Hello, My name is HuffleBadger.

You may have heard of the House of Helga Hufflepuff, one of the four houses at Hogwarts School of Witchraft and Wizardry. When Helga founded her house at Hogwarts, she made me, HuffleBadger, her house representative. She couldn't have chosen a better mascot, if you ask me!

Now, you may have heard a lot of bad things about Hufflepuffs; that we're leftovers, insignificant and not really capable of being extraordinary or talented. As some students in the other houses would have you believe, Hufflepuffs simply exist, and that Hufflepuff didn't really "specialize" in anything.

As a consequence, Hufflepuff gets a lot of hate for being a stupid and meaningless house, or in rare cases, called an illegitimate house (I don't even know what that means). And this makes me a sad badger.

Fortunately, most of what you hear people say about Hufflepuff is all rubbish. Here in Hufflepuff, students are distinguished for their outstanding loyalty, tenacity, strong worth ethic, patience, fairness, and limitless kindness.

The other houses see these traits and assume that we are no threat to them, to the point that they declare that we lack the values they hold in reverence (e.g. intelligence, bravery, ambitious). These low standards don't intimidate or daunt Hufflepuffs. In fact, it gives them the freedom to be themselves and find where their own strengths and where their passions are. This helps Hufflepuffs be the best equipped to thrive and contribute to society.

So why a blog? Because every day is a good day to be a Hufflepuff.

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Want your Twitter all decked out in Hufflepuff Black and Yellow? The folks at Pottermore have created a Facebook Cover, and a Twitter Header + Background for those who think their twitter or facebook page needs to scream “I’m a Hufflepuff” just a little louder. Click here to hop on over to get the free images (it helps a bit if you click on the Twitter background image in the blog post before right-clicking to get the appropriate size for the twitter background)!

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Hey! The January issue of The Badger’s Sett around the corner! Laura, our advice-giver, is ready for your questions! Just send your questions about “what a Hufflepuff’s to do?” to our ask box, and on January 1st, Laura will post her answers your questions! We understand that there’s a mayan apocalypse scheduled this week, but that still gives you more a little more than a week to submit your questions.

Happy Holidays,
The Badger’s Sett  

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For our December issue, we’d like to know your thoughts on what House Unity looks like to you! In order for this to work, we want to hear from all Hogwarts Houses, not just Hufflepuff. Your submission can be artwork, a 5 minute video, or a 500 word text post - the sky’s the limit on how you want to express your feelings! Just remember to use the appropriate tags for your submission! Submissions are due by Friday and can be sent to our submissions box.

[TOP TEXT: Not liking someone

BOTTOM TEXT: is not a reason to act like a dick towards them.]

[TOP TEXT: Make peace,

BOTTOM TEXT: not conflict.]

[TOP TEXT: This is your friendly Hufflepuff public service announcement,

BOTTOM TEXT: Reminding you that Respect is still a two way street.]

[TOP TEXT: Words have greater power

BOTTOM TEXT: Than sticks and stones.]

[TOP TEXT: Words of kindess

BOTTOM TEXT: can diffuse more tension than words of anger.]

[TOP TEXT: There’s always a place in Hufflepuff for you to belong to.

BOTTOM TEXT: That’s why we’re such good finders!]

[TOP TEXT: Hufflepuff is JK Rowling’s favorite house.

BOTTOM TEXT: Haters to the left.]

[TOP TEXT: Work doesn’t have to be hard or a drag.

BOTTOM TEXT: It’s all in your attitude.]

[TOP TEXT: Work first.
BOTTOM TEXT: You won’t have to think about it later.] 

[TOP TEXT: Sometimes walking away

BOTTOM TEXT: is better than reacting in anger.]

[TOP TEXT: Hufflepuffs are such good finders

BOTTOM TEXT: we bring all the seekers to the yard.]

[TOP TEXT: Gossiping

BOTTOM TEXT: never ends well.]