cross-posted from: https://hexbear.net/post/9351458
There are way better books out there
"But my childhood!"
Uh how about my life right fucking now? Assholes
No, sorry. I need to feel like I'm 9 again, and your life doesn't really... 'matter'. I didn't know you when I was 9.
I'm drinking nestle™ hot chocolate while I re-read the only book I've ever read too, if that makes you feel less lonely.
Drinking hot chocolate made with child slavery. Good ole nestle
Head TERF of Transphobe Island.
Get over Harry Potter, the book was shit then and it is now.
Seriously, the only redeeming quality is how whimsical the Wizarding World is, the actual story is bullshit, and since the whimsy goes away after the third book in favor of "Edgy Bullshit" for books 4-7, there isn't a lot of whimsy to enjoy
I have the theory that if it wasn't for the movies, the series wouldn't have gotten a fraction of the popularity it has.
Specially the music. I think the score did most of the heavy lifting in giving the movies that "whimsy magical feeling"
"Yer a bigot, Rowling!"
The actual post for those interested. There's more data and the user is writing a book on the anti-trans movement
Follower only post.
the animorphs series is free btw
Liberals call it a "centrist" position. She's just "reaching across the aisle" and all that.
Reaching across the aisle to kill trans people.
Not always! Sometimes its to rape a child. Or correct its friend Jeff's spelling.
Fascist enablers and collaborators you mean.
They said liberals, yes.
This informs why she continues to be mentioned. If people stopped interacting with her she'd literally go away.
If people stopped interacting with her she'd literally [go] away
That's true of literally everyone, though.
Unfortunately, she's a billionaire with a lot of clout and powerful friends, so it's highly unlikely that everyone will just start collectively ghosting her any time soon.
Those of us who see her for what she is doing so is still a good start.
Also, she may be riding and amplifying the current wave of transphobia, but the rot runs deep. Especially in the UK, where even supposedly progressive parties and publications are just salivating at the thought of hurting trans people.
JKR is not the source of the poop. She’s just the largest turd.
Jeffrey Epstein being one of said friends.
Once you're a world-renowned creator of a massive multimedia franchise and a billionaire that lives in a castle and uses your vast fortune to create legal troubles for a marginalized group and for anyone who points out you're persecuting said marginalized group, there's no amount of ignoring that will make you go away. The only way to make her go away is to aggressively fight back against her bullshit.
That's not how lobbying works.🙃
She’s paying for this entire network of hate.
Evidently childhood fandom is more important than protecting our most vulnerable
What the fuck is her problem? Did she get diddled by a trans person or something? Is she that closeted!?
She wants to be a man, and blames trans woman for it.
unironically my theory
Who even uses X? Aren't most of these just bots feeding off what she posts?
A lot of people sadly, though, it's probably true there are a lil too many bots which then also drag humans in the shitting
The answer, sadly, is literally most people with an internet connection and a desire for social media. And that fact makes even more people use it due to the network effect.
Yeah it couldn't be clearer that she's the UK wing of the same politics that the other billionaires like Musk and Thiel are pushing. Must be something that they all cooked up together on Epstein's island.
she also threatened bullshit uk slaap lawsuits against amnesty international uk to bully them into pulling the report on the gender critical movement -> https://archive.org/details/report-a-growing-threat-the-anti-rights-movement-in-the-uk-july-2026_202607
This is like a full time job for her. Except she is also paying for it.
See, this is why you do have to be so harsh to bigots; they're so easy to energize that only a few need to get through to have a negative impact.
Any recommendations on books? Back then I thought the Harry Potter books (well, the 3 that I've read) where neat and I'd like to read something similar again :D
(TYSM for the recommendations! Sorry I didn't reply to anyone)
If you haven't read them yet, the Discworld series by Terry Pratchett fills a similar fantasy space, but with an excellent dose of British humor mixed in. The Colour of Magic and The Light Fantastic are often recommended as the primary starting point, but there's a handful of parallel storylines with their own "starting points". Going Postal is one of my favorites.
Second this. There's a bunch of really good stand alone ones if you want to dip your toe in, small gods is excellent
If the "wizards and aspects of fantasy in a modern world" schtick is what you found appealing, maybe Jim Butcher's Dresden Files novels?
I will never not recommend Terry Pratchett's Discworld novels, I would suggest starting with the Tiffany Aching series, they're YA but might give you the vibe you want. Alternatively, any of the novels set in Unseen University (or focused around the wizards) might also be worth a look. I wouldn't recommend starting with the Light Fantastic or the Colour of Magic though, just because they're early books and he hadn't got his writing style down yet. Maybe Unseen Academicals or Equal Rites?
Other book suggestions:
If you want fantasy speaking to a young audience I recommend The Wee Free Men by Terry Pratchett, and if you like it the rest of the Tiffany Aching series
Alternatively I've heard good things about The Wizards of Earthsea by Ursula K LeGuinn (I've only read her sci fi, which while famously good isn't in any way a replacement for Harry Potter)
Percy Jackson and The Olympians
The Mistborn Trilogy
His Dark Materials series (The Golden Compass)
These all quickly pulled me into their fantasy worlds and I read through them pretty quickly.
'So You Want To Be A Wizard" series by Diane Duane.
'A Wizard of Earthsea' by I forgot this authors name help help
I'm going to sleep now. The nyquil is kicking in.
'A Wizard of Earthsea' by I forgot this authors name help help
Ursula K. LeGuin
Ursula K. LeGuin!
More of an off the beaten path recommendation, but The Sapling Cage by Margaret Killjoy was a really fun YA fantasy novel about a trans girl who joins a coven of witches.
So far there's only one book, but if you want a fairly cozy read, I liked The Wizard's Butler by Nathan Lowell
books (am a former potterhead):
cahill witch chronicles by jessica spotswood: https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/ce311077-bffb-4f03-8d97-414d0867bc49
land of stories by chris colfer: https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/22f21e3c-a0c4-4c73-89cc-25dab513b3da
anything by john green
animorphs by k.a. applegate: https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/c79bbb93-ea90-4f1b-b01c-73d7380ceb17
teardrop by lauren kate: https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/b17c03ea-d22d-4dae-b5d6-f6545f139fd6
just juliet by charlotte reagan: https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/f45bfdae-67b6-4013-bfec-dfbf9482b165
loving lakyn by charlotte reagan (the "first" half of the above but more trigger warnings): https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/1592d5c3-f5f0-46b6-b157-ced3f5824f6a
chronicles of prydain (five books) by lloyd alexander: https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/5561d565-ad04-4c55-8bff-c3c85db53725
great woman theory
Someone needs to send her to a good place to dry out. I think she thought she was being feminist and then the alcohol took over her frontal lobe and made her evil. To be clear, getting her off booze is the first step, then she needs a moral intervention.
I abused alcohol for like nine years straight and I was never half the miserable, bigoted wretch this creature chooses to be. Alcohol doesn't "make people evil", it thins the barriers holding back what's already there.
JKR is another powerful Billionaire Fascist
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