Hermione is the most famous Muggleborn in Harry Potter, but she was far from the first to walk into Hogwarts without a map. This episode turns to the Muggleborns who flit in and out of the series: Myrtle Warren, Ted Tonks, Justin Finch-Fletchley, and Colin and Dennis Creevey.
Drawing on comments from the Critical Magic Theory Patreon community, Professor Julian Wamble asks what it means to enter the magical world knowing almost nothing about its politics, who explains those politics to an 11-year-old, and who benefits when no one does. Topics include whether Myrtle was bullied for her blood status even if nobody said so, what marrying into the Black family may have cost Ted, how money and class shape Justin's choices, and what two magical brothers from one Muggle family suggest about how magic works. The episode closes on what it looks like to live in both worlds.
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