Publishing opinions you disagree with - no matter how bad these opinions are - is categorically different from committing an actual crime.
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She's also spending money on hate movements so it's not just opinions. What she's doing is not a crime, but honestly it should be. She ends up influencing policy which hurts an entire class of people.
I'm so disappointed in Rowling. I loved Harry Potter and would've loved that videogame.
i told my kids they are free to enjoy it, not were never buying official merch, want merch but from artists. or when they wanted wands, i gave them a stick, a sharp knife and supervision and they made their own.
Doesn't season 2 of the sandman come out in a couple weeks? Doesnt really seem like he's being boycotted.
The 2nd season was already in production when the allegations/proof came out, and I guess Netflix did not want to just burn all that money for nothing. But they did cancel the 3rd season
Yeah, that's just what Netflix does. They cancel shows. I'm skeptical that the cancelation decision was made because of gaiman's allegations. If it was I don't see how continuing production on season 2 after the fact makes any sense.
I can't tell if I'm allowed to be excited about it because I love Sandman but Gaiman is a creep.
While still a bad person, what Gaiman did limited to a number of people, not a number of countries, also his work is actually good, not half-baked garbage only held up by nostalgia.
it's easy to complain about death of the author when you don't care about their work.
but even you do, even just enjoying it a bit, it's a bit harder.
you can pirate it, you get to enjoy it and they get no revenue from it. but then engaging with the content is free advertising, so just watch it and keep it to yourself.
rowling is a transphobe, but gaiman is like weinstein a sex pest. she played it carefully for decades before coming out, when she had built a large amount of fans and support, much like lewis CK, the cancelling dint end his career so to speak, he moved all online before it got worst.
also transphobia has massive support from right wingers.
“Rowling is a transphobe AND Gaiman is like a Weinstein sex pest” Fixed it for you.
She’s actively pushing hard, with a large platform, against trans people and her product is not some necessary thing but rather just a book series. It is so easy to just drop her, especially if you’re now an adult/young adult with a higher reading level and can take in better content from better people.
People need to drop her, she’s a horrid lady with incredibly mid-to-decent books and there is no excuse for hanging onto her.
ok.
no need to play villain Olympics, they are both horrid in different ways.
but I think the differences is that more people will be grossed out by rapy acts, than being a bigot, because there are more bigots than rapists in the public
Except I’m the one saying “and”. They both suck, and it doesn’t matter who sucks worse since they’ve both crossed the threshold and people shouldn’t be giving either of them money. Where on earth did you get anything else from out of my comment?
sorry if I read it wrong. my bad.
Rightwingers don't like Rowling because she still considers herself a feminist and uses feminism as the basis of her transphobia.
If anyone is looking for some ~~good~~ fucking amazing books by an awesome and genuinely fun and good natured dude, check out Jason Pargin, he is awesome and not problematic and his books are all bangers, and he also enabled and actively supports the careers of many other super awesome and creative people. Also, listen to Bigfeets.
I've been wanting to read his books for a while. I have quite a few that I own and still need to read, though. Any particular book recommendations from him? John Dies at the End? Zoey Ashe series?
The tiktok guy?
The very same
If we're recommending authors, my favorite is Jasper Fforde. He wrote this book called Shades of Grey (which unfortunately came out around the same time as that book) that's about people who can only see one color (sorry, colour), and the hue that they can see determines their social standing. I have been waiting over a decade for the sequel and he just released it (Red Side Story) last year. My brain has been bad at letting me read books, so it sits on the shelf but I loved the first one.
I really hope there's no problematicism around him (as that's the subject of the thread), but reading his books it's hard to imagine there could be.
I also love Jasper Fforde, and it is because he was guest of honour at a Jodi Taylor event that I also got into her books. She writes a series about time-travelling historians which I would recommend.
She also writes at a much faster pace than Fforde does these days, so that's a plus. I was never half as annoyed waiting for GRR Martin to write A Dance With Dragons as I was waiting for Red Side Story!
not problematic
I love the guy but I'm sure you could find an instance of him being problematic. Like his pen name, David Wong, is questionable given he's not asian.
Stephen King is Scots-Irish and he used the pen name Richard Bachman despite not being German.
there is a long and respected history of mocking germans.
Why is that questionable?
Stolen Valor
Stolen valor refers to the act of falsely claiming military service or awards that one did not earn, often to gain respect, money, or other benefits.
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How does being or not being Asian plays into this?
"Stolen valor" can be used in a humorous way beyond its original meaning as someone pretending to be a veteran. For example, there's a funny Youtube video about a tradesperson encountering a hipster wearing Carhartt workwear and using the phrase "stolen valor" to describe him.
Ok, so it was a joke?
English is not my first language so I'm asking for clarification not trying to be snarky.
I like to think my comment qualifies as clarification. I'm not trying to be snarky either.
OK, maybe a little snarky.
What? :D
I'm asking if you are implying that the person replying "stolen valor" to my question was making a joke or if I don't understand something obvious.
Why is it stolen valor to have an Asian pen name? As I see it, you don't want people to know that it is you, so it is another layer of obfuscation. Which is good if your goal is to be undercover.
He stopped using it for that very reason, and took accountability. People are allowed to self correct, if he understands the problem with what he did and course corrected without being called out for it what would throwing more stones accomplish?
Edit: Also, not a big enough deal to say you shouldn't read his books.
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