her books were always about her "real beliefs" just hidden behind her writing. family guy joked about her writing-anti-trans years before she went full terf.
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When you add in the fact that they were referencing rapey winestein years before the me too revelations, that's twice they've been subtly speaking truth to power before it became common knowledge.
The terf shit is speaking truth to power??
OK, this is a tough one and what I'm about to say might get me some dislikes. Let me just say something that might soften the blow: Fuck Rowling, her transphobia, and the bigots that defend her wretched views. Even if she decided, in an alternative timeline, decided her loudmouth shut, she would still be the scum of the earth for her views on trans people. I repeat, Fuck Rowling.
Now, with that out the way, let's address the crux of the issue. I know that many of you in the LGBTQ+ community grew up with the franchise and enjoyed it long before Rowling exposed her true colors. If you're LGBTQ+ and you decide to reconcile, in some way, with the franchise without directly supporting Rowling, you're well within your rights to do so. The nostalgia you feel for something that brought you joy in your youth is yours to keep. No one, not even the creator themselves, can take that from you. As for the products themselves? You can: buy the books secondhand, pirate the movies, pirate the EPUBs if you have an e reader and buy fan-made merch from LGBTQ+-friendly sellers.
If decided to not reconcile with the franchise, you're also well within your rights to do so. Rowling has to made aware of the damage her views have on people. Demonstrate the hypocrisy of writing about a group of outsiders finding a place of acceptance and discovering their true selves and espousing bigoted rhetoric towards a discriminated group wanting acceptance for their true selves. There's plenty of other fictional universes you can draw your attention towards (more on that in a moment) that are far less problematic and worthier of your time.
If you're an ally (like myself), it's best that we don't engage with the franchise all together out of support. For me, this isn't a problem since I didn't engage with the franchise all that much in my youth (I was more of a LOTR fan). If you do decide to reconcile, much of what I have already said still applies.
In short, the question of reconciliation is a personal matter. So long as Rowling isn't benefiting, you should be happy with your decision and the stand you take. As for alternatives? Well...
The already mentioned Lord of The Rings
Dune series
Discworld
Elric of MelnibonΓ©
Wheel of Time
Discworld, hands down. Toss the terf and load up on Monstrous Regiment (and dwarfs)
The best way to enjoy something that may benefit a problematic person is to simply acquire it in a way that doesn't benefit them. Perhaps whilst on board a ship with a nice barrel of grog.
You're not wrong, but even if you pirate the show and tell people about it, they might watch and buy it. I don't believe HP is something worth throwing anyone's beliefs away.
Honestly in my friend group I would rather explain in great detail my masterbation habits then tell them I watched HP. But then again I disliked the franchise before it was cool, I watched most of the first movie and it just felt like they were telling people "hey suck up all the abuse and be meek and one day you will be cool"
Potheads are tiring.
You should try hanging out with people who micro dose LDS. Listening to their shit makes me wanna sort my guns by mouth feel.
I don't know, but as I grew older and the world became more harsh, out of cynicism I stopped investing in so much pop culture and especially personalities who have or could possibly make an about-face.
I have never even had an inner monologue about wanting to support of continue consume the work of someone who made something I like after they've got outed for bad shit. It's just and instant "damn, sucks to loose that thing but that's all there is too it."
I seriously don't understand people who do that and the whole "separate the art from the artist" shit.
We have more than enough of literally everything, you aren't giving up something that nothing else can replace. There's more stuff to like and discover from nice people than anyone can fit in their lifetime.
cuz art can be beautiful in it's own right.
And it's not fair to loose it just because the OP is shit.
Like futurism, my favourite artstyle? i just love how they show this world in motion and so Industrial (yes I study mech eng how did you guess), I support the painters? fuck no, fuck them, but their art is pretty regardless.
Well it's not a static thing, is it? It's a franchise that's still going, with a new series dropping. So it's continuing to support rowling despite her explicitly using the income to fund bigotry
So many people in this thread defend J.K. Rowling, or at least the Harry Potter works, under the guise that Rowling's anti-trans positions are just an opinion. She does so much more than just talk. She uses her personal fortune made directly from Harry Potter to fund legal attacks on the rights of transgender people in the UK.
Imagine if Elon Musk showed up one day to fund a civil case against you for playing rec league soccer or to get you fired from your job. This is what the beginning of genocide looks like. It may take years to get to the camps and the ovens, but we will get there. Hell, the camps are already built here in the US, and they will house more than the transgender.
https://www.advocate.com/news/jk-rowling-anti-trans-organization
I think we should normalize acknowledging reality. JK Rowling is a POS, Neil Gaiman is a POS, many others are POS or problematic for different reasons. A lot of products are owned by problematic companies. Some have better alternatives.
Bashing people for it is just going to make people tune you out though. Just be aware. I'm really not interested in the Harry Potter show. But the movies are a staple. If I see Tom Cruise is in a movie I get a lot less interested in it. I still like Edge of Tomorrow though.
I wanted to see Edge of Tomorrow so bad because it looked like a cool scifi movie but my wife HATES Tom Cruise as if he'd wronged her personally. Told her he dies like 100 times. I got to see it in the theater with her.
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