Originally Posted by jadis

That was a sincere outburst of admiration for her absolute clarity on an issue where so many lacked it

I used to have a much, much lower opinion of her, as reflected in this post from over a year ago



Back then I let myself be influenced by things like my irritation about adult Harry Poter fans, my (likely well-founded, let's be honest) prejudice against her as a writer of fiction and my reflexive support for expressions of gender nonconformity, of which she was reported to be an enemy if not THE enemy.

But the more I've read up and thought on the activist movements purporting today to stand for gender nonconformity, the less apparent it was what was wrong or offensive or hateful about anything she said on the topic. The blog she posted to her site is incredibly thoughtful and fair. Nobody is obliged to agree with every word she says as she is the first to acknowledge, but reading it with an open mind is more than enough to dispel widespread caricatures of her as a conservative bigot.

One of her chief worries is precisely about the freedom of gay and lesbian children to be gender nonconforming.

Originally Posted by Key

how to tell someone you're a piece of **** with ****ty opinions without saying you're a piece of **** with ****ty opinions --v

Originally Posted by jadis

Nobody is obliged to agree with every word she says as she is the first to acknowledge, but reading it with an open mind is more than enough to dispel widespread caricatures of her as a conservative bigot.

One of her chief worries is precisely about the freedom of gay and lesbian children to be gender nonconforming.

Originally Posted by jadis

Are you a fan of HP but not the gender stuff then?

Originally Posted by WWWP

So bigot, much ****ty.
No knee-jerks here.

Originally Posted by WWWP

So bigot, much ****ty.
No knee-jerks here.

Originally Posted by Key

Not really a fan tbh. Hogwarts Legacy is the exception given she had no part in the development of said game so itd be unfair to the actual devs to **** on their work. Never really have liked her before so not much has really changed.

Originally Posted by Synthgirl

With all due respect, you do not get to tell a person in the group who is being targeted by this rhetoric what is and isn't sh*tty.

Originally Posted by jadis

Yes she does

Originally Posted by jadis

In general, I find that video games are better than books. None of that blah blah blah