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"A few days ago, a new
Harry Potter video game hit the market, and purely by
coincidence today we got an “Opinion” piece in the
New York Times by Pamela
Paul, “In Defense of J.K. Rowling.” It points readers to the new podcast, “The
Witch Trials of J.K Rowling,” which also works to rehabilitate the author’s
tarnished reputation following her years of transphobic activism and public
comment.
It is insanely frustrating that the
New York Times uses the label “Opinion”
to publish outright falsehood and propaganda. “Nothing Rowling has said
qualifies as transphobic,” writes Paul. She quotes a journalist, E.J. Rosetta,
who claims she was commissioned to write an article compiling 20 transphobic
J.K Rowling quotes, and after “12 weeks of reporting and reading simply “could
not find a single truly transphobic message.”
This depends, I suppose, on how you define “transphobic.” Most reasonable
people would find it per se transphobic that Rowling consistently refers to
trans women as “men.” But it’s true that her transphobia has less often been
expressed in her own words, and more often in her actions and in her
celebration and amplification of other people’s transphobic words."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
