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viva la

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60. The books are actually very well plotted.

Fri Aug 15, 2025, 09:27 PM

Aug 2025

Excellent stories. Thematically coherent.
Why she decided to destroy her reputation and legacy with this mean crusade, I'll never understand. I used to use her books in my teaching, but no more.

I don't hate the art because of the artist (I still read Pound, and he was quite literally a fascist). But it's easier to ignore when they're dead.

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J K Rowling and her transphobia, why? [View all] edhopper Aug 2025 OP

Fear of "the other". And it could be now she is rich, she can afford the luxury of letting her own demons out. marble falls Aug 2025 #1

Anti-social tendencies. She is quite trollish. David__77 Aug 2025 #2

Might explain a lot of her writing EYESORE 9001 Aug 2025 #8

Kid abandons abusive family. usedtobedemgurl Aug 2025 #16

But the family is 'real' in the literary sense EYESORE 9001 Aug 2025 #24

I don't see that in the books. yardwork Aug 2025 #29

Have you read her murder mysteries with PI Cormoran Strike, Ilsa Aug 2025 #49

I have not read them. yardwork Aug 2025 #52

Yeah. He should have been broken enough usedtobedemgurl Aug 2025 #38

That happens IRL every day EYESORE 9001 Aug 2025 #40

Seriously? MorbidButterflyTat Aug 2025 #43

I'm genuinely shocked. yardwork Aug 2025 #44

So kids shouldn't read fiction? Or read Ilsa Aug 2025 #50

You apparently never read the books mcar Aug 2025 #20

Got me there EYESORE 9001 Aug 2025 #26

Maybe you shouldn't be making mcar Aug 2025 #35

'Maybe you shouldn't'... EYESORE 9001 Aug 2025 #36

Swiss was a weird autocorrect mcar Aug 2025 #37

This is not the hill on which anyone should want to die EYESORE 9001 Aug 2025 #69

The books are actually very well plotted. viva la Aug 2025 #60

Because she's a petty, hateful bigot. It's not that deep. WhiskeyGrinder Aug 2025 #3

Yet her books were about the outcast edhopper Aug 2025 #5

There was a LOT of bigotry in her books. Antisemitic tropes, racism, misogyny and ethnic bigotry. WhiskeyGrinder Aug 2025 #7

I've always wondered if she recognized it. yardwork Aug 2025 #10

Thanks edhopper Aug 2025 #11

Well...a lot of that garbage made it into the movies as well. WhiskeyGrinder Aug 2025 #14

Probably edhopper Aug 2025 #15

Look up the name of the Black student. yardwork Aug 2025 #25

Once you've reached billionaire status Conjuay Aug 2025 #30

I don't get it Bettie Aug 2025 #4

Money makes good people better and bad people worse. CincyDem Aug 2025 #9

Wealth and power tend to expose one's inner self...nt Wounded Bear Aug 2025 #18

What is she on about now? EYESORE 9001 Aug 2025 #6

No edhopper Aug 2025 #12

OK EYESORE 9001 Aug 2025 #21

according to some edhopper Aug 2025 #22

Some have seen it when it applied to the goblins of that universe sakabatou Aug 2025 #64

Robert Galbraith might have some thoughts on the matter unblock Aug 2025 #13

My thoughts exactly. The biggest bullies are hiding their own insecurities. Doodley Aug 2025 #27

I've seen people use pseudonyms before, such as K.A. Applegate sakabatou Aug 2025 #65

That just her initials, which jk Rowling already did. unblock Aug 2025 #68

Her other pen name? I've only heard of it sakabatou Aug 2025 #71

My family loved the Harry Potter books but we will not long watch or read any of her work LetMyPeopleVote Aug 2025 #17

JKR has basically been sucked into the TERF / Right Wing Grifter Twitter vortex. Oneironaut Aug 2025 #19

I don't think one gets sucked into a hateful cult by accident. yardwork Aug 2025 #31

THANK YOU Skittles Aug 2025 #55

I think the term "terf" is misapplied here. She's all "te" not much "rf" at all. unblock Aug 2025 #73

She hates trans people. Iggo Aug 2025 #23

the question is WHY does she hate trans folk Skittles Aug 2025 #56

Born that way, I guess. Iggo Aug 2025 #63

but she is someone who could use her influence in an admirable way Skittles Aug 2025 #67

She could have been...if she wasn't a hateful piece of shit. Iggo Aug 2025 #72

My dirty little secret - somethingshiny Aug 2025 #28

Money doesn't buy tolerance tinrobot Aug 2025 #32

I don't really know what her transphobic views are. I haven't read them. maxsolomon Aug 2025 #33

She consistently misgenders women, both transgender women and women who just look too male muriel_volestrangler Aug 2025 #47

Yeah, never got the R part of TERF. maxsolomon Aug 2025 #48

Wife and I had long discussion on this because it does seem weird JT45242 Aug 2025 #34

I think your wife has a point leftstreet Aug 2025 #39

You're describing TERFs maxsolomon Aug 2025 #46

Thank you for sharing your & your wife's perspective. It is compassionate & shows insight. Hekate Aug 2025 #62

Why are *any* of them that way? Oeditpus Rex Aug 2025 #41

Its a weird form of hyper feminism Johonny Aug 2025 #42

She's a Slytherin. Efilroft Sul Aug 2025 #45

That being said, Slytherin does NOT mean you're going to be exclusionary sakabatou Aug 2025 #66

very happy I never contributed to her wealth Skittles Aug 2025 #51

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This would be funny edhopper Aug 2025 #54

Fuck outta here with that incoherent hateful shit. WhiskeyGrinder Aug 2025 #57

Our resident troll? yardwork Aug 2025 #58

nah someone who's got a few hundred posts. But this was a bad one. WhiskeyGrinder Aug 2025 #59

some people are just black hearted bags of misery and hate Takket Aug 2025 #61

Rowling's been characterized as a social media troll in a reply above. That's what she is. Emrys Aug 2025 #70