tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post4046783651734152432..comments2024-03-28T09:46:42.923-05:00Comments on Every goddamn day: 03/28/24: Beating up J.K. Rowling won’t helpNeil Steinberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11468057838260476480noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-8226725275911320592022-01-02T13:59:51.906-06:002022-01-02T13:59:51.906-06:00Nice work, Neil. It’s a hard and confusing world f...Nice work, Neil. It’s a hard and confusing world for those of us without human contact with trans people, and a good notion is to explore and listen like you did. And evolve. Performative support is well intentioned, but as you say- the real life issues are very difficult and require much more than arguments about semantics and biology. My kids were older than yours and read Harry without me. I think it’s time I loop back and visit this world. Thanks for the nudge. Janet Dahlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13893300024540358819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-66069214322891216582022-01-02T12:13:36.714-06:002022-01-02T12:13:36.714-06:00From what I read in the AV Club, it was all previo...From what I read in the AV Club, it was all previously recorded footage from a while back. Coeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06130250489695215525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-51559393145323659482022-01-02T11:31:25.455-06:002022-01-02T11:31:25.455-06:00I did read an article in the paper about he progra...I did read an article in the paper about he program on HBO Max. Who ever wrote about did have an advanced screening. There was very little about Rowling in the film.sanfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06580867647162091670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-16401764953540417112022-01-02T10:06:24.048-06:002022-01-02T10:06:24.048-06:00I’ll start by saying that I’m a big fan of the Har...I’ll start by saying that I’m a big fan of the Harry Potter books as well. I bought the first one for my daughter’s 10th birthday before it became a phenomenon, and over the years we read the entire series, several times, often aloud to each other. <br /><br />I do think, though, that you’re giving pretty short shrift to the trans community’s issues with her. Perhaps it would be more fair to include, alongside her own “cherry-picking” self-defense, a more complete picture of how others see it. Here’s one example: https://twitter.com/Carter_AndrewJ/status/1270787945251905536 (Note: The case of Maya Forstater mentioned, which at the time this thread was written had been lost at a tribunal, ultimately decided in her favor.)<br /><br />None of which leads me to condemn J.K. Rowling as a human. I have read all of her post-Potter books for adults. Ultimately, I think she’s done far more good than harm. That doesn’t mean the harm should be ignored. Coeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06130250489695215525noreply@blogger.com