Note to cis people:
If you watch and support Harry Potter series, you are funding the anti-trans crusade that is killing people like me and stripping away our rights. Experts have warned that in the US and UK the steps toward genocide against trans people are accelerating.
I ask:
Do you care more about nostalgia of fictional people?
or
Do you care about actual people like myself and our right to exist in society like you?
This isn't a trick question. Do the right thing please. #trans
@Aaidanbird I remember being a child and waiting outside the bookshop at midnight to get whatever HP book was coming out, and devouring it that same day.
Does it suck to put all that away? A little. But it’s obviously the right choice.
And also, I’m a fucking adult and can find other things to read and watch that maybe bring me more meaning and complexity than a series written for children?
No one is depriving themselves by ignoring HP. Promise, there’s a ton of incredible writing out there waiting for you. Writing that doesn’t fund genocidal weirdos’ hateful campaigns.
@minmi Exactly. And divesting of Harry Potter, as in boycotting JKR, is a legitimate and very useful tactic that does have an impact, and can help stop her crusade. We need to use everything in our toolkit to stop her and others like her.
Besides, there's so many better books! I grew up reading Tamora Pierce and Diane Duane, who are way better writers and the stories far more diverse and interesting.
The Bird
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