Sunday, April 14, 2013

Quidditch and Title 9 3/4

I don't have much time to look at mass e-mails these days, but the message that I recently received from the Harry Potter Alliance, bearing the title "Gender Equality at the Quidditch World Cup," was too intriguing to pass up.

Here's the story. The Quidditch World Cup, sponsored by the International Quidditch Alliance, is taking place this very weekend in Kissimmee, Florida. Inspired by a piece of legislation called Title 9, enacted by the muggle US government, the IQA has developed its own Title 9 3/4. This is the first Quidditch World Cup to be played under Title 9 3/4. Pretty cool, huh?

Well, I think it's cool, but if you're not familiar with the world of the Harry Potter novels, it probably looks like gibberish to you. I don't have time to explain any of this now, but if you'd like definitions of some of these unfamiliar terms, here are links to definitions for "muggle" and "quidditch" from the Harry Potter Wiki.

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