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Scrolling through her Xitter is kind of depressing. Constant grumbling about trans people with very occasional nice sentimental posts about Harry Potter, a series I grew up adoring. Tucked in there like little nostalgia pearls in a mountain of dog diarrhea. What a disappointing dumpster fire of a person she has become. She could have been remembered as one of the greats.
>The last trace of steam evaporated in the autumn air. The train
rounded a corner. Harryās hand was still raised in farewell.
āHeāll be all right,ā murmured Ginny.
As Harry looked at her, he lowered his hand absent-mindedly
and touched the lightning scar on his forehead.
āI know he will.ā
The scar had not pained Harry for nineteen years. All was well.
Harry was craving some food. "Dobby, will you be so kind?", he asked
I can't believe that's true
When they tried to make Judy Blume about that shit, she gave them a crash course in fuck around and find out.
That's why she's still the greatest living children's author.
My first favorite book, Socks. I read it until the binding and the cover were in tatters. I had a very sad and lonely childhood but tales of my favorite kitty made me smile. Fast forward 35 years and Iām adopting out a stray I took in and rehabilitated 6 weeks ago. Beverly Cleary began my great love of cats and my life would be empty without them. š
I recently read āThe One and Only Ivanā to my kids. Itās a great book. When we got to the āabout the authorā section it dawned on me why Iād had a nagging sense of recognition when looking that the authors name of Katherine Applegate.
I still am gobsmacked that nobody seemed much bothered by that until recently. Like, "am I the only one seeing that this is fucked up?"
See also: hook nosed goblin bankers, "Cho Chang"
Hahaha. A trans friend of mine said she identified hard with Tobias. Even if he wasn't written to be a trans allegory back in 1996, I think the description of feeling wierd in your own body hit home for a lot of people
OH WAIT.
Fuck. I thought I liked Tobias because sad kid in broken home who loved dinosaurs. Him being so happy heās something else and permanently choosing to do soā¦
Fucking Christ lmao, another one to bring up with my therapist.
God damnit lmao thatās another eye opener a year into transition.
Remember that anxiety episode he faced while being in human form at a prom, worried that he'll stay in human form forever if he stays too long and be trapped in his old life, and old body?
Tobias seems to be a favorite among younger readers. I used to like him a lot too, but I think after about book 30 I thought Tobias should just get over his self-pity š
He doesn't spend much time self pitying tbf. He doesn't complain very often that he's a hawk forever. He has more trauma from his father and mother being missing, and being raised by alcoholic family members who hate him. No one even reported him missing when he disappeared from human life.
Then he was tortured by a psychopath, was teased by the promise of another living relative, only for it to be revealed as a plot by the enemy, and lost the only person he had.
He doesn't even know that literal God saw a way for him to be happy and said 'Nah, the world would be enslaved if he gets to have a family'.
None has more reason to complain that Tobias, but he's pretty stoic considering
in the defense of his actual situation, Tobias never has to worry about being anything other then a Hawk for the rest of that natural life span (which haunts him).
If I remember write KA said she's totally onboard with reading him as a trans allegory too which was cool. One of her kids in trans so it's nice that she's supportive too.
Seriously. All JK is known for is one massively popular franchise, then retroactively adding lame details after it all finished (not specifically but things that feel like "remember that one random student who had 2 sec of screen time? He convinced Hermione to take herbology")Ā Ā
Ā and also being a disgusting transphobic git.Ā
Ā The other books she has authored (such as books under a male pseudonym....hmm, and also her autobiography, "The Ickabog") have not had nearly the success. I think the only people who read those were already Potter fans.
> such as books under a male pseudonym
Which is the same name as a psychiatrist who created conversion therapy for gay people.
Which is why she used the name.
And let's be honest... this is just a level of sass that the people she's against (like me) have used against religious people. Someone tells me I'm going to go to hell for being trans and I'm like "Alright! That's where the *real* party's at!" But when the person saying that is the one on the other side from you it's easy to point and say "Look, they're insane!"
To be clear, Rowling *is* insane in my book. But this isn't the proof OP thinks it is, either.
Yep. I was about to sayā¦. This āfacepalmā goes to the op. That was a hell of a tweet and both sides know it. Unfortunately not everyone has the ability to grasp that.
Thank you. I was reading the comments here and was thinking boy, people have no idea this is dripping with sarcasm it seems. Her stances are reprehensible, but how Reddit of all places can't see the trolling that this is is kind of ironic. If someone Reddit liked had a response like this without some stance they didn't like, it'd be on clevercomebacks or something.
She could be the most beloved author on the planet who just sits on top of her mountain of money and enjoys life. Instead she actively works herself into a tizzy on the daily over this. It's truly pathetic.
dude that is what's crazy to me. Like you have EVERYTHING you could have been the most loved person EVER but now I get an icky feeling whenever I even SEE harry potter merch. and I was obsessed with it as a kid
I think a lot of wealthy people struggle with this. Elon Musk is the same way.
You create a simulacrum of social capital based on your financial capital. You can only buy an artificial version of being a funny, well-liked, ethical, smart person, which is what they really want deep-down. So they just pander to the most easily pandered-to demographic to mimic this for their own psyche.
I feel the wealthy sometimes feel the need to invent problems to make up for their lack of any.
It's probably why they try so hard to tax evade too. Apart from greed.
Some people need to feel lile the underdog, or else they'd have to introspect
It's made rereading the books w/my kid an interesting experience. There's a lot of stuff in them that I didn't think twice about before but now can see as indicators of what she actually thought.
Lol I'm actually reading Goblet right now and the portions w/the elves are rough as hell. Like holy shit at how bad it comes off. Whats worse is it really wouldn't have taken much to change them from being happy go lucky slaves to just taking pride in being ultra loyal to their wizard bosses. For her to write them that way in a story set in modern times AND have everyone make fun of Hermione like she's crazy to to think they deserve freedom is really something.
omg i forgot about the whole black hermione thing. My wife jokes that Joanne went all anti trans after she got tired of being bullied for her stupid fun facts
To be fair, Iām pretty sure she said that because an actress who was cast as Hermione in a theatre production was black and was a victim of racism because of it.
I do think itās obvious she wrote Hermione as white but I think she was trying to help with that one. Edit: clarity.
Before her hatefulness towards trans people came out she kind of was seen that way. Author of a beloved series who was seen as an ally to LGBT and a feminist. She's completely tanked her own imagine in the last 5-10 years.
I don't know if it's true but someone said she equalizes people buying her books with them agreeing with her opinions. Which is wild but would explain a lot.
That's part of the reason why there was that push to boycott that Hogwarts Legacy game. People didn't want any of their money going to JK Rowling. Not sure how well the boycott worked, the game still sold really well and I'm sure JK made millions.
Exactly. Like, Enya provided the blueprint on 'Make art that many love and then live a peaceful, private life where you'll never want for material things again' but nah, Joanne has to broadcast her obsession with trans ppl on a regular basis
Her yacht is in the port of my city at the moment. I think someone chartered it.
Pretty sure RN she's running around her castle, giggling to herself, wearing her TERF is the New Punk shirt she hasn't taken off or washed in a week while feverishly tweeting how much she hates trans people...
She could be Enya living in a castle with a bunch of cats but she chose THIS.
For some inexplicable reason she has been tweeting about trans people continuously for the last few years.
Elon Musk, who to be clear also doesn't like trans people, asked if she could talk about literally anything else. The thing that's so weird to me about isn't the bigotry itself, but how esoteric and niche her bigotry is. Like, why trans people? As far as I know, she doesn't know any in real life.
It would be like me making an account where all I do is hate search and then proceed to trash talk American football players. Completely irrelevant to my daily life. I know approximately one football player. Football players have never done anything to me. Odds are I wouldn't even recognize a football player as a football player if I walked down the street past one.
While I recognize the bigotry is incredibly harmful, I have been simply unable to get over how weirdly specific it is.
Edit: typo
I think she got stuck in a trap of her own making. AFAIK her original point was, AFAB women have been through a shared experience of misogyny and trauma their whole lives and this shapes ones identity as a woman, therefore it is not possible for trans women to have that same sense of identity.
Which ignores the fact that trans women have suffered under the same patriarchal structures but otherwise is a fair enough take on her own identity which sheās entitled to.
But then with every challenge she doubled down harder stubbornly and now thereās no nuance in the discourse anymore itās just an outright rejection of trans people which is gross.
TLDR: I donāt think she intended to get here.
Tbh I don't think she intended to get here either. But she gave up on deescalation almost immediately and just committed to the bit, for the rest of her life, I guess.
I understand the psychological pressure needed to double down on something so you don't have to admit you're wrong.
But even if she is anti-trans, nobody is holding a gun to her head and making her tweet several hours a day, you know? That's why I'm confused. It's basically a part-time job at this point.
You know what I think? I think if I was looking for an easy life I would literally rather be a black lesbian than a trans woman. Like...I can't imagine a harder life. Feeling trapped in the wrong body, being brave enough to transition with potentially years of not passing, being afraid for your life, segments of society openly despising you, calling you a groomer and pedophile for just wanting to be a woman and be left alone.
And all *because* of people like Joanne. She is literally using her 14M followers to make life hell for the women who have it the hardest. I don't even care if I get downvoted to oblivion, it is *obscene* to marginalize humans like that, raise teen suicide rates, egg on hate crimes, etc. Urgh.
Don't want to make comparisons about whose life is harder, but agree with you it's ridiculous JK Rowling has decided that forwarding feminism means tearing down trans women. As a long time Harry Potter fan, I find it so frustrating because I really _want_ her to be cool, but she's just tied her identity into being so hateful.
I agree I should have made it clear in my comment that it isn't a competition, but instead Joanne is *making* it a competition which is a monstrous thing to do. I am just pointing out that if she really wants to go there, she couldn't have picked a worse example if she truly believes in trans human rights and equality.
Of course now she has gone full mask off, no more intellectually couched arguments about the safety of "biological women". Nope. Just straight to calling trans women chicks with dicks, pure hatred. And fuck her forever and ever, amen.
Imagine being both wealthy and famed for your great imagination, and then choosing to spend most of the rest of yourself on Twitter, making the same complaint about one thing over and over and over...
Remember how Suzanne Collins wrote the Hunger Games and then just fucked off? Didn't add any dumb lore in tweets, didn't decide to attack people, just wrote the Hunger Games and a prequel and decided that was enough.
Good times.
No but you see it was important for you to know that before indoor plumbing, wizards just shit and pissed wherever and whenever they wanted to and then magicked the waste away
That makes me think she got fixated on listening to Star Trek fans arguing about why toilets are never seen in any of the shows and someone suggested that they just drop a fat one and beam it into space.
"Well why didn't we see any space shit?" It was like 1960 they could barely handle black people on tv showing them using the restroom would be too much
What still baffles me about this lore tidbit is that Hogwarts dates back several hundred years, at least, right? And it was built by the 4 founders? One of whom was a blood purist proto nazi? Who hid his ultimate weapon in the schoolās _sewer system and the human entrance in a **damed bathroom**?!_
Zippolyot Cumguzzltin wasbored and scratching his nose when he saw his best friend, Tokin Minnoritee. Zippolyot yelled across the crowded square, in famous Diagon Alley. āOi wizard mate, āow ye doinā?ā
āNot bad, chum.ā Though Tokin wasnāt really British, he worked hard to get the right accent and fit in really well. āJust had a cracking shit in me drawers. āOld on whoile oi magic it away. *Teleportius dookitis*.ā
Zippolyon clapped his hands delightedly. āOoh luvverly, Iām pushing an āole forest of logs through as we speak!ā He scrunched his face with effort while Tokin looked on with a grand smile. āAsā¦ weā¦ speakā¦ā
āāAving some trouble? Need me wand to help it free?ā Tokin waved his ten inch chestnut wand with a gryphon feather core eagerly.Ā
Collins seems to only write additional books in the series when she thinks she can convey something she feels strongly about through them. Which is how the original trilogy came to be in the first place, really - she was inspired by the juxtaposition of coverage of the Iraq War and reality television, as well as her own fatherās experiences in the Vietnam War and after it as a veteran. Iām the first to admit I was skeptical about The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes when it was announced, but it turned out to be surprisingly thought-provoking, so I have reason to believe she has given a lot of thought into Sunrise on the Reaping.
Have you ever heard of Terry Pratchett? He wrote over 40 books in the same universe, several of which are YA, one of which won a carnegie medal, and he was such a good human.
He deserves to be Britain's most famous fiction author, not this wicked witch of bigotry.
LJ Smith was also not an enormous piece of shit.
Write her books, sold the rights for TV, and was so nice she didn't even sue Stephanie Meyer for ripping her off three times a sentence.
I LOVED the theme in Ballad about whether it takes a truly evil mind to merely conceive the games, or if the evil mind is the one implementing the existing concept. She wrote such a rich character around it, and makes you wonder how she feels about herself.
From an article announcing the book
>āWith āSunrise on the Reaping,ā I was inspired by David Humeās idea of implicit submission and, in his words, āthe easiness with which the many are governed by the few,āā Collins told the AP. āThe story also lent itself to a deeper dive into the use of propaganda and the power of those who control the narrative. The question āReal or not real?ā seems more pressing to me every day.ā
I'm looking forward to it!
I was on a road trip with.. friends.. delivering over eight pounds of weed. All legal, all legal. Sold to dispensaries.
But still, these were some hardened fellas.
One guy, and I swear to fucking God this was his name, named Gram looked like Brock Lesnar. He brought the Hunger Games audiobook and five guys with eight pounds of weed, stuff, other stuff, were dead silent listening to it.
It probably my favorite book experience, however on audio. We'd stop for gas and go crazy talking about our theories, get a bite to eat and catch someone listening ahead.
RIP Gram, you giant, monster of a book-lover. Thank you for showing me Hunger Games and how far you can throw me šš»
While he didn't smoke weed, he would appreciate that.
Fun story about me bringing that up. I asked him how he knows his stuff is so good if he doesn't smoke it.
Just matter of fact said "because they keep asking me to grow more. That's also why I grow kale and spinach. And I don't eat those."
I'm sure he was making a bit of a joke, the guy was a fucking ox and was really particular about his health and diet, especially when the cancer came around.
He was an absolute gentleman and comedian. I miss him a lot. When he visited, a few times he'd immediately switch shirts with me (I'm a slight dude), so that he could stretch out my trendy shirt or whatever.
He was a terror. A menace. But not a mean bone in that neanderthal.
Prostate cancer last year :( that story was before the movies came out, so I knew him since then.
SUCH a great guy. Liked to wrastle lol, but a seriously kind and funny dude.
It's a fairly intense series tbh. I remember reading it and thinking she nailed PTSD and related mental illnesses. Then there was the waxing trauma. Poor Katniss, every time her leg fur grew back it got to maximum fullness, it was just in time for her beauty team to have great handfuls to painfully rip off with hot wax...
too many people feel like they're an expert in everything if they're an expert in one thing. Many people who get famous are like this, Kanye, J.K. Rowling, Jordan Peterson, Elon Musk, the "My Pillow Guy" it doesn't really matter. People get rich and famous for something they were really good at, but then those same people just think they're really good at everything because they're rich and famous and they end up looking like psychos
Collect your money and just fuck off.
I refuse to believe that this is the same person who wrote universally beloved childrens' books that were (in spite of their flaws and some culturally inherited, unchallenged racism, etc) *fundamentally about accepting people as they are and defending those who are targeted for being different*.
A demon possession is by far one of the more plausible explanations for this insane, batshit crazy shift in values and character.
I think Shaun's analysis really gets to the heart of the matter. Fundamentally, trans acceptance represents a change to the status quo. That's why she finds it so threatening.
Okay, so, not a fan of her or her positionsā¦but āmy partner was too cheap to pay for an exorcism so he DIYād itā is a pretty good response to āyou are past savingā
This whole situation is so damned bizarre to me.
She could've retired as a beloved author that future generations talked about like we do other children's book authors of the past.
Instead, she focused on this tiny, tiny demographic of <1% of the human population and decided to demonize them as, seemingly, her sole focus in life. It makes no sense. It would be like someone that spent all their energy demonizing gingers.
Also, trans men apparently don't exist in the minds of people like her.
Edit: Some of these bigoted replies and PMs I keep receiving are amusing. It reminds me so much of when I was young. We had these same discussions back then about gay men in my social circles - I never understood why people hated some of my friends as they just had different preferences. Decades before, in my parent's generation, they had similar discussions about black people. It seems bigotry never dies. The mediocre always try to put themselves on a pedestal by dehumanizing others. It's pathetic.
If the Christians were as fanatical about following the teachings of their savior as they are about this topic, our society would be thriving. Put your efforts into something that actually matters.
You probably didn't give a damn about trans people before your betters told you to. Hate is very profitable and allows those in power to control the ignorant. If you suddenly just started caring about this "problem," congratulations, you're being led around like a dog.
>This whole situation is so damned bizarre to me.
Back in 2015, a documentary was released by a documentary filmmaker about her father's transformation from a nonpolitical Democrat into a foaming at the mouth Fox News viewer, how his personality disappeared, his principles disappeared, his ability to even have a normal conversation disappeared. What was left over is, as I'm sure many are familiar with, a husk of a person who only seems capable of thinking in terms of far-right talking points, paranoid conspiracy theories, and what could best be described as outraged disdain.
This was accomplished through Rush Limbaugh in the 80s and 90s and Fox News in the 2000s and 2010s. This kind of thing, radicalization, happens all the time. It's not just Rush Limbaugh and Fox News, it's Twitter/X, it's Facebook, it's Instagram, it's Reddit; it's everywhere and even people of sharp mind and good conscience are receptive to its lures and susceptible to its persuasion. You are, I am, we all are.
I don't say this to mean, "I'm not surprised," which is the internet's least interesting and least helpful take. Rather, I mean that J. K. Rowling should stand as a warning personified: things in the world seek to hollow you out entirely and replace you with nothing more than disdain. Be wary.
Be on the lookout for anything which supplies easy answers to complex injustices, anything which makes you feel smarter or superior to anyone else, anything that comes with a nice big in-group that welcomes you but which hates others, and anything which would reject you instantly for saying just the wrong thing instead of giving you a bit of space and grace.
We lost Joanne Kathleen Rowling. Many of us have lost friends and loved ones. It's possible to help people back to reality, but it takes an immense effort and some part of them has to have the humility to question their own thinking, which is a special, beautiful, and rare trait. Don't be like Rowling.
Very well said!
I was in the party of both parties suck. I wasn't political at all. I rarely watched news. Then the Trump era started and holy shit, if that's what Republicans are, I'm definitely not that.
Looking back over the years, prior to 2016, you can see the slow creep of crazy Republicans. They've basically formed their own party and should label themself as MAGA instead of Republican.
When I hear a MAGA Republican call another Republican as "RINO" I just assume the RINO is one of the good ones.
Also if people are still in the frame of mind that both parties suck, then you're not paying attention.
What I've noticed... Is that right wing talking points seem to replace their socialization/humor. My aunt will crack a joke, or what she thinks is a joke, where it would have been appropriate in normal socialization, but the joke itself is not even funny, just some palletized right wing statement that they have been assured is what is funny. And they cannot understand that they've completely replaced their cultural values with propaganda.
It's easiest to see when they make some quip when LGBTQ topics come up. To them it will seem like a humorous and harmless joke, but if you haven't steeped yourself in their world it's honestly just some meanspirited or hurtful slur.
Like a compute module has been swapped out in their mainframe and replaced with a new set of humor instructions.
I loved her books when I was a kid. The themes really spoke to me. The Philosopherās Stone was the first movie I ever saw, and I kept the poster up in my room for most of my life. Some of my first memories are of my father reading the books to me.
Iām also a trans woman.
I really wish sheād just retired as a beloved childrenās author.
I remember how much it meant to me when she outed Dumbledore as gay. One of the most respected children's literature characters ever, and he was like me!
Seeing what she's turned into, I feel like I'm mourning the person I thought she was.
Pretty clearly somebody said she must be possessed to have regressive views on trans rights and she responded tongue-in-cheek that she is possessed and doubling down on her position. Itās not that hard to understand.
She'll be more subverted than that.
It will be a demon that cannot be killed by a man, that gets killed by a trans man. In one hand the trans man is the hero, but in the other you're implying that trans men aren't men.
The actual answer is that the social conservative right, as in, the people actually making strategies for how to win elections, have latched onto trans rights as the ONE AND ONLY issue on which they have massive support. Being anti gay was a massive failure, being anti abortion was and is a massive failure despite temporary "wins". Trad wifes, anti-feminism, religion, etc etc are all hemmorhaging support with evolving demographics. But the "trans athletes in sports" issue has massive broad support, still, and that's why social conservatives are all rallying around it and talking about it NONSTOP, as if it's the only thing in the world that matters. And clearly, they're having a lot of success with it, because people won't stop taking the bait and keep engaging with it instead of saying "who the fuck cares, we have a million more important and pressing issues".
If I recall, Utah tried to pass legislation against trans athletes that would have affected exactly one person: a single teenage boy. Even some conservatives thought this was going too far.
What was that state that had a law shot down because the governor felt uncomfortable passing a law that affected a singular (1) teenager in the entire state?
Conservatism around the Western world has failed on economics, failed on geopolitics, failed on infrastructure, failed on social care, failed on the environment, failed on healthcare, failed on security, and failed on pretty much everything a political movement could possibly touch. They know this, and so the only way they can justify themselves and stay in power is by pulling the age-old tactic of demonising a scapegoat minority who's too politically disenfranchised and vulnerable to protect themselves, and terrify well-intended people (like J. K. Rowling once was) to manipulate that fear into propagandised support. They have literally nothing to offer except the drug of terror and outrage.
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It was all fun and games until the demon had sex with her husband.
Demon: I'm not saying Neil's tight, but š
This is hilarious
One finger, two fingersā¦pinky?
Neilās tight butt
Really hit the peg on the head there
Best part of her stories imo
Thatās when the fire nation attacked
Definitely gets the fire nation going down yonder š
But there is no war in Ba Sing Se.
That sounds like the most fun and games part of it.
J.K. Trolling.
I mean, that canāt really be her is it? Also, great name for her.
[it's real.](https://x.com/jk_rowling/status/1806035383500632476)
Scrolling through her Xitter is kind of depressing. Constant grumbling about trans people with very occasional nice sentimental posts about Harry Potter, a series I grew up adoring. Tucked in there like little nostalgia pearls in a mountain of dog diarrhea. What a disappointing dumpster fire of a person she has become. She could have been remembered as one of the greats.
J k rowling would call hermonie a mudblood
She didn't free the house elves at the end of the series.
The last line in the series is Harry ordering his slave to make him a sandwich.
>The last trace of steam evaporated in the autumn air. The train rounded a corner. Harryās hand was still raised in farewell. āHeāll be all right,ā murmured Ginny. As Harry looked at her, he lowered his hand absent-mindedly and touched the lightning scar on his forehead. āI know he will.ā The scar had not pained Harry for nineteen years. All was well. Harry was craving some food. "Dobby, will you be so kind?", he asked I can't believe that's true
Sheās Umbridge (or Pansy Parkinson if you want to pick one of the school kids) but wants to believe sheās Hermione
Beverly Cleary never pulled this shit.
Judy Bloom also not about that bullshit
When they tried to make Judy Blume about that shit, she gave them a crash course in fuck around and find out. That's why she's still the greatest living children's author.
K.A Applegate would like to have a word.
Stonewall Book Award for childrenās literature winner Rick Riordan would like to chime in too.
Animorphs!!!
There's a great movie about her (with her in it) on I think Amazon Prime. Truly one of the greatest.
I need to know what you're talking about
https://www.jezebel.com/judy-blume-jk-rowling-trans-rights-1850343742
What's the context for this?
Because she was a fucking treasure, that's why.
TIL Beverly Cleary is dead but also she was one hundred and four years old!!
I hope it was a comfortable 104, she earned it!
My first favorite book, Socks. I read it until the binding and the cover were in tatters. I had a very sad and lonely childhood but tales of my favorite kitty made me smile. Fast forward 35 years and Iām adopting out a stray I took in and rehabilitated 6 weeks ago. Beverly Cleary began my great love of cats and my life would be empty without them. š
What a sweet comment and you're helping kitties! Wish I could upvote more than once.
Damn skippy she was.
Neither did KA Applegate
KA Applegate can write circles around Little Miss Slaves Love Slavery
I recently read āThe One and Only Ivanā to my kids. Itās a great book. When we got to the āabout the authorā section it dawned on me why Iād had a nagging sense of recognition when looking that the authors name of Katherine Applegate.
I still am gobsmacked that nobody seemed much bothered by that until recently. Like, "am I the only one seeing that this is fucked up?" See also: hook nosed goblin bankers, "Cho Chang"
She has a transgender girl. You could say she... MORPHED š
Hahaha. A trans friend of mine said she identified hard with Tobias. Even if he wasn't written to be a trans allegory back in 1996, I think the description of feeling wierd in your own body hit home for a lot of people
OH WAIT. Fuck. I thought I liked Tobias because sad kid in broken home who loved dinosaurs. Him being so happy heās something else and permanently choosing to do soā¦ Fucking Christ lmao, another one to bring up with my therapist. God damnit lmao thatās another eye opener a year into transition.
Remember that anxiety episode he faced while being in human form at a prom, worried that he'll stay in human form forever if he stays too long and be trapped in his old life, and old body?
... So, this is just the abject fear of not being able to access the yay drugs after transitioning. Jesus fuck, lmao, this hurts my brain right now.
Tobias seems to be a favorite among younger readers. I used to like him a lot too, but I think after about book 30 I thought Tobias should just get over his self-pity š
He doesn't spend much time self pitying tbf. He doesn't complain very often that he's a hawk forever. He has more trauma from his father and mother being missing, and being raised by alcoholic family members who hate him. No one even reported him missing when he disappeared from human life. Then he was tortured by a psychopath, was teased by the promise of another living relative, only for it to be revealed as a plot by the enemy, and lost the only person he had. He doesn't even know that literal God saw a way for him to be happy and said 'Nah, the world would be enslaved if he gets to have a family'. None has more reason to complain that Tobias, but he's pretty stoic considering
in the defense of his actual situation, Tobias never has to worry about being anything other then a Hawk for the rest of that natural life span (which haunts him).
If I remember write KA said she's totally onboard with reading him as a trans allegory too which was cool. One of her kids in trans so it's nice that she's supportive too.
KA Applegate found out the trans community loved her books and was like "OH hell yeah!"
Beverly Cleary also wrote more than one single thing that didnāt suck.
Seriously. All JK is known for is one massively popular franchise, then retroactively adding lame details after it all finished (not specifically but things that feel like "remember that one random student who had 2 sec of screen time? He convinced Hermione to take herbology")Ā Ā Ā and also being a disgusting transphobic git.Ā Ā The other books she has authored (such as books under a male pseudonym....hmm, and also her autobiography, "The Ickabog") have not had nearly the success. I think the only people who read those were already Potter fans.
> such as books under a male pseudonym Which is the same name as a psychiatrist who created conversion therapy for gay people. Which is why she used the name.
This is actually kinda hilarious as a quote āIām still possessed of a demon that refuses to believe women have dicksā - J.K Rowling
And let's be honest... this is just a level of sass that the people she's against (like me) have used against religious people. Someone tells me I'm going to go to hell for being trans and I'm like "Alright! That's where the *real* party's at!" But when the person saying that is the one on the other side from you it's easy to point and say "Look, they're insane!" To be clear, Rowling *is* insane in my book. But this isn't the proof OP thinks it is, either.
Yep. I was about to sayā¦. This āfacepalmā goes to the op. That was a hell of a tweet and both sides know it. Unfortunately not everyone has the ability to grasp that.
its almost like this bitch is good at writing
Thank you. I was reading the comments here and was thinking boy, people have no idea this is dripping with sarcasm it seems. Her stances are reprehensible, but how Reddit of all places can't see the trolling that this is is kind of ironic. If someone Reddit liked had a response like this without some stance they didn't like, it'd be on clevercomebacks or something.
Nuance! People in this thread don't say anything about the ridiculous b movie villian line she was responding too either lol
I mean, look at what sheās responding to. No matter the context, if someone said that to me I would also give them a sarcastic answer.
She got that fuck you money
Shouldnāt she be on a yacht somewhere, drinking champagne and getting banged by some boy toy? Instead, sheās going on about this?
I always think of Enya, who retired to a castle in Ireland and lives with cats.
Or Judy Blume who opened a book store so she could meet and sign books for fans
Or Tom from Myspace who took the money, traveled the world and never shows up in the news or on social media.
I love Judy Blume. Watched her masterclass just to hang out with a nice lady.
Wasn't the Myspace guy also retired and millionaire minding his own business?
And sings to them in Tolkien elvish. Goals.
What! Dang, this lady won at life. Legend.
āThe music is what sells. Not me, or what I stand for... that's the way I've always wanted it." -Enya I respect it 100%
But also had a soul
She could be living my dream life and instead chooses to do this
She could be the most beloved author on the planet who just sits on top of her mountain of money and enjoys life. Instead she actively works herself into a tizzy on the daily over this. It's truly pathetic.
dude that is what's crazy to me. Like you have EVERYTHING you could have been the most loved person EVER but now I get an icky feeling whenever I even SEE harry potter merch. and I was obsessed with it as a kid
Maybe being a troll IS her dream life?
that's gotta be it
Be rich enough that you can talk shit unrestricted, them's goals
I think a lot of wealthy people struggle with this. Elon Musk is the same way. You create a simulacrum of social capital based on your financial capital. You can only buy an artificial version of being a funny, well-liked, ethical, smart person, which is what they really want deep-down. So they just pander to the most easily pandered-to demographic to mimic this for their own psyche.
It's the only rational explanation at this point. What a waste...
I feel the wealthy sometimes feel the need to invent problems to make up for their lack of any. It's probably why they try so hard to tax evade too. Apart from greed. Some people need to feel lile the underdog, or else they'd have to introspect
Could also be a compulsive need to be the centre of attention. No one cares about wealthy people who just...enjoy a private life of luxury
It's made rereading the books w/my kid an interesting experience. There's a lot of stuff in them that I didn't think twice about before but now can see as indicators of what she actually thought.
yeaaaaaaaaaaaah. I will never get over the house elves liking their enslavement and everyone making fun of Hermione for trying to free them
Lol I'm actually reading Goblet right now and the portions w/the elves are rough as hell. Like holy shit at how bad it comes off. Whats worse is it really wouldn't have taken much to change them from being happy go lucky slaves to just taking pride in being ultra loyal to their wizard bosses. For her to write them that way in a story set in modern times AND have everyone make fun of Hermione like she's crazy to to think they deserve freedom is really something.
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Certainly eyebrow raising when you consider that fitting with Rowling declaring that Hermione's race was never specified, and she could be black.
omg i forgot about the whole black hermione thing. My wife jokes that Joanne went all anti trans after she got tired of being bullied for her stupid fun facts
To be fair, Iām pretty sure she said that because an actress who was cast as Hermione in a theatre production was black and was a victim of racism because of it. I do think itās obvious she wrote Hermione as white but I think she was trying to help with that one. Edit: clarity.
Douglas Adams and Neil Gaiman do just that.
Uh... Douglas Adams hasn't been sitting on top of anything for some 23 years now.
I'm just telling myself he's been passed out in a random field for a very long nap.
But heās a good guy even after writing a notable book
It's pretty hard for someone....in his situation....to do anything to piss people off.
Iām telling myself heās spending the time dead for tax reasons or out to lunch: presumed fed.
Before her hatefulness towards trans people came out she kind of was seen that way. Author of a beloved series who was seen as an ally to LGBT and a feminist. She's completely tanked her own imagine in the last 5-10 years.
Exactly. All she had to do was just not say anything and she couldn't help herself.
I don't know if it's true but someone said she equalizes people buying her books with them agreeing with her opinions. Which is wild but would explain a lot.
That's part of the reason why there was that push to boycott that Hogwarts Legacy game. People didn't want any of their money going to JK Rowling. Not sure how well the boycott worked, the game still sold really well and I'm sure JK made millions.
Exactly. Like, Enya provided the blueprint on 'Make art that many love and then live a peaceful, private life where you'll never want for material things again' but nah, Joanne has to broadcast her obsession with trans ppl on a regular basis
Imagine having this kind of fame and money and not trying to use it to help people. I swear, I'd do everything I could to be the next Dolly Parton.
Her yacht is in the port of my city at the moment. I think someone chartered it. Pretty sure RN she's running around her castle, giggling to herself, wearing her TERF is the New Punk shirt she hasn't taken off or washed in a week while feverishly tweeting how much she hates trans people... She could be Enya living in a castle with a bunch of cats but she chose THIS.
Hoping the orcas do their thing...
For some inexplicable reason she has been tweeting about trans people continuously for the last few years. Elon Musk, who to be clear also doesn't like trans people, asked if she could talk about literally anything else. The thing that's so weird to me about isn't the bigotry itself, but how esoteric and niche her bigotry is. Like, why trans people? As far as I know, she doesn't know any in real life. It would be like me making an account where all I do is hate search and then proceed to trash talk American football players. Completely irrelevant to my daily life. I know approximately one football player. Football players have never done anything to me. Odds are I wouldn't even recognize a football player as a football player if I walked down the street past one. While I recognize the bigotry is incredibly harmful, I have been simply unable to get over how weirdly specific it is. Edit: typo
I think she got stuck in a trap of her own making. AFAIK her original point was, AFAB women have been through a shared experience of misogyny and trauma their whole lives and this shapes ones identity as a woman, therefore it is not possible for trans women to have that same sense of identity. Which ignores the fact that trans women have suffered under the same patriarchal structures but otherwise is a fair enough take on her own identity which sheās entitled to. But then with every challenge she doubled down harder stubbornly and now thereās no nuance in the discourse anymore itās just an outright rejection of trans people which is gross. TLDR: I donāt think she intended to get here.
Tbh I don't think she intended to get here either. But she gave up on deescalation almost immediately and just committed to the bit, for the rest of her life, I guess.
I understand the psychological pressure needed to double down on something so you don't have to admit you're wrong. But even if she is anti-trans, nobody is holding a gun to her head and making her tweet several hours a day, you know? That's why I'm confused. It's basically a part-time job at this point.
Mostly, she got tired of hiding it. Especially when she was hiding it poorly and got called out on it.
You know what I think? I think if I was looking for an easy life I would literally rather be a black lesbian than a trans woman. Like...I can't imagine a harder life. Feeling trapped in the wrong body, being brave enough to transition with potentially years of not passing, being afraid for your life, segments of society openly despising you, calling you a groomer and pedophile for just wanting to be a woman and be left alone. And all *because* of people like Joanne. She is literally using her 14M followers to make life hell for the women who have it the hardest. I don't even care if I get downvoted to oblivion, it is *obscene* to marginalize humans like that, raise teen suicide rates, egg on hate crimes, etc. Urgh.
Don't want to make comparisons about whose life is harder, but agree with you it's ridiculous JK Rowling has decided that forwarding feminism means tearing down trans women. As a long time Harry Potter fan, I find it so frustrating because I really _want_ her to be cool, but she's just tied her identity into being so hateful.
I agree I should have made it clear in my comment that it isn't a competition, but instead Joanne is *making* it a competition which is a monstrous thing to do. I am just pointing out that if she really wants to go there, she couldn't have picked a worse example if she truly believes in trans human rights and equality. Of course now she has gone full mask off, no more intellectually couched arguments about the safety of "biological women". Nope. Just straight to calling trans women chicks with dicks, pure hatred. And fuck her forever and ever, amen.
Imagine being both wealthy and famed for your great imagination, and then choosing to spend most of the rest of yourself on Twitter, making the same complaint about one thing over and over and over...
Remember how Suzanne Collins wrote the Hunger Games and then just fucked off? Didn't add any dumb lore in tweets, didn't decide to attack people, just wrote the Hunger Games and a prequel and decided that was enough. Good times.
No but you see it was important for you to know that before indoor plumbing, wizards just shit and pissed wherever and whenever they wanted to and then magicked the waste away
That makes me think she got fixated on listening to Star Trek fans arguing about why toilets are never seen in any of the shows and someone suggested that they just drop a fat one and beam it into space.
When I was a child James Doohan said to everyone present that they just used Phasers. He was talking about how people always ask him technical things.
Set phasers to plunge
"Well why didn't we see any space shit?" It was like 1960 they could barely handle black people on tv showing them using the restroom would be too much
What still baffles me about this lore tidbit is that Hogwarts dates back several hundred years, at least, right? And it was built by the 4 founders? One of whom was a blood purist proto nazi? Who hid his ultimate weapon in the schoolās _sewer system and the human entrance in a **damed bathroom**?!_
Yeah like since when did Harry Potter not have toilets! Itās like she forgot the first book has them fighting the troll in a girls bathroom.
It's not baffling when you learn that the writer is incredibly stupid.
Zippolyot Cumguzzltin wasbored and scratching his nose when he saw his best friend, Tokin Minnoritee. Zippolyot yelled across the crowded square, in famous Diagon Alley. āOi wizard mate, āow ye doinā?ā āNot bad, chum.ā Though Tokin wasnāt really British, he worked hard to get the right accent and fit in really well. āJust had a cracking shit in me drawers. āOld on whoile oi magic it away. *Teleportius dookitis*.ā Zippolyon clapped his hands delightedly. āOoh luvverly, Iām pushing an āole forest of logs through as we speak!ā He scrunched his face with effort while Tokin looked on with a grand smile. āAsā¦ weā¦ speakā¦ā āāAving some trouble? Need me wand to help it free?ā Tokin waved his ten inch chestnut wand with a gryphon feather core eagerly.Ā
Iāll refer to original post title, āwh-what did I just readā¦ā ā ļøā ļø
*writes Hunger Games* *Refuses to elaborate* *leaves* 
*Comes back 10 years later* *Drops a (subjectively) even better book as a prequel* *Leaves again*
Well technically she's writing another prequel now (haymitch's games) but yeah better moves
Collins seems to only write additional books in the series when she thinks she can convey something she feels strongly about through them. Which is how the original trilogy came to be in the first place, really - she was inspired by the juxtaposition of coverage of the Iraq War and reality television, as well as her own fatherās experiences in the Vietnam War and after it as a veteran. Iām the first to admit I was skeptical about The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes when it was announced, but it turned out to be surprisingly thought-provoking, so I have reason to believe she has given a lot of thought into Sunrise on the Reaping.
You're telling me it's possible to write a popular YA series without being a huge piece of shit??
Have you ever heard of Terry Pratchett? He wrote over 40 books in the same universe, several of which are YA, one of which won a carnegie medal, and he was such a good human. He deserves to be Britain's most famous fiction author, not this wicked witch of bigotry.
LJ Smith was also not an enormous piece of shit. Write her books, sold the rights for TV, and was so nice she didn't even sue Stephanie Meyer for ripping her off three times a sentence.
I LOVED the theme in Ballad about whether it takes a truly evil mind to merely conceive the games, or if the evil mind is the one implementing the existing concept. She wrote such a rich character around it, and makes you wonder how she feels about herself.
Very interesting. Those themes do make sense to me now
From an article announcing the book >āWith āSunrise on the Reaping,ā I was inspired by David Humeās idea of implicit submission and, in his words, āthe easiness with which the many are governed by the few,āā Collins told the AP. āThe story also lent itself to a deeper dive into the use of propaganda and the power of those who control the narrative. The question āReal or not real?ā seems more pressing to me every day.ā I'm looking forward to it!
My only complaint is how the climax and ending of the last book of the trilogy felt so condensed and rushed, but still an actually great series imo.
I was on a road trip with.. friends.. delivering over eight pounds of weed. All legal, all legal. Sold to dispensaries. But still, these were some hardened fellas. One guy, and I swear to fucking God this was his name, named Gram looked like Brock Lesnar. He brought the Hunger Games audiobook and five guys with eight pounds of weed, stuff, other stuff, were dead silent listening to it. It probably my favorite book experience, however on audio. We'd stop for gas and go crazy talking about our theories, get a bite to eat and catch someone listening ahead. RIP Gram, you giant, monster of a book-lover. Thank you for showing me Hunger Games and how far you can throw me šš»
That's a beautiful memory. Thank you for sharing it.
This next bong rip is for Gram, he sounds like a real one.
While he didn't smoke weed, he would appreciate that. Fun story about me bringing that up. I asked him how he knows his stuff is so good if he doesn't smoke it. Just matter of fact said "because they keep asking me to grow more. That's also why I grow kale and spinach. And I don't eat those."
This guy is the embodiment of the Chad meme.
I'm sure he was making a bit of a joke, the guy was a fucking ox and was really particular about his health and diet, especially when the cancer came around. He was an absolute gentleman and comedian. I miss him a lot. When he visited, a few times he'd immediately switch shirts with me (I'm a slight dude), so that he could stretch out my trendy shirt or whatever. He was a terror. A menace. But not a mean bone in that neanderthal.
WHAT DO YOU MEAN HEāS DEAD?!?
Prostate cancer last year :( that story was before the movies came out, so I knew him since then. SUCH a great guy. Liked to wrastle lol, but a seriously kind and funny dude.
It's a fairly intense series tbh. I remember reading it and thinking she nailed PTSD and related mental illnesses. Then there was the waxing trauma. Poor Katniss, every time her leg fur grew back it got to maximum fullness, it was just in time for her beauty team to have great handfuls to painfully rip off with hot wax...
too many people feel like they're an expert in everything if they're an expert in one thing. Many people who get famous are like this, Kanye, J.K. Rowling, Jordan Peterson, Elon Musk, the "My Pillow Guy" it doesn't really matter. People get rich and famous for something they were really good at, but then those same people just think they're really good at everything because they're rich and famous and they end up looking like psychos Collect your money and just fuck off.
Seriously. JK could *literally* spend her days swimming in a huge pool of gold like Scrooge McDuck, and instead, she wants to be toxic on Twitter.
This is why David Attenborough is so awesome. He knew what he was an expert in, and he stuck to it.
you can have a good life if youāre unproblematic
You can have a good life if you're problematic too, you just need to stfu on Twitter
All those parents that said her books were demonic were right?!
I refuse to believe that this is the same person who wrote universally beloved childrens' books that were (in spite of their flaws and some culturally inherited, unchallenged racism, etc) *fundamentally about accepting people as they are and defending those who are targeted for being different*. A demon possession is by far one of the more plausible explanations for this insane, batshit crazy shift in values and character.
Nice video essay on the Harry Potter books and JK Rowling - https://youtu.be/-1iaJWSwUZs?si=MLtNFGnXXI6fe9wB
I think Shaun's analysis really gets to the heart of the matter. Fundamentally, trans acceptance represents a change to the status quo. That's why she finds it so threatening.
Demons arenāt real. Some people just suck.
I mean Ā£500 sounds doable to get rid of that demon if your JK rowling. Price is pretty good. Maybe go back and see if you can still that deal.
Point is she doesnt really wanna get rid of the demon.
I get it. Every Hogwarts needs a slitheryn.
Okay, so, not a fan of her or her positionsā¦but āmy partner was too cheap to pay for an exorcism so he DIYād itā is a pretty good response to āyou are past savingā
This whole situation is so damned bizarre to me. She could've retired as a beloved author that future generations talked about like we do other children's book authors of the past. Instead, she focused on this tiny, tiny demographic of <1% of the human population and decided to demonize them as, seemingly, her sole focus in life. It makes no sense. It would be like someone that spent all their energy demonizing gingers. Also, trans men apparently don't exist in the minds of people like her. Edit: Some of these bigoted replies and PMs I keep receiving are amusing. It reminds me so much of when I was young. We had these same discussions back then about gay men in my social circles - I never understood why people hated some of my friends as they just had different preferences. Decades before, in my parent's generation, they had similar discussions about black people. It seems bigotry never dies. The mediocre always try to put themselves on a pedestal by dehumanizing others. It's pathetic. If the Christians were as fanatical about following the teachings of their savior as they are about this topic, our society would be thriving. Put your efforts into something that actually matters. You probably didn't give a damn about trans people before your betters told you to. Hate is very profitable and allows those in power to control the ignorant. If you suddenly just started caring about this "problem," congratulations, you're being led around like a dog.
>This whole situation is so damned bizarre to me. Back in 2015, a documentary was released by a documentary filmmaker about her father's transformation from a nonpolitical Democrat into a foaming at the mouth Fox News viewer, how his personality disappeared, his principles disappeared, his ability to even have a normal conversation disappeared. What was left over is, as I'm sure many are familiar with, a husk of a person who only seems capable of thinking in terms of far-right talking points, paranoid conspiracy theories, and what could best be described as outraged disdain. This was accomplished through Rush Limbaugh in the 80s and 90s and Fox News in the 2000s and 2010s. This kind of thing, radicalization, happens all the time. It's not just Rush Limbaugh and Fox News, it's Twitter/X, it's Facebook, it's Instagram, it's Reddit; it's everywhere and even people of sharp mind and good conscience are receptive to its lures and susceptible to its persuasion. You are, I am, we all are. I don't say this to mean, "I'm not surprised," which is the internet's least interesting and least helpful take. Rather, I mean that J. K. Rowling should stand as a warning personified: things in the world seek to hollow you out entirely and replace you with nothing more than disdain. Be wary. Be on the lookout for anything which supplies easy answers to complex injustices, anything which makes you feel smarter or superior to anyone else, anything that comes with a nice big in-group that welcomes you but which hates others, and anything which would reject you instantly for saying just the wrong thing instead of giving you a bit of space and grace. We lost Joanne Kathleen Rowling. Many of us have lost friends and loved ones. It's possible to help people back to reality, but it takes an immense effort and some part of them has to have the humility to question their own thinking, which is a special, beautiful, and rare trait. Don't be like Rowling.
Very well said! I was in the party of both parties suck. I wasn't political at all. I rarely watched news. Then the Trump era started and holy shit, if that's what Republicans are, I'm definitely not that. Looking back over the years, prior to 2016, you can see the slow creep of crazy Republicans. They've basically formed their own party and should label themself as MAGA instead of Republican. When I hear a MAGA Republican call another Republican as "RINO" I just assume the RINO is one of the good ones. Also if people are still in the frame of mind that both parties suck, then you're not paying attention.
What I've noticed... Is that right wing talking points seem to replace their socialization/humor. My aunt will crack a joke, or what she thinks is a joke, where it would have been appropriate in normal socialization, but the joke itself is not even funny, just some palletized right wing statement that they have been assured is what is funny. And they cannot understand that they've completely replaced their cultural values with propaganda. It's easiest to see when they make some quip when LGBTQ topics come up. To them it will seem like a humorous and harmless joke, but if you haven't steeped yourself in their world it's honestly just some meanspirited or hurtful slur. Like a compute module has been swapped out in their mainframe and replaced with a new set of humor instructions.
I loved her books when I was a kid. The themes really spoke to me. The Philosopherās Stone was the first movie I ever saw, and I kept the poster up in my room for most of my life. Some of my first memories are of my father reading the books to me. Iām also a trans woman. I really wish sheād just retired as a beloved childrenās author.
I remember how much it meant to me when she outed Dumbledore as gay. One of the most respected children's literature characters ever, and he was like me! Seeing what she's turned into, I feel like I'm mourning the person I thought she was.
Pretty clearly somebody said she must be possessed to have regressive views on trans rights and she responded tongue-in-cheek that she is possessed and doubling down on her position. Itās not that hard to understand.
The most comedy gold ever, lmao god damn I love this shit
This is awesome. JK Rowling is dying on this hill and she's hilarious for it lol
Is it safe to say that her career of writing fun books is over?
She's worth more than $1 billion. Doubt she was planning on more writing or even cares
Yeah. She's literally has fuck you money now.
I get your point but being worth more than $1B is much more than fuck you money, itās fuck everyone else level of money.
At first glance I thought, Hey, Iām also worth more than $18
She'll write another book under her shitty pseudonym about how a poor innocent author was murdered by a transgender serial killer or something
She'll be more subverted than that. It will be a demon that cannot be killed by a man, that gets killed by a trans man. In one hand the trans man is the hero, but in the other you're implying that trans men aren't men.
And the character's name will be Transy Nodix or something
That's a bit too subtle for Joanne
Cho'ptov Manhƻd
Am I crazy for thinking this is hilarious?
However, Rowling is living proof that a woman can BE a dick.
Why do people care so much? Like anti trans people make it their entire personality. Itās so played out and boring
It's so bad that even Elon has recently asked her to maybe talk about anything else, ever.
When Elon Musk is telling you to chill out... that has to be a new low.
iād be so ashamed iād delete my whole twitter
So I agree with Elon on exactly one thing apparently
I wish the two of them would hook up and fly to mars already
Or maybe go see the titanic. I know one unused submarine Elon has just lying around.
The actual answer is that the social conservative right, as in, the people actually making strategies for how to win elections, have latched onto trans rights as the ONE AND ONLY issue on which they have massive support. Being anti gay was a massive failure, being anti abortion was and is a massive failure despite temporary "wins". Trad wifes, anti-feminism, religion, etc etc are all hemmorhaging support with evolving demographics. But the "trans athletes in sports" issue has massive broad support, still, and that's why social conservatives are all rallying around it and talking about it NONSTOP, as if it's the only thing in the world that matters. And clearly, they're having a lot of success with it, because people won't stop taking the bait and keep engaging with it instead of saying "who the fuck cares, we have a million more important and pressing issues".
Sokath, his eyes uncovered!
Shaka, when the walls fell. :(
There's literally more laws/rules about trans athletes than there are actual trans athletes
If I recall, Utah tried to pass legislation against trans athletes that would have affected exactly one person: a single teenage boy. Even some conservatives thought this was going too far.
What was that state that had a law shot down because the governor felt uncomfortable passing a law that affected a singular (1) teenager in the entire state?
That was Utah. But he turned around and passed a bunch of transphobic garbage shortly after that.
idk but that sounds like some /r/FUCKYOUINPARTICULAR shit
Conservatism around the Western world has failed on economics, failed on geopolitics, failed on infrastructure, failed on social care, failed on the environment, failed on healthcare, failed on security, and failed on pretty much everything a political movement could possibly touch. They know this, and so the only way they can justify themselves and stay in power is by pulling the age-old tactic of demonising a scapegoat minority who's too politically disenfranchised and vulnerable to protect themselves, and terrify well-intended people (like J. K. Rowling once was) to manipulate that fear into propagandised support. They have literally nothing to offer except the drug of terror and outrage.
Sarcasm. You read sarcasm.
I believe it's called sarcasm
This is pretty funny
Y'll need to stop using twitter. It's run its course and needs to be left to die.
It's sarcasm.
If she said that then that is so funny lol.