J.K. Rowling #4 JK and the Goblet of Ire

[SqualorVictoria]

A prominent transwoman was complaining on Twitter last week that they had to spend their life savings on GRS as 'the NHS is so shit'. The absolute entitlement of that. I've heard horror stories about people getting sick in the US and having healthcare bills run into hundreds of thousands and here is this entitled person complaining that they didn't get their neovagina for free

 

[judgejohndeed]

International women’s day, women get to kill 5 transwomen of their choice. My list:
1. Nobody because I’m not a fucking psychopath

 

[2020two]

Saying she should give 100% of her Harry Potter income to transpeople. Fuck off. Why are they obsessed with people paying them? It's always if you're transphobic you should paypal me bla bla.

Also I would love to see the proof that JK Rowling has contributed to anyone's death. You can't just claim something so ridiculous with no facts.

 

[HockyRorror]

This is deranged. And of course his jumper says bimbo because that's what desirable women are and this is in no way a fetish

 

[rosemarina]

We're not a fucking costume. I hate this.

 

[liar liar]

I really think that the world has gone mad. Of course endo is something only a biological woman can suffer. Are we now going to say that prostate cancer is non-gender specific too? Seems ok to bash everything actual biological women suffer from but there is no equivalent against biologically male issues. I apologise if I have offended anyone with my thoughts. <Goes back to looking at adopting a donkey... >

 

[SqualorVictoria]

I don't think I could love this woman more

 

[bethannebodyworks]

I'm so glad I grew up in the '90s where I was just a tomboy, not a trans boy!

 

[hypoharpy]

Let’s not forget Mermaids telling children if they play with GI Joe they’re a boy and if they like Barbies then they’re a girl.
Fuck that shit. I won’t have my daughter listening to that absolute bullshit.

Totally agree.

I used to come into contact with someone had changed genders from a man to a woman.The men in the office used to make crude comments behind her back but I found her quiet and dignified. She was very brave because this was a long time ago and she would have felt very isolated I would imagine.

Jk is allowed an opinion. Women make up 51 % of the population or the MAJORITY. Yet we are still treated terribly. Yes we have made significant advances in the last few years but have a long way still to go. Look at today's papers- the rape culture in schools shows misogyny is thriving .

I will always be grateful to JK Rowling.
She wrote the most popular books in recent times and at their heart she put a bunch of misfits. The kid who wears glasses ,the ginger boy from a big family, the swotty girl with buck teeth. Geeky Nevil and clutzy Shamus- they were the heroes.
She made loyalty, decency,kindness and friendship heroes with them.
I salute you Jk.

 

[maxrigger]

I'll put my hands in the air and admit I had to look up what JK said and to be honest anyone who took offence is either over sensitive or just a dumb schmuck following the crowd...I lean toward the later.

 

[SqualorVictoria]

This woman is an absolute queen.

For all the TRAs crying about how she is 'literally killing trans people', what have you done to make a difference to peoples lives during this pandemic?

 

[CheshireLove]

Thoughts on this ‘analysis’ of JKRs writing, specifically the Harry Potter series? I think non of these things would matter to these people if she didn’t put out that banger of an essay last year and it’s funny how suddenly after years of being fans of the series, she’s a terrible writer after all

Also the series is set in the early 90’s at a British boarding school, times were very different and it’s written as such. Bet these people haven’t read any of her other novels.

I honestly find it so boring that people rag on Potter as racist/misogynistic/fat shaming/etc simply because they don't like JK Rowling.

There are certainly some valid critiques to be made of the Potter books but most of the criticisms I see are just so petty. One of the comments on that thread literally complains that the Weasley's were poor enough. That they shouldn't be described as poor because Ron never went hungry. Really?! Well kids, forget any lessons you learnt growing up about being tactful around poorer friends, understanding that not everyone is as fortunate as you, to be gracious and humble with money...clearly those lessons meant nothing because Ron and his family weren't starving.

The first Potter book was written over 25 years ago and the last one came out 14 years ago. I'm sure if JK were writing the books now she would do things differently. She's said as much in interviews since and proved she's moved on in her writing through Fantastic Beasts and the Strike novels.

I never though the HP books were misogynistic. Harry and (definitely) Ron were, as teenage boys sometimes are growing up - and that to me is a strength of JK in that she can truly get into the mind of whatever character she is writing, male or female. She details her characters so finely she can truly write in their voices.

Growing up I loved having Hermione, Professor McGonagall and Tonks as role models! Someone moaned on that thread that Parvati and Lavender were "airheads" because they were giggly. Well some teenage girls are giggly and silly! And that's okay - you had Hermione as a example that some girls aren't like that. And clearly they weren't "airheads" because they were competent members of the DA and did well in their classes.

Are we at a point where female characters aren't allowed to fall in love with a man? To feel heartbroken? To want to be married? These are normal things to want, or not want, whatever. Not every female character in a fantasy novel is a sword-wielding-badass-"I'm never gonna get married" type.

My main gripe with Potter is that they all got married and had babies very young. I always wondered how Ginny built such a stellar career in Quidditch and sports journalism in just 13 years with 3 pregnancies/babies/young children! Perhaps Mr and Mrs Weasley helped out with the babysitting?!

 

[Milliemoo99]

Basically in my view people like Eddie and Elliot/Ellen have self esteem (and possibly mental health) issues and seem to think that they can make us all pander to them.

Why do they think that everyone else should be responsible for this? The world does not have to ignore objective reality because these people make demands. This is nothing to to with us all being 'kind and compassionate'. I would never wish harm on them, but at the same time why should I be forced to use pronouns that make no sense to me?

There is an issue with past and present facts as well.

How do you equate the fact that for 58 years of his life, Eddie Izzard was a man. If he wishes to be regarded as a woman from now on....odd...but maybe ok? but surely his past is/was should still be regarded as male?

I too cannot get my head around the fact that being male or female seems now to be about the clothes you wear!

So does this make me a woman when I go out in a dress, and a man when I go out wearing trousers? Is this what we now need to use to identify whether or not someone is male or female? Women and anyone in girl mode wears dresses and men or anyone in boy mode wears trousers?

So all the girls who go past my house to secondary school in trousers are male, and all the girls who go past the house in skirts are female?

The world has gone mad........I thought women fought in the past to get out of having to wear dresses and corsets and restrictive clothing...and fought for the right to wear traditionally male clothing, eg trousers!

 

[CheshireLove]

Could someone explain what's happened with JK Rowling and the trans comments shes made?
I really struggled to get my head around the facts and opinions of everything that happened last year. She's always been a huge inspiration to me

This is Jo’s essay.

J.K. Rowling Writes about Her Reasons for Speaking out on Sex and Gender Issues - J.K. Rowling

Warning: The below content is not appropriate for children. Please check with an adult before you read this page. To go back to the children’s page, please click here. This isn’t an easy piece to write, for reasons that will shortly become clear, but I know it’s time to explain myself on an...

www.jkrowling.com

The reason she has been called transphobic (among many other things less pleasant) is because she asserts the importance of sex and the language used to describe women as female people and wrote about her concerns that the reality of sex - and the lived experience of women - is being erased in an effort to be “inclusive”.

I’ve read this piece many times and I still can’t find what is apparently so hateful about it.

 

[SqualorVictoria]

Yes I've seen it described as "cruelty" to not use she pronouns towards Eddie

Cruelty= FGM

Not cruelty= Describing a white wealthy man as he

Also, it's funny how woman is a dirty word and if you use it to describe women and womens health problems you're a TERF or a transphobe. But its cruelty to not use she towards a man.

Honestly, the damage from this messed up ideology will take years to undo

 

[SqualorVictoria]

JK Rowling doesn't need to court fame- she will be remembered long after we're all gone due to creating one of the biggest franchises of all times.

Also the other reason she spoke up is that she is in the fortunate position of not having a boss to report to and having so much wealth. 'Regular' women who've tried to fight for womens sex based rights have been sacked, cancelled, had their lives ruined. I wish more in her position would speak up

 

[2020two]

One of my "fuck JKR she's a transphobe bigot!" friends has opened a small (but very successful) business making Harry Potter merchandise. So slander JK Rowling for being a "transphobe" online but use her talents to make money. Ok then

 

[HockyRorror]

What rights do trans people not have at the moment that ‘cis’ (sorry) people have? Have any trans people been jailed just for being trans? Has mention of trans people been struck from teaching material in schools? Are trans people not allowed to get married? It’s complete and utter bollocks.

 

[HockyRorror]

I wish her and her legal team would find everyone of these people who’ve sent death and r*pe threats and have the book thrown at them. It would never happen but I so wish it would.

It should be headline news that the world’s most famous living author is receiving death threats and threats of rape on a daily basis, but whenever a story about JKR and Twitter is reporter it’s in an almost “there’s a clash of personalities” tone. The fact that it wasn’t reported in the mainstream media that parents were sending in their children’s drawings on their behalf for The Ickabog and TRA’s flooded then with dick pics and porn is outrageous.

 

[SqualorVictoria]

We need to push back on this at every opportunity I think. The word woman is not a dirty one