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TERFium promoticus - JK Rowling
Just because a footballer is worth a billion dollars doesn't suddenly make them an expert in buddhism nor can one's ability to write fairy stories enlighten you about LGBT issues, even if they are a woman, even if they are white nor even if they occasionally post feminist tweets.
I've wrongly held back from criticising JK Rowling in the past, because I thought she had some bragging rights and her spikey tweets at politicians had wide support. But then... but then she claimed Dumbledore was gay and earlier this year, suggested he was passionately in love with Gellert Grindelwald, but that she was totally ok with this and it was totally ok for even men to express their love even if it was towards another man. Totally.
But as Eric Snider tweeted back
"J.K. Rowling Confirms Some Characters in Her Books and Movies Are Gay Everywhere Except in the Books or the Movies "
So why, when you're already worth a billion, do you need to spice up sales in this way? Is she becoming Dolores Umbridge and doesn't need reasons, just bigotry with a giggle? I don't care what her reasons are, but after months of twitter silence she pops up with overt support for a TERF ( trans exclusive radical feminist ) who lost her appeal for unfair dismissal in court, she does herself no favours at all. The woman she is supporting "... was accused at the employment tribunal of having retweeted transphobic material, including a newspaper cartoon of a person flashing two women at a London swimming pond, with the caption “It’s alright – it’s a woman’s penis”.
It's not the first time JK has revealed her cards on transgender issues, writing under her pseudonym
"If you go for that door one more fucking time I’m calling the police and I’ll testify and be glad to watch you go down for attempted murder. And it won’t be fun for you inside, Pippa,’ he added. ‘Not pre-op.” — Except from The Silkworm by Robert Galbraith aka J.K. Rowling" Would she dare to write this about a gay or lesbian character? There's a pattern here and it sticks
Here's the uncheck list
* Claims Dumbledore is gay but excludes any reference in the books
* Supported the casting of Johnny Depp (at a time when he was accused of domestic violence)
* Supports a transphobe
* Wizard-privilege
Right on Dolores
Just because a footballer is worth a billion dollars doesn't suddenly make them an expert in buddhism nor can one's ability to write fairy stories enlighten you about LGBT issues, even if they are a woman, even if they are white nor even if they occasionally post feminist tweets.
I've wrongly held back from criticising JK Rowling in the past, because I thought she had some bragging rights and her spikey tweets at politicians had wide support. But then... but then she claimed Dumbledore was gay and earlier this year, suggested he was passionately in love with Gellert Grindelwald, but that she was totally ok with this and it was totally ok for even men to express their love even if it was towards another man. Totally.
But as Eric Snider tweeted back
"J.K. Rowling Confirms Some Characters in Her Books and Movies Are Gay Everywhere Except in the Books or the Movies "
So why, when you're already worth a billion, do you need to spice up sales in this way? Is she becoming Dolores Umbridge and doesn't need reasons, just bigotry with a giggle? I don't care what her reasons are, but after months of twitter silence she pops up with overt support for a TERF ( trans exclusive radical feminist ) who lost her appeal for unfair dismissal in court, she does herself no favours at all. The woman she is supporting "... was accused at the employment tribunal of having retweeted transphobic material, including a newspaper cartoon of a person flashing two women at a London swimming pond, with the caption “It’s alright – it’s a woman’s penis”.
It's not the first time JK has revealed her cards on transgender issues, writing under her pseudonym
"If you go for that door one more fucking time I’m calling the police and I’ll testify and be glad to watch you go down for attempted murder. And it won’t be fun for you inside, Pippa,’ he added. ‘Not pre-op.” — Except from The Silkworm by Robert Galbraith aka J.K. Rowling" Would she dare to write this about a gay or lesbian character? There's a pattern here and it sticks
Here's the uncheck list
* Claims Dumbledore is gay but excludes any reference in the books
* Supported the casting of Johnny Depp (at a time when he was accused of domestic violence)
* Supports a transphobe
* Wizard-privilege
Right on Dolores
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