In the wizarding world, no object is surrounded by as much awe, bloodshed, and mythology as the Elder Wand. Crafted from elder wood with a core of Thestral tail hair, the wand is one of the three ...

Bisma strongly believes pop culture shapes human lives. She is particularly concerned about the media portrayals of gender, class, race, and sexuality on television, their intersectionality, and ...

There are many moments in the Harry Potter franchise that we're still emotionally tied up in, but Professor Severus Snape's death is probably one of those scenes we don't think we'll ever get over. In ...

It is not every day that a Hogwarts professor belts out the soaring arias of Peking Opera on the streets of Beijing. Yet, in a recent viral video on Chinese social media, the sight of a perfectly ...