Hermione’s exercise of oppression is not immediately apparent; she herself is the most major character who experiences the focal point of oppression in the books: she is Muggle-born, and is in constant danger because of her birth. She is also a woman, and though sexism seems to be a less-than-significant problem in the magic world, as a girl raised partially in the Muggle world she is acutely aware of sexism, and she frequently counters Ron and Harry’s sexism. But she confuses the authority with which she speaks on these experiences with authority on all oppression, and uses that confidence to silence and threaten house-elves through SPEW and her unwanted hats. Like many of us who experience and fight both sides of inequality, she uses her privilege to enforce another form of the system of oppresson that implicates us all, kyriarchy.

Thanks to winged, oh-little-owl, and eateroftrees for their help beta reading!