Porshéa Patterson-Hurst
She/Her/Hers
Research Team Lead
The Harry Potter Alliance
Participates in 8 items
Porshéa Patterson-Hurst is the public opinion research associate for The Opportunity Agenda, a social justice communication lab in New York. She consults with allies in the field to identify and obtain pertinent research needs in the areas of immigration, criminal legal reform, and poverty. She also volunteers as the Research Team Lead for the Harry Potter Alliance, co-hosts the Castle Black podcast on the Loudspeakers Network, and is a frequent contributor to Black Girls Create. Follow her on Twitter @Porshea_obvi.
Sessions in which Porshéa Patterson-Hurst participates
11:30 AM
11:30 AM
- Magical Laws and How to Found Them Seaport World Trade Center - Beacon Hill Complex
- 11:30 AM EDT - 12:30 PM EDT | 1 hour
- Are the Principal Exceptions to Gamp’s Law truly immutable? Do magical beings actually have different limitations to their magic or are those taugh...
- Panel
11:30 AM
11:30 AM
- An Excess of "Phlegm" and the Lack of Femme Seaport Hotel Boston - Seaport Ballroom
- 11:30 AM EDT - 12:30 PM EDT | 1 hour
- Heroines of Harry Potter are often presented as and praised for not being classically feminine, while "feminine" characters are seen as inhe...
- Panel
12:45 PM
12:45 PM
- Hagrid, Half-bloods, and Squibs: One-Drop Rule? Seaport World Trade Center - Amphitheater
- 12:45 PM EDT - 1:45 PM EDT | 1 hour
- As a fandom, we talk a lot about pureblood and wizard supremacy, but how often do we investigate what lies between the extremes? Using the portraya...
- Panel
2:00 PM
2:00 PM
- Stop. Howler Time! Seaport World Trade Center - Cityview Ballroom
- 2:00 PM EDT - 3:00 PM EDT | 1 hour
- If you're attending LeakyCon, there's a pretty good chance that you have a lot of feelings about Harry Potter and need the space to vent abo...
- Roundtable
10:15 AM
10:15 AM
- Ethnic Communities in the Wizarding World Seaport World Trade Center - Amphitheater
- 10:15 AM EDT - 11:15 AM EDT | 1 hour
- In this session, panelists representing multiple ethnic backgrounds discuss the (mis)/representation of their communities within Harry Potter
- Roundtable
11:30 AM
11:30 AM
- You Cannot Deny, the Wizarding World's Got Style Seaport World Trade Center - Cityview Ballroom
- 11:30 AM EDT - 12:30 PM EDT | 1 hour
- Discussions of fashion in the Wizarding World are sorely lacking. We three fashion conscious witches want to know more about robes and dress robes,...
- Panel
12:45 PM
12:45 PM
- The Origin of House-Elves Seaport World Trade Center - Harborview Ballroom
- 12:45 PM EDT - 1:45 PM EDT | 1 hour
- This session will trace and speculate about the history and magic of house-elves. Join us as we talk about what their lives might have been like be...
- Panel
2:00 PM
2:00 PM
- Beyond Ilvermorny Seaport World Trade Center - Beacon Hill Complex
- 2:00 PM EDT - 3:00 PM EDT | 1 hour
- In 2016 J.K. Rowling gave the American fandom what it had wanted for years—information on America's wizarding education system. For many fans, it i...
- Panel
