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This blog was and still is very much a project of love and devotion during a time when all three mods found themselves with both the time and the need for this sort of outlet. Some of you may have noted that this blog began to flag a bit during the rise of Donald Trump and the inevitable aftermath of his election. Some of you have also probably noted our blog started going quiet when J.K. Rowling started claiming the canon for the USA. Neither of these reasons were entirely the whole purpose, but they did contribute to our lack of posting.

You see I started this page back when I was in law school, and invited two of my oldest and closest friends, both in life and in fandom, to join me in growing the head canon. Since then, all three of us have been through a lot. I’ve graduated (of course) and gone on to be a full time attorney, which is extremely time consuming. I’ve married my husband/partner, adopted two beautiful cats (re-homed from owners who couldn’t care for them anyone), and spend a lot of my time with them. My other mods have also moved on with their lives as they’ve gotten busier (if you haven’t checked out “From Unseen Fire” by Cass Morris one of my fellow mods’ authorial debut, I highly suggest it - and yes that is my shameless plug on her behalf).

So...with growing responsibilities and outside commitments it became a lot harder to maintain this blog, especially against some of the backlash we were starting to receive from supporters of JK’s canon, the general toxicity all too common in most fandom from every side of the aisle, and frankly a desire to leave the digital space to try and contribute more to the fight out in the real world, where our privilege, backgrounds, training, and education might make a difference.

And now, once again (and perhaps as always) the US is at a cross roads. History is happening outside. A lot of our followers and friends are already on the front line of it, and if you are a member of the protests or working to try and make a positive change out there, we here at American Wizarding salute you and we hope you are keeping safe.

This Blog is Not Dead. I very much want to come back here one day and keep creating. We will still accept submissions and I promise I will try to be better about sharing those. I hope that our commitment to diversity and celebrating the best in America while addressing some of the worst through the lens of fiction has given some of you enjoyment. I hope this has been a safe place for those of you who didn’t always feel like you had one, even in a fiction as comforting as Harry Potter has been for many of us. I hope you are all safe, and well, and happy, and doing whatever part you can, no matter how small you think it is (and I assure you, no part is too small), to make the US into the country we know it can be, with or without magic.

Sincerely,