Memories are a funny thing in that each memory is shaped and reformed every time you recall it, making them easily susceptible to suggestion. Essentially, every time you recall a memory, you destabilize it and partially “destroy” it with your brain, then completing a process called reconsolidation to re-store it with your current thoughts and emotions added. As a brief tangent, this one one of the reasons why witness testimony is so problematic. This fluidity and fallibility of memory and abili…

Who will be the next Harry Potter? Such a question was unthinkable to anyone who grew up in the late 1990s and early 2000s. The Harry Potter books, movies, merch, theme parks, and Halloween costumes, just to name a few, are among the highest-grossing media franchises of all time. Anyone from that era would’ve told you: “Harry Potter is Daniel Radcliffe.” Image via @gayrauder In the original film series, the young wizard Harry Potter is played by Daniel Radcliffe. His school friends were Emma Wa…

People are entitled to having hot takes if they are the right ones. Obviously, some unpopular opinions are not worth giving time for, since they are simply too ridiculous to entertain. But every so often, someone on the Internet poses an idea that makes you think about why certain standards and customs even exist. Or sometimes it's just a well-supported critique of a popular culture phenomenon. Regardless, these are perhaps the few instances in which people online just might be giving the Inter…

Another round of “Millennial Fandom Baby Names” has kicked off this week. In one corner, we have this coworker who idolizes the Joker and Harley Quinn, and in the other, we have this Harry Potter “Potterhead.” The hypocritical coworker is criticizing the Harry Potter fan for wanting to name their child after a Harry Potter character. The thing is, the coworker has already named their kid after a character from their fandom too.

Looks like Ginny has some real rebellious energy going on here.

Take off the rose-tinted glasses for a moment.

Or maybe it totally does?

That's incredible timing.

Simply magical.

Good old Snape.