The interspecies dance between millennials who read Harry Potter when it was considered subversive and anti-christian, and Gen Zers who call it racist TERF propaganda, is one of my favorite culture schisms.
I think that the pearl clutching Christians freaking out over the “Devil magic” had the effect of people just convincing themselves the series as a whole was more progressive than it ever actually was.
That was the sentiment when I read it. Those things were progressive for us, when groups of parents were petitioning to get it taken from the school library — in a white prairie town before everyone had a cell phone, interracial couples were the subject of gossip and it was normal to compare trans people to aspiring attack helicopters.
millennial here. glad to hear the next gen is more literate, i’ve been putting hp’s piss poor quality and shitty ethics on blast since like 2005 and people acted like i was regurgitating rush limbaugh or something because stupid fucking boomers went and made it a tribal thing.
Believe it or not there was a time when jk Rowling kept her moronic views to herself. Then one day after she’d become a gazillionaire she was like "fuck it im rich now, im gonna pull a elon musk and show the world what I truly believe "
That’s a pretty innacurate assessment of Rowling, as much as I dislike her.
There’s this whole thing people do whenever we watch someone fall from grace, scrutinizing their past through the bias of the present to find “clues,” so we can better avoid people like that in the future.
But JK was and still is fairly progressive. A number of people close to her have said her opinions on trans people were, in part, radicalized as a result the fame that exposed her to vitriolic opposition.
I want to be very clear there is no excuse for what she’s done or said about trans people, only that it’s innacurate to say her shitty views came in a package deal and have always been the same.
The interspecies dance between millennials who read Harry Potter when it was considered subversive and anti-christian, and Gen Zers who call it racist TERF propaganda, is one of my favorite culture schisms.
I think that the pearl clutching Christians freaking out over the “Devil magic” had the effect of people just convincing themselves the series as a whole was more progressive than it ever actually was.
That was the sentiment when I read it. Those things were progressive for us, when groups of parents were petitioning to get it taken from the school library — in a white prairie town before everyone had a cell phone, interracial couples were the subject of gossip and it was normal to compare trans people to aspiring attack helicopters.
Obviously I don’t support the TERFy cunt now.
millennial here. glad to hear the next gen is more literate, i’ve been putting hp’s piss poor quality and shitty ethics on blast since like 2005 and people acted like i was regurgitating rush limbaugh or something because stupid fucking boomers went and made it a tribal thing.
Believe it or not there was a time when jk Rowling kept her moronic views to herself. Then one day after she’d become a gazillionaire she was like "fuck it im rich now, im gonna pull a elon musk and show the world what I truly believe "
That’s a pretty innacurate assessment of Rowling, as much as I dislike her.
There’s this whole thing people do whenever we watch someone fall from grace, scrutinizing their past through the bias of the present to find “clues,” so we can better avoid people like that in the future.
But JK was and still is fairly progressive. A number of people close to her have said her opinions on trans people were, in part, radicalized as a result the fame that exposed her to vitriolic opposition.
I want to be very clear there is no excuse for what she’s done or said about trans people, only that it’s innacurate to say her shitty views came in a package deal and have always been the same.
Bruh, thats some serious word salad. Im really not sure what the heck youre trying to say
I believe we were talking about milk.