aztecladyMay 28

#PSA #CallToAction

The new Harry Potter show is upon us, and while there's debate as to how much JK Rowling is involved in the running of the show, the fact remains: it's her IP. It makes money, she makes money.

If you watch it, if you buy HP merch, if you visit the HP park attractions, if you make others curious to watch it, etc., you are funding this TERF's persecution of trans people.

So, don't.

#TransRightsAreHumanRights #HarryPotter #JKRowling #Transphobe #TERF

https://www.advocate.com/news/jk-rowling-anti-trans-organization

J.K. Rowling uses personal wealth to fund anti-trans org

This is where "Harry Potter" profits are going.

Advocate.com
Show threadPhil Thane ✅May 29
@herhandsmyhands
What should I feel about my granddaughters applying to be extras in the school scenes?
Show threadaztecladyMay 29

@pthane Given you have grandkids, you probably know how you feel and why about most anything.

In the off chance this is a good faith question, here's my answer:

A good friend doesn't let a friend date a Nazi; a good grandparent doesn't let their grandchildren go into supporting a TERF uninformed. Whatever happens after they know, it's their decision.

Show threadPhil Thane ✅May 29
@herhandsmyhands
Older one is 14 and might understand the issues. The younger (9) not so much. But even at my age it's not simple. There's a long history of unpleasant people making great art, or even mediocre movies. There's a lot of heat and not much understanding on all sides of sex/gender issues. Rowling has her opinion and a right to campaign for it. I don't agree, I guess you don't either and we have a right to protest but Rowling is the wrong
Show threadFediThing 🏳️‍🌈May 30

@pthane @herhandsmyhands It's not about her opinion though is it? It's her status as a billionaire that gives her access to the media and the government, and allows her to interfere with people's rights. This was settled law for decades which she has torn up using vast amounts of money almost entirely from Harry Potter.

People with 100 million pound yachts (which she has) seem to get their way a bit more easily than the ordinary people's lives she is ruining and endangering. It's a perversion of democracy to let billionaires play with the lives of human beings just to suit the bigotry of the wealthy.

Show threadFediThing 🏳️‍🌈

@pthane @herhandsmyhands When you purchase or promote anything relating to Harry Potter, you are funding her bigoted campaigns. You are making her voice even louder so she can drown out her victims' voices.

That probably isn't the intention in most cases, but that's the effect, and vulnerable people will suffer the consequences.

May 30 at 4:45amWeb