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[–] Eyedust@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 1 month ago

I won't be able to ever shake off Harry Potter. I don't think of points and views, I just love the idea of another world to go learn magic away from tech and such. I don't read or listen to it for the political points, or whatever other trash she's hidden in there. I read it as a form of escapism.

That said, I absolutely hate Rowling. Its to the point that I'm embarrassed that I still like HP. I hate the stupid shit that pukes out her mouth and I hate that she's taken a whole fanbase down with her. I feel like, for just liking Harry Potter, I'm labeled a patriarchal fascist and that's not my stance at all. I was an innocent kid who fell in love and still uses the books as a safe place to this very day, because I took refuge in them when my mother was at her most abusive (physically and mentally).

When I was very young, I would daydream about being taken away from her to another world to just dive into magic. She would lie to my therapists and tell them I had mental issues and a vivid imagination. That it was all in my head that she abused me. No one believed me when I cried for help. I was tested for autism. I was diagnosed with severe ADHD. There was one time in elementary school where they tried to take my video game magazine from me in class and I was hysterical, screaming that the demons in my head were going to get me. They blamed the magazine material (Mortal Kombat with Baraka on the front cover, I actually still have it). I was treated as though I was crazy.

It was pure, mind-altering hell. She won every court case over my father on the mere fact that she was my mother. She tried to have me put on numerous drugs as a kid, but my father refused and they needed both parent's consent. So that's why I'm irrationally addicted to the books. I'm not so vulnerable as to have my moral views swayed by a fictional story. However, Rowling will never get another cent from me if I can help it. My audiobooks are already pirated as is. I just wish I could be more honest about loving the books without having to tell this story and not be regarded as a piece of shit for liking them.

[–] lmmarsano@lemmynsfw.com 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (3 children)

image of text
long, narrow, harder to read, not searchable, not accessible
no text alternative or link even through a demonetized client like nitter.net

breaking the web like this is unnecessary: OP should edit the post to add a link as suggested in rule 4

[–] tomenzgg@midwest.social 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It truly is an encapsulation of ablism that you're being downvoted regarding keeping things accessible on a post about causing harm to the marginalized.

[–] lmmarsano@lemmynsfw.com 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Yep, delicious irony of keyboard activists:
✔️ express consciousness
❌ take real, immediate action that doesn't even require leaving the keyboard/mobile app

Speaks to the sincerity of some.

[–] antonim@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 month ago

long, narrow, harder to read

If you're using Lemmy in your browser, you can click on the image and it will open in full size, which you can zoom in and it's pretty big.

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[–] KulunkelBoom@lemm.ee 3 points 1 month ago

Fascist shitgoblins don't far fall from each other off the same branch.

[–] LordWiggle@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

She became the villain from her own book: Voldermort.

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