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JK Rowling slammed for asking if she can be Black if she likes “Motown & fancy myself in cornrows”
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this post was submitted on 14 May 2024
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Wow I thought she was perhaps subtle about her hatred, and that's why she isn't universally rejected yet, but apparently that's not the case:
Have you seen any fascist being "universally rejected" yet?
I sure haven't.
God you're right and it depresses me
Ah! Ok. Now I know what’s going on with her.
She must have once had a long term relationship with a guy with a crossdressing kink but he kept it secret from her. She eventually found out and it ended their relationship and she is bitter about it. So now she’s expanding her bitterness towards any trans woman, which, as far as I can tell – I haven’t looked into it, is an entirely different thing. Metaphorically, her ex used to cheat on her by playing golf, so no she hates all sports that involve hitting balls.
Pun not intended.
Thankfully I’ve always been somewhat off center, so I was always upfront
Death of the Author doesn’t really work when the author is still alive, profiting off the work, and gets to decide which new projects get an official stamp of approval. Plus, she’s absolutely delusional enough to believe that her continued royalties off the franchise justify her views and that people must secretly agree with her.
There’s enough other great works out there to put your time and effort into building an expanded world around, if that’s your thing, written by authors who are far kinder and more talented than Rowling. Might I suggest Ursula LeGuin or Terry Pratchett for some light and enjoyable fantasy?
A school for wizards... can't imagine where the lawsuit-happy Rowling came up with that idea...
If you've never heard of it, the similarities between Harry potter and The Worst Witch are too many to be coincidence.
"I am sure that Jill Murphy's The Worst Witch is actually the roots of Harry Potter, even though J.K. Rowling has never admitted that. There are simply too many similarities between both worlds for it to be a coincidence, and if Murphy never sued I guess that it's because she did not want to suffer all the hassle.
Just consider these unusual coincidences:
1- Miss Cackle's Academy for Witches is a lonely castle, surrounded by forest.
2- The castle is invisible to non-magical people.
3- There is a village nearby the castle.
4- The forest is forbidden to the students.
5- Mildred Hubble comes from a non-magical background.
6- Mildred has two best friends, Maud and Enid.
7- Mildred has a cat.
8- Miss Hardbroom (scary potions teacher) hates Mildred.
9- Elitist fellow student from an elitist family of Witches hates Mildred.
10- Benevolent, warm-hearted Headmistress loves and helps Mildred.
11- The first year students take special lessons to learn to fly with broomsticks.
12- Miss Cackle's Academy was founded by a witch called Hermione Cackle.
All of these sound familiar, right? There are other similarities, these are just a few!!
Now, if Harry Potter had come first then everyone would scream that The Worst Witch is a Harry Potter rip-off, but in fact the first Mildred Hubble book was written back in 1974... J.K. Rowling is a wonderful writer and a superb storyteller and there are also many differences between WW and HP, but I think that all HP fans (myself included) should accept that WW is actually the roots."
https://mythicscribes.com/community/threads/the-worst-witch-tv-series.10979/post-153303
i was obsessed with the worst witch series on cbbc so much so that i went back and read the series and loved them :)
The only thing I know about The Worst Witch is the movie they made with Tim Curry and Fairuza Balk and I barely remember it, but I'm not shocked.
Actually, it makes it more striking. What you're doing there is conflating art and art reception with economics and economical relations. In purely artistic terms yes she's deader than dead because anything she says about anything about her work will be disregarded if fans don't vibe with it. Usually, while still alive, artists at least have some influence on the interpretation of their works, she doesn't. Not because she's physically dead, but because fans have declared her dead to them.
i love the trio and most of the cast from the movies so much.
i love darren criss and everyone in starkid
i love pottercast, mugglenet, and leaky.
jk rowling though? i honestly don't care i used to like it when i had twitter and she would do the wands up in may for the battle of hogwarts but even then it became clear that she didn't care
i don't just read hp though. i also love chris colfers land of stories and so many other book series since then (i have a lot more on goodreads i just can't list them all)
You can have a difference of opinions with regard to sexual and gender identities, and not be rude about it. This is just rude though.