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Love Harry Potter but Not the Author!

WitchyPrincess06

I have a small dilemma. You see, I am a huge Harry Potter Fan, absolutely love everything about the wizarding world... which is why it really disappoints and slightly horrifies me that the author/creator has such negative comments and views regarding the trans community. Obviously I was well aware she came under fire for her views a few years back but now with this latest news of a crushing blow for the trans community she really has dug herself into a massive pit of trouble with her latest comments

Anyways my point is, I love harry potter but I do not support J.K. Rowlings views in anyway shape or form, especially when I consider myself an ally of the LGBTQ+ Community.

So my question is... is okay to still love a franchise even after it's author/creator is blacklisted? Can I still love something and hate the creator mainly for their awful views?? Can you disassociate the two???

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  • I also love Harry Potter and very much oppose JK Rowlings views. I am nonbinary/LGBTQ and always have been. I tried to separate the stories from the author for a while, but now I just can't. I refuse to put more money in her pocket, and while she is still around and crusading, it feels too much like I'm enabling her if I do still consume the works. 

    Men dressing up as women is a myth designed to scare people, that's maybe based on a couple instances. It's been blown well out of proportion in order to propel the narrative of JK and people who share her views (who are also a small group of people, in the grand scheme of things).

    When we loon at the word transphobia it literally means fear of transgender people. That's what this is. The exact same narrative was spun about gay people. People with disabilities also suffer the same type of toxic narratives. Fear is dredged up to cause panic, then those people who created the fear offer a restrictive, exclusionary solution that people jump on. And people don't stop to think why they were even afraid in the first place. 

    Also, besides all this, trans people are people. If someone who was alive and kicking and saying these things about any other marginalised group of people, I would also not want to be a customer of theirs. 

    It's tough because I do love Harry Potter - it was an intense interests of mine for 20 years, but I just can't anymore, sadly.  

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  • I also love Harry Potter and very much oppose JK Rowlings views. I am nonbinary/LGBTQ and always have been. I tried to separate the stories from the author for a while, but now I just can't. I refuse to put more money in her pocket, and while she is still around and crusading, it feels too much like I'm enabling her if I do still consume the works. 

    Men dressing up as women is a myth designed to scare people, that's maybe based on a couple instances. It's been blown well out of proportion in order to propel the narrative of JK and people who share her views (who are also a small group of people, in the grand scheme of things).

    When we loon at the word transphobia it literally means fear of transgender people. That's what this is. The exact same narrative was spun about gay people. People with disabilities also suffer the same type of toxic narratives. Fear is dredged up to cause panic, then those people who created the fear offer a restrictive, exclusionary solution that people jump on. And people don't stop to think why they were even afraid in the first place. 

    Also, besides all this, trans people are people. If someone who was alive and kicking and saying these things about any other marginalised group of people, I would also not want to be a customer of theirs. 

    It's tough because I do love Harry Potter - it was an intense interests of mine for 20 years, but I just can't anymore, sadly.  

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