F-J.K. Rowling
Added 2025-06-20 18:52:52 +0000 UTCStop buying Harry Potter stuff.
Sources & Book Recommendations:
Sources
https://www.reuters.com/article/britain-lgbt-transgender-idINL8N2DK05U/
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-50858919
https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/05/26/jk-rowling-womens-fund-amelia-hansford-op-ed/
https://theweek.com/feature/1020838/jk-rowlings-transphobia-controversy-a-complete-timeline
https://www.life.com/arts-entertainment/harry-potter-the-story-that-changed-the-world/
https://www.vox.com/culture/2017/6/26/15856668/harry-potter-20th-anniversary-explained
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/For_Women_Scotland_Ltd_v_The_Scottish_Ministers
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/For_Women_Scotland
https://www.bbc.com/news/live/cvgq9ejql39t
https://slate.com/podcasts/icymi/2025/05/the-harry-potter-fandom-faces-its-biggest-test
https://www.forbes.com/sites/mattcraig/2025/05/30/jk-rowling-is-a-billionaire-again/
Book Recommendations:
Who's Afraid of Gender? by Judith Butler https://bookshop.org/p/books/who-s-afraid-of-gender-judith-butler/19994814?ean=9781250371911&next=t
The Transgender Issue: Trans Justice Is Justice for All by Shon Faye https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-transgender-issue-trans-justice-is-justice-for-all-shon-faye/17862955?ean=9781839768392&next=t
Transgender History: The Roots of Today's Revolution by Susan Stryker https://bookshop.org/p/books/transgender-history-the-roots-of-today-s-revolution-susan-stryker/7605046?ean=9781580056892&next=t
Before We Were Trans: A New History of Gender by Kit Heyam https://bookshop.org/p/books/before-we-were-trans-a-new-history-of-gender-kit-heyam/18687580?ean=9781541605404&next=t
Black on Both Sides: A Racial History of Trans Identity by C. Riley Snorton https://bookshop.org/p/books/black-on-both-sides-a-racial-history-of-trans-identity-c-riley-snorton/9831398?ean=9781517901738&next=t
Female & Non-Binary Fantasy Writers (note some of these books have of its time problematic elements so I'd suggest doing some research if you have specific triggers)
The Dispossessed [50th Anniversary Edition]: A Novel by Ursula K Le Guin
The Dragonriders of Pern by Anne McCaffrey
The Gate to Women's Country by Sheri S. Tepper
Doomsday Book by Connie Willis
https://bookshop.org/p/books/doomsday-book-connie-willis/8317356?ean=9780593724330&next=t
Model Home by Rivers Solomon
https://bookshop.org/p/books/model-home-rivers-solomon/21068713?ean=9780374607135&next=t
Thumbnail by Euralis Weekes: https://euralisweekes.com/
Comments
Thank you for bringing up the indyref because that really gets left out of her story.
JJ
2025-08-22 00:04:49 +0000 UTCThis also applies to deleting twitter.
Natalie Schneider
2025-07-04 21:21:35 +0000 UTCFowling Jowling Kowling Rowling
Paul Des Lauries
2025-06-24 10:28:46 +0000 UTCI saw my name at the end. 🤙🏾🙌🏾 🕺🏾
Keyon
2025-06-22 14:42:56 +0000 UTCIt kinda sucks that we can’t like and comment on Nebula. I wanna see everyone’s thoughts lol.
Keyon
2025-06-22 14:32:47 +0000 UTCWow, this is amazing. Thank you.
Steve Francis
2025-06-21 19:44:57 +0000 UTCThere's an essay I read in college called "Muteness Envy." It made a point that has stuck with me for the past decade. Barbara Johnson is talking about gender (but also power in general) and she coins the phrase "the male two-step." "Far from being the opposite of authority, victimhood would seem to be the most effective model for authority, particularly literary and cultural authority. It is not that the victim always gets to speak--far from it--but that the most highly valued speaker gets to claim victimhood" An example she gives is the story of Apollo and Daphne, where the reader is encouraged to see the failed rape of Daphne as a "loss" for Apollo.
Ilana Galpert
2025-06-21 16:37:49 +0000 UTCRe: Dumbledore being gay - the only time it's implied in the books is when Rita Skeeter's biography makes insinuations about his relationship to Grindelwald while also making insinuations about his relationship with Harry. So, gay people again only coming up in the text alongside insinuations of predatory behavior toward children
CassieWasRight
2025-06-21 15:43:53 +0000 UTCGIRL THE MAMDANI MAILER I AM LIVING
CassieWasRight
2025-06-21 15:32:29 +0000 UTCAt the 43-43:30 min section: that's a fucking great point, Princess. Maybe it could be used against transphobes in another situation as well: why do they think a man would ever want to get rid of his privilegies and pretend to be a woman? I hope I'm not misconstruing what you said, it just hit me how baffling that transphobic logic really is.
og.monstr
2025-06-21 13:24:30 +0000 UTCIncredibly strong video! <3 I can't believe how many people still think JKR is ok and normal (I think most of them want to think that way too hard).
Charlotte KL
2025-06-21 09:00:24 +0000 UTCI don't blame people for being sad about giving up Harry Potter, but it's time to do that. Overdue in fact! Even if it was 100% non problematic, the fact she is now using her wealth and influence to persecute a minority should be enough to never give her money. Even if it "doesn't work", it'll show people you care about her impact on trans lives. It's a sacrifice, all boycotting is, but it is one that's needed. To paraphrase someone I saw on Mastadon talking about Neil Gaiman; Joanne made her own art toxic, that's on her. She took Harry Potter from the people who deserved to enjoy it. You can't control what you enjoyed in the past, but you can 100% let it go now. At the very least, don't give her anymore money.
Roz Mosis
2025-06-21 07:30:17 +0000 UTCAnytime the artist is still using their money to hurt the people I love, THEY DON'T GET MY MONEY. I don't understand why this is so hard for people!
J. Smith
2025-06-20 23:51:42 +0000 UTCWOW that PM never considering that trans men exist is a MOMENT. Embarassing
Dino
2025-06-20 23:32:31 +0000 UTCYou're always putting out absolutely stellar content, but this one? Thank you for outlining all the reasons nobody should be supporting Joanne. And while I understand this video essay is focused on Potter, I'm going to sit one of my sisters down and have her watch this, because I just found a Robert Galbraith novel in her house. She "likes the story/TV series." (UUUUUGH!!)
Denise D
2025-06-20 20:51:41 +0000 UTCAlso HEAVY AGREE with hating how the trad wife aesthetic is trying to co-opt milkmaid fashion. I am just trying to live out my wench-fairy-witch-pirate-fantasy dreams!!! Let me just play and have fun outside of the male gaze PLEASE
Taylor Branch
2025-06-20 20:20:00 +0000 UTCYeah I have no interest engaging with hp, in any manner (fanfics, tv, movies, gifting for others). Stop giving your money and time to people who actively work against you.
shamaamamamamaah
2025-06-20 20:17:44 +0000 UTCOh I didn’t see that one!
Princess Weekes
2025-06-20 19:57:52 +0000 UTCAnother book I might add to this conversation is "A Short History of Trans Misogyny" by Jules Gill-Peterson! I'm in the middle of your video so not sure if it's brought up but commenting now regardless lol
Taylor Branch
2025-06-20 19:56:01 +0000 UTCalready went thru this via nebula and gotta say thank you so much for it. with the recent rollback of support for trans youth in the USA it feels more important than ever to recognize the real harm this woman does and that she publicly uses her material wealth to push her narrative in the UK that then sets a standard of behavior for the rest of the """modern developed""" world
corycatte
2025-06-20 19:00:38 +0000 UTC
