“Rowling has made it abundantly clear that she thinks attacking transgender people via the legal system is a worthwhile cause and a good use of her vast personal fortune. And as much as #HarryPotter fans might be excited to see what HBO has cooked up, there’s no way to watch this show without supporting Rowling’s bigotry and the structural violence she’s inflicting on a vulnerable minority.”
https://www.theverge.com/report/901818/hbo-harry-potter-jk-rowling-transphobia
@macmanx Even if she weren't a horrid narcissist, I still greatly prefer Mildred in the Worst Witch to the fanfic knockoff where a transphobe quite literally transformed Mildred into a Harry boy.
My pet theory is she's transphobic to hide the shame of her 'creation's origins.
@obscurestar
Still a better theory than JKKKR being a self-hating, closeted trans person.
@dzwiedziu @macmanx I'm for real. I mean stop me if you've heard this story:
Mildred thinks she's an ordinary girl until she's told she's a witch and invited to a big castle-like school in the English countryside accessible by magic locomotive. At school, she makes two friends, get a familiar, and a blond nemesis from a wealthy witch family, who despises non-witches, the dotty old headmistress takes a shine to her. The castle halls move about...
Worst Witch began publication in 1974.
@obscurestar
o_o
In my defence I can only claim that “theory” is a strong word in academic circles.
Also duh! I heard about it before, and it left my ADHD brain: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cmx_YSPcujE&t=672s
Je ne give-a-damn pas if she ripped off the stories, *Shakespeare* ripped off most of his stories.. the thing that gets me is what she's _doing_, both with the stories and with the money from them. I don't even give an airborne assignation as to *why*, unless it turned out that she was a willing political tool of the Russians or Peter Theil all along, in which case - drawing and quartering no longer being the punishment for treason - we should consider re-opening Long Kesh and stuffing her under it for the rest of her misery... but murder by policy is still murder, and supporting said crime is tantamount to doing so and should share similar punishment.
James Huff 
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