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That's true for every part of the human experience. People discriminate because of religion, etc. Sounds like you care too much about what other people think of
by habinero 2y ago
That's true for every part of the human experience. People discriminate because of religion, etc. Sounds like you care too much about what other people think of you.
Anyways, my point is this sort of thing is rapidly becoming something nobody cares about, and that's due to feminism and it's a good thing.
- benterix 2y agoWhile I somewhat agree with you, feminism and related ideologies created a whole new network of concepts of what is good and wrong, and these can bite you as much as the old prejudices. A good example is the Harry Potter lady: while I don't necessarily agree with her view, I do understand her concern and the right to express it - but for many people it's a criminal offense. Almost as if we replaced one cage with another.
- prmoustache 2y agoWhat are "related ideologies" of feminism? By all accounts, JK Rowling hasn't suffered any negative consequence of her transphobia, she has even marketed it and is benefiting from it: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Ink-Black-Heart-Robert-Galbraith-ebook/dp/B09QKMT5W6 https://www.amazon.co.uk/Ink-Black-Heart-Robert-Galbraith-eb... https://www.amazon.co.uk/Troubled-Blood-Cormoran-Strike-5-ebook/dp/B084VPR3N2 https://www.amazon.co.uk/Troubled-Blood-Cormoran-Strike-5-eb... And Harry Potter merchandising and derived works are still selling like pancakes.
- defrost 2y agoTroubled Blood isn't marketing transphobia save in the mind of a reviewer with an axe to grind wrt Rowling's public statements. The wikipedia page outlines the charge that it contains "pernicious anti-trans tropes" and continues: Nick Cohen, writing for The Spectator, argued that the transphobia accusations were baseless and slanderous, noting that Dennis Creed is investigated along with a dozen other suspects. He also stated that the book does not engage in the politics of women-only spaces and access to gender reassignment treatments. Alison Flood, writing for The Guardian, expressed similar views, arguing that people who have not read the book were making wrong assumptions based on a single review. Allan Massie, writing for The Scotsman, stated of the character of Creed that "there is no suggestion that he was transgender". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troubled_Blood https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troubled_Blood
- prmoustache 2y agoThe point is not that these books include transphobia or not, the point is she chose to include transgender characters after all the drama on twitter relating to her likes and accounts she folllowed/supported. She definitely used all that drama to sell books and benefited from it.
- defrost 2y ago> the point is she chose to include transgender characters Which character in Troubled Blood is transgender? Is there a transgender character in The Ink Black Heart ? It's not Dennis Creed as I recall from my reading some time past, certainly not Edie Ledwell. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41536875 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41536875
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- defrost 2y agoIs this non sequitur from a meconium account intended to convey a meaningful response, or is it a baby-bot randomly attaching nonsense to threads to establish a beachhead?
- meowface 2y agoThe prime suspect of the novel is a serial killer who cross-dresses. A book written years after she started campaigning near-daily about the threat of trans women. Those media outlets are being very misleading. The Spectator is a right-wing British newspaper with dozens of anti-trans articles and op-eds. The Scotsman and The Guardian also have very anti-trans skews. (The latter less so, but definitely more anti than pro overall.) It's fair to say that fearmongering about trans people isn't the central focus of the novel, but she obviously knew exactly what she was doing and why.
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- habinero 2y agoIf JKR is your worst example of feminism, we're just fine. She's extremely wealthy, popular, and 100% not in jail.
- mrguyorama 2y ago>the right to express it - but for many people it's a criminal offense No it wasn't. Even in the UK, a supposed hellscape of unfree speech, she only finally got into any trouble when she repeatedly told outright and trivially knowable lies about another person. There's no guarantee she loses that court case either, so she hasn't exactly faced any repercussions for her speech. Companies are still making boatloads of harry potter content and it still sells like hotcakes.
- bigstrat2003 2y agoThis is 100% correct. We haven't become more enlightened and tolerant, we have simply exchanged what we don't tolerate. That may or may not be good, but it certainly isn't worth patting ourselves on the back as if we're somehow better than our forebears.
- alt227 2y agoThats the whole point, that some people view promiscuity and sexualising ones self no differently to smelling bad, or wearing scruffy clothes, or having a negative attitude. Its just another trait which some people view dimly.
- graemep 2y ago> People discriminate because of religion, etc Which is illegal in most places.
- habinero 2y agoOnly for certain protected activities like employment or housing, otherwise it's entirely legal to be a bigot.