GoKawiilEducation Department X post echoes 'Malfoid' meme imagery, users say
The Department of Education posted an X image on October 27 showing students approaching a Hogwarts-like castle with a blonde girl in the foreground, captioned 'There's Magic in Learning!' and 'Make Education Great Again.' Online commentators, including Bulwark reporter Will Sommer, said the imagery matched the 'Malfoid' meme—a right-wing fan fiction trope built around a gender-swapped, blood-purity-obsessed version of Draco Malfoy.
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The reaction suggests that fringe fandom aesthetics with ideological undertones can migrate into official government communications, whether intentionally or not. Observers framing this as the agency 'embracing' the meme implies a deliberate signal to online right-wing communities, though the department has not confirmed any such intent. The episode highlights how niche internet subcultures can shape, or be read into, mainstream institutional messaging.
- The Department of Education's October 27 X post used Harry Potter-style imagery with a 'Make Education Great Again' slogan.
- Commentators linked the image to the 'Malfoid' meme, a right-wing fan fiction reimagining of Draco Malfoy as a blood-purity-obsessed woman.
- The term 'Malfoid' originated in fan fiction communities like AO3 and incorporates an offensive incel-derived term for women.
Source: wired.com — Michaela Makusha, 2026-10-30
Published there as: “It Sure Looks Like the Department of Education Is Promoting a Right-Wing ‘Harry Potter’ Meme”
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