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Harry Potter reflects the social consensus of the early\u00a0\u201890s in which it is set: racism is a Bad Thing, the concept of gay rights is tentatively entering the mainstream, trans issues aren\u2019t even on the radar except as a punchline.

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Compare the Girdles of Masculinity/Femininity from ‘70s first-edition D&D, which invoked the pranklike curse effect of gender change, and then became “infamous” for spread-around stories of what players would do with/in response to them

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