subposting, TERF apologia
cis europeans are so fucking weird about jkr, like why the hell are you defending her? pick better hills to die on. "umm she made lots of childrens books and made kids happy" yes and now she's a part of a movement that is responsible for deaths of trans people (INCLUDING KIDS) worldwide, posting barely coherent tweets while huffing mold in her apartment. you motherfuckers are like kanye fans i swear. you would forgive hitler if he wrote a thing you like. pathetic
almost off topic. but don’t worry I still hate her. rant
@mynameistillian
“she made a lot of people including kids happy”
No She Did Not. I hated those books as a kid. I couldn’t read into the anti-semitic stereotypes or how ridiculous of a name “cho chang” was but even as a kid I wondered why Hermione was ridiculed for wanting to free the slave race. That rubbed me wrong at TEN.
Also I was socially awkward and liked to read so EVERBODY assumed I was into harry potter it was unstoppable the pestering about these stupid books so i caved.
Also I HATED the series’s emphasis on biological family so so much.
Her books pissed me off as a kid. OBVIOUSLY that’s the least concerning thing but I wanted to rant
almost off topic. but don’t worry I still hate her. rant
@2763 @mynameistillian That's the worst part about it, yeah! Scrape off the children's fantasy veneer with so much as a thumbnail and there's racist garbage right there to see. Even I picked up on it and dropped off the series while they were just books.
Terry Pratchett had some internalized issues in his writing, but at least he grew and corrected his course. I'd give a kid some Discworld novels over HP any day of the week, and I'd feel good doing it too!
