Here’s the thing about Harry Potter – it will forever be timeless and relevant. Yes, we firmly believe that. The movies and books have resonated with fans for years and continue to be an active part of pop culture. Harry Potter is big all year round, but at the holidays,Read More →
SARAH DUNN/CONTOUR In an effort to build a space for queer people like myself, every Tuesday I’ll be posting opinion pieces, listicals, reviews, and more focused on the LGBT community (and occasionally about the Latinx/WOC community since I am Latinx.) Welcome to Queerly Not Straight! Enjoy and leave a commentRead More →
If one thing we’ve learned about JK Rowling is that she builds every character of her story to a T. Be it their history since birth, their traits and the reason for their actions – everything is justifiable, with a story right up her alley. Reading the Harry Potter seriesRead More →
Yesterday marked the end of a yet another amazing Comic Con a San Diego. The con delivered it’s purpose – it managed to gather fans from all over the world at one place and provided them with joy and happiness. Oh, and not to forget, a bucket load of surprises.Read More →
An exclusive new look for Fantastic Beasts: Crimes of Grindelwald was released yesterday, and it has us all riled up in anticipation of the things that will go down in the sequel. Joshua Shea is seen portraying a Young Newt Scamander, future Magizoologist, along with a young Professor Dumbledore (Jude Law)Read More →
Let’s establish one fact – J.K Rowling has created some of the most complex characters known to us readers. In a book we generally categorize the characters into two – hero or villain. Good or bad. Protagonist or antagonist.  Hero or not hero. Yet, while reading Harry Potter (or watchingRead More →
Bringing into an era of change, the pride month is being celebrated world over with pompous joy and excitement. The LGBTQ+ community, if not still accepted at some places, has managed the success of making its existence known and is marching on to conquer the whole world. It won’t beRead More →
When you say that we’re celebrating 20 years of Harry Potter, it makes us feel kind of old. That being said new covers make us happy and we’ll accept being old. Prepare yourself to spend more money to add to your Harry Potter collection as the 20th anniversary editions areRead More →
Here at Fangirlish we continue to support your right to fangirl over any fandom you desire – whether that is a book, a TV show, a movie, or even sports. That’s why we have  Stop and Fangirl!  So you can feel  happy – and confident, loving whatever it is you love. In this episodeRead More →
It’s funny to think that it’s been over 20 years since the first Harry Potter book came out. Twenty years. More than half my life, more than half Harry’s life. Today, in another universe, Albus Severus is walking towards the Hogwarts Express. He’s worried about what house he’ll be putRead More →
Warner Brothers has announced the Fantastic Beasts DVD and Blu-ray release dates and we’re on a count down. March 7, we will have the DVD and the Blu-ray will follow on March 28. We can’t wait. Though we know that there are 5 movies and inevitably one day there willRead More →
As fans, we tend to focus a lot on the romance in movies, books and TV shows. But sometimes, it’s the friendships that provide the most heartwarming moments and, let’s be honest, the most solid relationships. Even if your OTP isn’t doing too well, you can always count on aRead More →
Dementors first premiered in J.K Rowling’s 1999 release of the Prisoner of Azkaban. They are soulless beings who feed on the happiness of others, creating a bleak despair that is incapacitating, which is why they are used to guard the prisoners. They are jailers through and through. The marvelous thingRead More →
We love subscription boxes. We’re all about them and can’t get enough of all the makeup samples or the fandom stuff that is sent to us each month. We can’t get enough. Now, fellow Muggles we have a new subscription box to spend our money on. That’s right – aRead More →
Being Harry Potter is hard, and it gets harder with each passing moment. And yet, in a way, it also gets easier. Like life. We live and learn, and sometimes just live without learning. The point is, we live. Things happen. And though more things happen to Harry than anyoneRead More →
Being a wizard is hard. Being a young one with a lackluster family, thousands of people that have known your name since birth, and a prejudiced psychotic man after you, is even harder. *sigh* This is Harry Potters life. Brilliant, isn’t it? Despite all the ups and downs our heroRead More →
Admit it, your heart just jumped in joy! J.K. Rowling is working on a sequel to the highly anticipated Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them! Warner Bros. Pictures has announced plans to return to J.K. Rowling’s wizarding world for the next film in the series. J.K. Rowling will beRead More →
The final Harry Potter and the Cursed Child cast photos are here, and now it’s the Malfoy’s turn. At least father and son. Draco Malfoy, Harry’s school rival, married a woman named Astoria Greengrass after the Harry Potter series ended. In the epilogue for the last book, Harry Potter and theRead More →
Yesterday we got to see the Potter family, and today, it’s time for the Weasleys. At least some of them. Ron and Hermione, Harry’s best friends and his companions through most of the Harry Potter Series got married after Hogwarts and had two kids, Rose and Hugo. Like with theRead More →
New cast photos for ‘Harry Potter and the Cursed Child,’ the sequel play to the worldwide sensation Harry Potter Series, whose previews begin at London’s Palace Theater on June 7th, have been released. And, hello Potter family! Or, at least part of it. Though James and Lily (the other twoRead More →
Tonight at the MTV Movie Awards, the WB released the second trailer for Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them. The trailer is giving us a lot of footage that we haven’t seen, as well as a look at the beasts. Fantastic Beasts opens November 18, 2016. “Fantastic Beasts andRead More →