, was Did the Slytherins come back

susanmcgee48176 Schlobin at aol.com
Fri Mar 14 05:57:55 UTC 2008


No: HPFGUIDX 182060


> Montavilla47:
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  Any objection I have to Molly's moment of triumph over
> Bellatrix is not that she suddeny acquires mad dueling skillz, but
> that she unwittingly (she is, after all, ignorant of Muggle culture),
> starts quoting Ripley in Aliens.  It's just jarring is all.
> 

Thanks! I thought I was the only person who did NOT like the line.
It immediately brought up Aliens. But I don't like the word that rhymes 
with snitch because it is so specifically misogynist, and one woman 
calling another woman it promotes internalized misogyny and horizontal 
hostility.

Susan





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