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29-09-2020, 11:32 AM | #26 | |||
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'put a bit of lippy on and run a brush through your hair, we are alcoholics, not savages' Last edited by Niamh.; 29-09-2020 at 11:52 AM. |
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29-09-2020, 02:13 PM | #27 | |||
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POW! BLAM!
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29-09-2020, 04:58 PM | #28 | |||
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29-09-2020, 06:01 PM | #29 | |||
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Yeah pretty much, fortunately she's pretty uncancellable
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29-09-2020, 06:33 PM | #30 | ||
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If you read it you'd know that she composed an essay on her thoughts and also has put problematic trans stereotypes in her writing. Also it doesn't matter how many tweets there are if there is even one that's problematic.
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29-09-2020, 06:41 PM | #31 | |||
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When? If you're referring to the latest book, the part where a non-trans dude wore a wig and women's coat for like five seconds in order to attack someone? If you think that relates to transwomen, it kind of reflects more on you than JK
Which tweet/s did you perceive as ... "problematic" (lol) ? Last edited by Oliver_W; 29-09-2020 at 06:42 PM. |
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29-09-2020, 06:53 PM | #32 | |||
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Did people want that cancelled? Or is it just J.K that deserves to be cancelled?
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29-09-2020, 07:06 PM | #33 | |||
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michael caine in dressed to kill
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29-09-2020, 07:22 PM | #34 | |||
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Who, Douglas?
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It’s just JK Rowling! What she said wasn’t even offensive. She was just pro women’s rights and people seem to feel insulted.
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29-09-2020, 08:00 PM | #35 | ||
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Great film but tbf I don't think any of his female personas were killers... the main "murderous" one was definitely male.
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29-09-2020, 08:09 PM | #36 | |||
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I think she's just become the figurehead for anti-trans sentiment (which is rife at the moment, with everyone making a big hoo-ha about Facebook gender options, the "people who menstruate" thing, bathroom choices, trans rights being infringed upon by the Trump administration - specifically in the military - etc.) I don't necessarily believe she is transphobic but I do believe she is amplifying transphobic voices: she endorsed some little online store the other day that freely sells badges like these:
The last one in particular should surely ring alarm bells ("transwomen are men" is such a blanket, incorrect and disrespectful statement). This whole "hivemind" thing that TS is having great fun in building up works both ways, and a whole lot of actual trans people are being told to shut up and grow up without actually being listened to.
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29-09-2020, 08:17 PM | #37 | ||
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That has no bearing at all on my opinions on those who vehemently deny that any discussion at all is necessary, and that brand all those who want that discussion to take place as "hateful transphobes and TERFs". |
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29-09-2020, 10:21 PM | #38 | ||
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Last edited by Marsh.; 29-09-2020 at 10:21 PM. |
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29-09-2020, 10:45 PM | #39 | |||
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Blair white a trans you tuber says she does not find any of JK Rowling said transphobic or even remotely insulting. Claims people are over reacting and are insulted over Facts and science
Worth a watch imo She says that it’s “trans ally’s” painting trans people to be easily offended and To be perpetual victims over basic tweets/pro women tweets, when actually a lot of the trans community agree with what JK Rowling has said and it’s actually these ‘allies’ putting words in the trans communities mouths (people who actually can not relate) Last edited by DouglasS; 29-09-2020 at 10:54 PM. |
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29-09-2020, 11:50 PM | #40 | |||
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Another trans you tubers perspective, worth a watch as very fair and balanced and well researched
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30-09-2020, 03:15 AM | #41 | |||
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I just don’t see a woman who wrote something as motivating and forward thinking as the HP series to believe in things like those quotes on that website. I actually like the shirt she’s wearing. It’s like it’s relevant to HP and it’s kind of a FU to her haters
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30-09-2020, 05:06 AM | #42 | |||
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That’s like claiming she also wasn’t aware when she retweeted a tweet comparing trans people to black face, which she actually tried claiming at the time but doubled down in her essay thing
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30-09-2020, 01:52 PM | #43 | |||
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30-09-2020, 01:58 PM | #44 | ||
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This is kind of the problem these days. You can't agree with someone on one issue without the "but, but, but" brigade assuming it means you're best friends with them and agree wholeheartedly with every opinion and action from their entire lives.
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30-09-2020, 01:59 PM | #45 | ||
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As I always say when it comes to JK, she had some valid points in the beginning but in the face of criticism, she's doubled down and rolled in the mud with transphobes and gave them her support while tweeting transphobic stuff herself. Mud sticks and she kind of lost her original point almost in a way to 'stick it' to the people who criticised her.
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30-09-2020, 02:47 PM | #46 | ||
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If I'm going to be completely blunt on that one though, it's probably because she's ... umm ... not MASSIVELY bright. She has an exceptional imagination as I've said before, I think her overall world-building is exemplary in the entirity of literary history. The "wizarding world" is a marvel. But if you compare her actual WRITING to others who have created very detailed fictional worlds - Tolkien, Terry Pratchett, Frank Herbert - it's functional but basic. These "Cormoran Strike" books (that I honestly had no idea existed until recent events) sound like such pulpy formulaic trash I don't even know where to begin . But yeah with my harsh hat on, I think JK had a point to make, made it well in the first instance, and then was drawn into an ongoing twitter spat that has been totally unnecessary. I think we all understand that temptation on our worst day but when you're so firmly in the public eye it's even more important to resist . Read the comments, make notes, write and publish another opinion piece later... don't get down scrapping in the mud with the muggles. Last edited by Toy Soldier; 30-09-2020 at 02:49 PM. |
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30-09-2020, 02:52 PM | #47 | ||
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I don't think there's a correlation between her writing (I mean the Strike stuff is just basic whodunnit stuff) and her intelligence.
In interviews and when discussing the world in general she doesn't strike me as particularly unintelligent. Probably more naive when it comes to the internet. |
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30-09-2020, 02:56 PM | #48 | |||
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****ty people support equally ****ty person.
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30-09-2020, 02:58 PM | #49 | ||
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30-09-2020, 03:00 PM | #50 | ||
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Obviously she wouldn't go around saying properly dumb things like "****ty people support equally ****ty person. Next." |
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