It harms much more than just trans people. Firstly transphobes think even the slightest form of gender-noncomformity is transgenderism, secondly many of those TERF orgs also oppose other things (wondering if Collective Shout got any money from her, but probably she already blames porn for trans people).
Forgive me if I’ve been mislead, but from what I understand “transgenderism” is a term used by transphobes to diminish a legitimate phenomenon, implying it is a belief or fad.
Still upvoted for contributing to the discussion and for supporting an alien in his search for the universe’s best cup of coffee.
I always hear “transgender ideology” from transphobes, to make it more of a thought exercise and fad than a physical state of being. “Transgenderism” is a word I’ve been familiar with for decades but it may have been coopted or is being eschewed now, not sure.
as a transfem academic who enjoyed HPMoR, I dislike JKR’s Harry Potter series because it’s poorly written and is not critical enough of the ethical problems it contains
I mean, both worlds are rotten to the core, it’s just that HPMoR is properly critical of the problems therein. Only one of the two worlds has the main character working hard to dismantle the institutional racism he was presented with.
outside of nostalgia which is hard to quantify what is the appeal compared to thousands of better series in the genre? Its not just written by a bigoted monster who uses her platform for harming others its filled with lackluster world building and empty characters.
As much as the author sucks, I enjoy the series too much to throw it away :/
YAaaarrr, we be enjoying content from slimey, bilge-bucket creators without spending a single doubloon on their barnacle-covered arses. 🏴☠️
Whenever you spend any money on anything Harry Potter related, offset it by giving at least that much to a charity for LGBTQ+.
MFers will invent carbon credits before reading a different book
pirate the media and dont give it exposure then :) any dollar given to that franchise is a dollar spent to harm trans people
It harms much more than just trans people. Firstly transphobes think even the slightest form of gender-noncomformity is transgenderism, secondly many of those TERF orgs also oppose other things (wondering if Collective Shout got any money from her, but probably she already blames porn for trans people).
Forgive me if I’ve been mislead, but from what I understand “transgenderism” is a term used by transphobes to diminish a legitimate phenomenon, implying it is a belief or fad.
Still upvoted for contributing to the discussion and for supporting an alien in his search for the universe’s best cup of coffee.
I always hear “transgender ideology” from transphobes, to make it more of a thought exercise and fad than a physical state of being. “Transgenderism” is a word I’ve been familiar with for decades but it may have been coopted or is being eschewed now, not sure.
I consume it purely through fanfiction and AO3.
as a transfem academic who enjoyed HPMoR, I dislike JKR’s Harry Potter series because it’s poorly written and is not critical enough of the ethical problems it contains
It isn’t critical of its ethical problems at all. It mostly doesn’t even acknowledge them.
Oh you mean the fascistic nightmare world where it turns out the only problem is bad actors, not the fact that it’s systemically rotten to the core?
Motherfucker becomes a cop ffs
I mean, both worlds are rotten to the core, it’s just that HPMoR is properly critical of the problems therein. Only one of the two worlds has the main character working hard to dismantle the institutional racism he was presented with.
Oh fuck me, sorry I read that as MMO. No, methods of rationality was good.
outside of nostalgia which is hard to quantify what is the appeal compared to thousands of better series in the genre? Its not just written by a bigoted monster who uses her platform for harming others its filled with lackluster world building and empty characters.
Now we’re talking!
I’m first:
Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser, by Fritz Leiber.
Very 1980-ish fantasy for adults.
Your turn!
Do you have any trans people in your life?
Are you assuming that there aren’t trans people that like Harry Potter? Do YOU have any trans people in your life?
I didn’t assume anything, I just asked a question.
I do have a handful of trans people in my life, yes.
Yes I do too. To answer your question
Unless you’re an alt, I wasn’t originally asking you. I don’t know your stance on the Harry Potter IP.