Even Elon Musk Thinks J.K. Rowling is Too Obsessed with Trans People
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- Опубліковано 5 тра 2024
- Even Elon Musk (of all people) has noticed J.K. Rowling’s obsessive tweets about trans people, and has decided to encourage her to consider talking about “other matters.” In this video we’ll get to her response and try to discern why she’s so obsessed with hating trans people.
Sources:
A Brief History of J.K. Rowling’s Transphobia (LGBTQ Nation, May 6, 2024): www.lgbtqnation.com/2024/05/t...
Daniel Radcliffe’s Response to J.K. Rowling (The Trevor Project, June 8, 2020): www.thetrevorproject.org/blog...
Daniele Radcliffe Reflects on J.K. Rowling Response (The Atlantic, April 30, 2024): www.theatlantic.com/magazine/...
Two Kansas Republicans Side with Democrats on Trans Rights (LGBTQ Nation, May 1, 2024):
www.lgbtqnation.com/2024/05/t...
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As a white CIS woman and a feminist, I absolutely don’t understand how anyone thinks that supporting the trans community is anti-feminist.
Your skills at understanding are very weak. You can support trans people and support women at the same time. God, these people!
Supporting the trans community is not anti-féminiist. Prioritising trans needs over women’s needs is, as clearly prioritising men who identify as women over actual women is misogynistic.
As a white CIS woman have you ever heard of intersectionality? The premise is that white middle class CIS women ignored the feminist perspective of other women such as the poor, religious and those in vulnerable situations . JK Rowlings position is that they should be considered and are not being.
So it’s not about whether you don’t have a problem with x or y policy but how the policy impacts all women including these groups.
So an example would be. I’m a liberal European and have no problem baring my breasts in the beach. I go to women’s only and mixed saunas. I don’t mind a male gynaecologist. However I’m aware that women not being given the choice of female only services will mean that some will avoid health checks and exercise ie they will be excluded from some services and that will negatively impact them.
So in solidarity with other women I support some spaces being female only ie where this excludes or disadvantages any woman in a meaningful way - so not toilets but yes changing services, prisons, hospitals and where women are naked. Please note that having female only spaces doesn’t mean there aren’t also mixed spaces but legislating that men who identify as women are women means abolishing services only for women. How is that progressive and inclusive ?
Transgender women aren't men.
@@apriljoy1094 in what way are trans women raised above cis women? You dont even believe trans women are women, you think they are men, so how can you possibly see from a trans woman's perspective if you've already denied them their most fundamental experience
Rowling: "I'm a feminist!"
Musk: "Shut up and smile more."
Rowling: "Hahaha, yes Sir."
master*
Rowling: "I'm a feminist"
Rowling also: "I support harmful views that are shared by neonazis and originate from sexism and gender segregation deeply rooted in our society." 👁️👄👁️ Protect women by spreading podunk hick conspiracy theories and telling them what they can and cannot do with their bodies 💀 SHE'S A HERO Y'ALL! A MARTYR!
Elon: Now carry my next seed for me.
"Nothing shows a woman in the workplace you appreciate her more than a good firm slap on the behind."
She isn't a feminist, that is just a mask she wears to try cover up the fact that she is uncomfortable with how women are changing.
I think her issue is really females who are no longer the dainty soft male toys they used to be and she wants them all to fit back into her narrow definition of what it means to be a woman..
I think it's funny that she taught an entire generation how to stand up against evil and is now SHOCKED that they are... *checks notes*... standing up against evil.
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I wish comments could win awards
Lol, taught an entire generation how to stand against evil???
Seriously. Wtf.
She wrote a standard good vs evil story that has been done a million times.
She did nothing.
Misandry is never a good look for anyone who proclaims to be a "feminist".
@@ToxicAudri She's not even "Misandrist" she's actually as toxic as any Tate fan towards women as well.
Emma Watson is a huge advocate for women's rights, and she has worked with organizations all over the world that promote more rights for women. If Rowling is accusing Emma of being a traitor to women, then Rowling clearly doesn't know her very well.
She just doesn't care what the truth is.
Likely because to her mind feminism means "women's issues" when feminism is about equality of the sexes, this includes trans women, and even men broadly.
Feminism's true enemy is the patriarchy, and the patriarchy as a concept also affects men, dictating what is or isn't "acceptable" or "manly", and creating a narrow view of "manhood" based on the subjugation of women.
JK's brand of "feminism" is one that actually serves patriarchal ideals as it turns women into their own tool of subjugation, claiming they must hold themselves to impossible standards and a narrow view of womanhood.
She thinks it's a zero sum game, for someone else to have something someone else must lose something, when that isn't the case at all.
@@kurisu7885
That’s how all conservatives think. They have a very oppositional, binary view of the world which leads to that zero sum way of looking at things.
Seriously, she has a billion dollars, she can go anywhere, do anything, but she chooses to be an internet troll. How fuc*ing sad of a person do you have to be to do this?
Ah, I see there’s a question for Graham Linehan!
@@literaterose6731 because he is ashamed of his OF account usage apparently
See Trump, Donald
Billionaires are mentally unsound to start with. It's hoarding. We recognize it as crazy when it's dolls or cats, but with dollars they're put on the cover of magazines.
Same as the orange man and the twitter owner. They seem to have found their calling in life as being internet trolls instead of forces for good.
Uh oh, Elon may have been infected with the woke mind virus lol
He has a trans daughter.
@@omfug7148 right. I wonder if that has something to do w/it & why the sudden change from him?
@@nutmegriot209 maybe he's laid off the horse tranquillisers this week.
He wants jK, a woman, to stop talking. I wouldn't read anything else into it.
that's not funny... that's not funny at all.... the WHOLE reason he did what he did and bought twitter and is on this reactionary fascy rampage is just because he hates his Trans daughter.
Rowling is really tryin' to be the final boss of transphobia.
I legitimately imagine her as an evil villain in the Wizarding World, like voldemort but worse and she doesn't have any magic herself lol
She's so awful that she's pretty much the 2nd most transphobic person in the world. Like the only transphobe more dangerous than her is Vladimir Putin.
@@evangeloevoxiIf Voldemort and Umbitch had a child that grew up, ironically enough, it’s the author.
@@DigitusDendron self-inserting at its finest
@@MistyKathrine I dunno. Caitlyn jenner is a bit of a mega transphobe herself.
The thing that pisses me off most about JKR is that she claims to be a feminist and says that abortion rights and same-sex marriage for lesbian couples are two of the most important issues to her, while simultaneously aligning herself with individuals and groups that openly and vocally oppose those two things and, by her own celebrity, amplifies their message. She claims that she is pro-women and being anti-trans is just a product of that, but her behaviour sure makes it look like being anti-trans is the whole point. Even if wasn't that way initially, it certainly appears to be now.
Those things can help transmasc people too, and we can't have that! 🙃
She's been consumed with hate and fear. At some level, I feel bad for her in the same way I feel bad for Mitch McConnell. They're terrible people, but they're also clearly suffering.
Daniel Radcliffe is a gem. Rowling has been consumed entirely by her irrational hatred.
pure baloney from the daft woke left.
Daniel Radcliffe is so talented
Dan Radcliffe is based. He's a legend. 🩷
How can JK Rowling be accused of irrational hatred when all she states is biological facts? I think it is her opponents who are being irrational. If you’re trans, fine, get on with it and all the best. Don’t expect others to start denying basic biological facts though.
@@tombarry2523 Leaving aside the question, 'what biological 'facts' are you on about?', it's just obviously, evidently not true that _all_ she does is _just_ state biological facts.
If you are interested in facts then stick to facts, even when you don't like them.
JK Rowling has officially cemented her legacy as “The Transphobia Lady”
She's a professional hatemonger who got famous writing kids books back in the 90s. No different from how Kevin Sorbo is that one right wing loony who got famous playing Hercules on TV. Nobody will remember them first and foremost for their artistic endeavours.
@@andyiswonderful how is she not transphobic, does she dislike, hate or fear trans people? i believe she covers all three. I dont understand people who are fine being transphobic but seem allergic to the label
@@quantumAnarchist❤❤❤❤❤
@@andyiswonderfulwhy are you obsessed with trans women incel?
Are you a trans chaser?
@@quantumAnarchist"I'm not homophobic because I'm not afraid of gay people."
Two words: Narcissistic Injury. That about sums up JKR's malfunction.
Yup
Well she also is fitting into a narrative bigger than herself. She might have been hurt but the right keep fueling her fire. And tbh we do too cuz she's a bad author not a politician. But she's taken up the gauntlet so..... tho even Elon is saying try to be more diplomatic 😅 and she said "oh yeah I write overrated books" (in my fantasy hogworts she says what i think)
So a while ago I stumbled across the fact that I don't see brought up very much and that is that oh around the beginning of the 2010s JKR had to register as a potential child sex offender because she was going to be giving readings in front of crowds of kids. So some weird quirk of British law and I have often wondered if her desperate desire to paint all trans people as some kind of predatory animal is rooted in that butthurt.
Thank you doctor. You are a doctor, right?
@@angelainamarie9656 God, is there anything you won't distort? You are probably referring to a Disclosure and Barring Service check, which is a requirement for anyone working with children or other vulnerable people. It doesn't register you as a "potential sex offender" it checks if you are one. I suppose you're entirely unaware of Rowling's extensive work in promoting children's literacy.
It's just still so weird to me that JK Rowling went from receiving hate from the right for retroactively making Harry Potter characters gay or black... to being a full bore anti-trans activist.
she took all the money she could from the lefties and then realized there was more to be made on the other side
The point is initially her characters were not black or gay. It says a lot about her. After all she wasn’t writing in the fifties . Basically she’s a white entitled elitist. Not a nice woman.
And that all happened within a couple years if I'm not mistaken
Remember the movie Jesus Camp? They called her an enemy of God, now those same Christian fundamentalists LOVE her.
It's the usual "progressive" (self proclaimed) public persona gets criticised by the left for parts of their work and then gets so offended because of their fragile ego they switch to far right where no one will ever criticise them for bigotry or lack of self critique and also to get back at all the lefties that dared criticise them by helping the people that attack minorities.
Did JK get dumped once for a Transgendered person?
I knew a woman on a charity board we were both on, who was absolutely obsessed with rumours of any male public figure being secretly bi.
She would always bring it up in any conversation when there was the slightest opportunity to do so, to the point that it would disrupt the flow of the meeting.
Eventually at one meeting I commented "What, did your ex leave you for a man or something?"
So anyway it turned out she'd actually caught her husband in bed with the priest who had officiated their recent marriage ceremony.
Yeah that was a awkward board meeting, but still...
It showed that when you're that obsessed with something, it's usually for a reason.
It's not a mystery. She's obsessed with trans people because she's been swept into the gender critical propaganda cult. She's paranoid that a guy in drag is going to assault her or other women because that's the lie they're being told.
A lot of women fear being in an enclosed area with men due to SA and far right extremist and religious fundamentalist have pushed that idea in their heads that trans people are a threat.
When that's all you type and all you listen to, you become obsessed and paranoid.
I think she just bought into fear mongering lies by people like Maia Forstater and her feelings just don't care about facts. Although, I recall Jessie Gender providing some evidence in a video once about trans people posting on Twitter how the narrative of the Potter books resonated with them and shared their interpretations of it and apparently that used to make her quite angry. It's possible she just never liked trans people because she couldn't be bothered to try and understand us. Then when the right-wing started their trans panic back in 2016 she hopped on board because it affirmed her already present biases.
According to the essay that she wrote about it, it's largely because she was once sexually assaulted in a public bathroom by a man. Not a trans woman, just a man who went into the women's bathroom to SA her. Which I think is why she started out primarily being extremely concerned about trans people in bathrooms. Between that and her being abused by her ex husband, I think she has quite a lot of internalised hatred/fear of men, and that leads her to be extremely suspicious of trans women. But most of her transphobia I think is just the only socially acceptable way she has of expressing a sort of misandry.
@@LuciferLuckless That is horrible that happened to her. That would make sense of it though. And yes, I agree, she definitely seems to hate people she thinks of as men and trans women are a proxy for that. And according to recent news articles from people who worked with her on projects at Warner Brothers, she frequently wields her trauma as a cudgel against anyone who remotely disagrees with her.
@@LuciferLucklessBloomsbury Publishing suggested using initials for her pen name out of fear that their target audience, young boys, might not want to read the HP books written by a woman, so she didn’t reject their suggestion; she’s obscenely wealthy now, but if she’s so feminist, why did she adopt the masculine pen name of Robert Galbraith in 2012? 🤔
Elon really hit her with the American Psycho "Cool it with the antisemitic remarks."
That's the funny part, I'm pretty sure he would rather she talk more about race.
Yeah, I normally wouldn't take much stock in anything Musk says, but in this case, it sounds like he's (sort of) trying to be helpful... you know, if you REALLY stretch the definition of "helpful."
@@fairywingsonrosesthis sort of makes it funnier in a stale sour candy that dries out your mouth kind of way.
She unironically does those too 😅
My story for people who say allowing trans people in bathrooms is bad:
I do theater and we had a trans woman (mtf). As a cast we all agreed that she belonged in the woman's dressing room, despite not having her surgery yet. We had no issues.
Then we had a male crew member who would abruptly walk into the women's changing room barely giving us any time to say he could enter when he'd barge in with a BS excuse.
He finally got fired when he just walked in when we in the middle of changing before a show.
As he was being escorted away by security he ranted about the trans woman saying "If we let *him* in then we shouldn't have any complaints about him walking in."
Yep. It's almost always the accusatory ones doing it
Since you all agreed, that was ok. IF the women's group says otherwise, that should be respected . (case in point, 'Giggle' for Women )
With public restrooms, make them unisex so everybody knows what to expect.
@@smkh2890
Except the data shows that trans people pose no threat when allowed to use the restroom of their gender
And - in fact - trans people are more likely to be victims when forced to use the restroom of their sex
People who advocate for keeping trans people out of the restrooms of their gender are actively advocating for harm and s*xual a*sault tward trans people
Sources:
"The 12-month prevalence of sexual assault was 26.5% among transgender boys, 27.0% among nonbinary youth assigned female at birth, 18.5% among transgender girls, and 17.6% among nonbinary youth assigned male at birth. Youth whose restroom and locker room use was restricted were more likely to experience sexual assault compared with those without restrictions, with risk ratios of 1.26 (95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.02-1.52) in transgender boys, 1.42 (95% CI: 1.10-1.78) in nonbinary youth assigned female at birth, and 2.49 (95% CI: 1.11-4.28) in transgender girls. Restrictions were not associated with sexual assault among nonbinary youth assigned male at birth."
Source:
School Restroom and Locker Room Restrictions and Sexual Assault Risk Among Transgender Youth, 2019
"The results show that the passage of such
nondiscrimination laws is not related to the number or frequency of criminal incidents in such public spaces."
Source:
Gender Identity Nondiscrimination Laws in Public Accommodations: a Review of Evidence Regarding Safety and Privacy in Public Restrooms, Locker Rooms, and Changing Rooms, 2018
A story for people that think allowing trans people in bathrooms is bad: Ah yes ask any woman where and who they got harassed by and most of them will say trans person in a bathroom 👁️👄👁️ Because nowhere else do men dare to harras women and also they dont do it before transitioning, right ladies?
I'm very sick of this false narrative being pushed that trans women are predators when cisgender men continue to be the perpetrators of violent crime, including s assault and murder. Trans women are more likely to be the victims of violence. The rhetoric is truly disgusting. I'm sorry that happened to you and your theater group.
Her "rags to riches" backstory is almost entirely fabricated, by the way. I think it's worth pointing this out because I see a lot of people credit her for being a "self-made billionaire", etc. This is complete nonsense; Her parents and relatives have always been incredibly wealthy and she basically grew up in a mansion. At one point she lived for two months in social housing (which is nothing) and she acts like she was the female equivalent of Oliver Twist at that point in time. It's laughable. Let's not fall for this anymore.
Yup. I am not saying she did not struggle. Everyone does. But she was marketing gold. White, fairly attractive single mother, writing herself out of poverty with book that fit both kids, youth, and adults! They knew exactly what they did when they bought her, and her story.
Ikr! She was never in poverty. She is a complete liar.
@@SH-bm8yp From what I recall (keep in mind, this is 20+ years ago), she was briefly in what was THEN seen as poverty. Aka social benefits for some months, and the cafe she was writing in was owned by her brother in law, and she shares the quirk with many writers, that humans makes good background noise. Then things grew. And somehow, people now assume she was doing the whole "heating or eating" game for years, before she finally could afford marmite for her toast.
This is like the literature fans version of "steve jobs created apple in his garage" kind of myth. Man, we normal people never have a chance do we 😭
Even anti-trans South Park is starting to mock her on their show.
OMG! Which episodes? I think I may need to binge watch
South Park is still anti-trans? I thought it took a more "meh, you be you" sort of approach with one of their more recent trans-related episodes.
@@TheMountainMan-wz8xf Ah yes the 90's "meh you do you, *panicked Seinfeld* not that there is anything wrong with that haha nervous laughter" will totally undo years of portraying trans people as unnatural, creepy or butt of the joke for simply existing 💀 Makes sense tho, this show is made for edgelord toddlers that see the most basic problems of society and think that pointing in out in a shock value crude immature way is funny or edgy. It's like pubescent arrogance and ignorance packed up simple for wannabe punks high on Monster drinks
Idk if south park is really anti trans. There's something to be said about their enlightened centrisim but they do try to make fun of everyone.
@audreyl2498 I don't know. The whole episode with Mr. Garrison transitioning was less making fun of the silly aspects of the trans community (every community has silly aspects after all) and more making jokes criticizing the practice altogether.
Now this episode ("Mr. Garrison's Fancy New Vagina" if you're wondering) was written over a decade ago and it seems that Matt and Trey's opinions have shifted on the Trans debate a bit judging by more recent episodes on the matter. It's not entirely "support," I feel, but more of a "just let people be" type of stance.
He doesn't disagree with her & still he's like "Tone it down girl!".
"You're making the rest of us look bad, and keep in mind 'the rest of us' includes Graham Linnehan."
Basically "You should smile more." This isn't Elon being right.
And isn't that ironic!
Nice summary of what’s she’s been doing.. after a rough start, She’s been so fortunate..and could turn that good fortune into a beautiful life and make her way around helping others across the globe. A rough start to life doesn’t justify punching down on others for the rest of your life.
" Some people are so far behind in the race they think they're leading."
J.K. Rowling had a terrible marriage, and she is not secure in her own skin.
instead of healing from that, she goes after others for her insecurity.
Pathetic.
Divorced dad syndrome
Pretty sure trans women didn't make her marriage terrible.
My sister is currently in the process of extricating herself from a terrible marriage herself. From a transgender man no less. She's still the most loyal ally have and the best sister a budding trans lesbian like me could ask for.
Are you really psychoanalyzing her? How are you qualified to do that?
@@andyiswonderfulshe's really just a trans man and hasn't figured it out yet. A sexist trans man at that.
Honestly, and I don’t take this lightly, the way JKR spends her life right now - it won’t be a loss for the world when she leaves it. Imagine having a legacy like this. Spending your entire days harrassing, sowing disgust of, propegating misinformation and persecuting one of the most abused minorities in society.
She demonstrates that wealth clearly doesn't fill an empty life.
I always believed this:
If Harry Potter was a real person, he’d support the trans community
If Rowling was in the Wizarding World, she’d be a Death Eater
Her attitude towards the Harry Potter movie-actors is that of an abusive parent saying "I took you into this world, and I can take you out of it".
You know you’ve messed up when Elon I’m-Going-To-Name-My-Kid-A-Bunch-Of-Symbols Musk is the rational one
He doesn't so much name his children as designate them
That’s the point
Does anyone know why he's so obsessed with the letter X?
@@madsterification It's his favorite sort of wife.
@@tjenadonn6158 🤣🤣🤣🤣
IN a world of trans-affirming authors like Stephen King, Rick Riordan, and KA Applegate, Rowling decided to try and outdo Orson Scott Card's homophobia.
I can't imagine being a billionaire author writing a series as big as Harry Potter, someone that at one time had legions of loyal loving fans, and now be stuck scrolling on Twitter replying to every no name, 2 follower users. I'd be out seeing the world, or going to huge conventions for the fans. I know money can't buy happiness but a billion should sure do a little better for how miserable JK seems.
Love you Mike!!! Always remember, trans rights are human rights 🧡🩷💜💙🩵💚
Daniel Radcliffe seems like the millennial Keanu Reeves, just one of the few genuine good-hearted down to earth people that just happen to be famous.
J.K. Rowling tweeted “Merry Terfmas” in December 2022. 😒
sheesh
She has the sense of humor of a 12-year-old boy.
@@madsterification Which makes the call out from the world's most famous eleven year old who never grew up all the more galling. You'd think they were made for each other.
I thought right wingers had bnd people from co-opting holiday greetings and making new ones?
Must have been one hell of a boring party too. bah humbug!
Elon went "Cool it with the transphobic remarks" and "you should smile more"
and she went "yes, of course"
it shows the truth. She is just a rat trapped in the patriarchal maze. She may claim to be a feminist, but at the end of the day she is okay with misogyny.
Rowling is one of the best examples of how getting obscene amounts of money breaks your brain. She is a billionaire living in a literal castle shaking her fists at trans people for just existing.
If someone wrote an anti-trans character like that they’d get flamed for being too cartoony
She traded in her imagination for a bitter old and hateful person. What a dirty shame.
And honestly, once you read other fantasy novels, even when sticking to kid-friendly ones, her world isn't all that imaginative, when looked at beneath the surface. It's certainly a pretty one, and an enjoyably immersive one, especially when you're a kid, but also one that doesn't hold up to scrutiny very well, even when compared to many other fantasy worlds created to entertain kids.
@@moviemaestro800they're good books but the world building isn't deeper than "what if magic was real and we had no idea"
Indeed, which is a lot of fun, especially if you're not used to reading fantasy stories, but the escapism possibilities of that world is far more its strength than the actual story or characters.
Rowling is 58. You're including "old" as a criticism now? How the standards slip when you're talking about people you don't like.
@@joshuanorman2 i don't think they are particularly good books, she just got really lucky with the escapism appeal. it's similar with anime, right now one of the most popular genres that spawned a million shitty copy paste anime is the isekai genre which is basically the exact premise of harry potter: main character gets taken from their mundane real world into a fantasy world in which they are extremely special, often a chosen one. most of these shows are mediocre or dogshit but still very popular because the power fantasy appeals to many people. her books get progressively worse because she keeps introducing new mechanics without thinking about consequences to the world building or previous or future entries and she tries to increase the maturity rating of the books to fit the main characters maturing but her world building is too basic and shitty to support that. if she kept them as silly little books for 8 year olds it would be ok, but the later books are aimed at teenagers/young adults and they are filled with plot holes and dumb shit
I want some award for this, never ever dreamed of correcting the great J. K. Rowling grammar's but women's bodies do not produce eggs, a woman is born with all her eggs already.
Musk gets awarded for nothing he is a monster and this is just about him doing PR because JK is so unhinged she is making them look bad
Well technically they are produced by the body. They don't just magically appear.
But the woman's body is produced by her mother's body. So then that women's body does create another woman's body's eggs.
@@GreyPilledLibertarian I could say they are produced with the body, in the mother's womb but then they would still be produced in a woman's body, only the mom.
Not to mention that many women are born without eggs. Not to mention that there are thousands of cis girls born every year with internal testes instead of ovaries. It’s not that uncommon at all. We have never assigned sex in humans by whether or not a person has eggs.
JK wrote an amazing book/movie series that was centered around fighting bigotry, and now she spews more vitriol than a DeathEater throwing profanities about "mudbloods." The irony is as thick as molasses in January.
Was it really? Never read the books and only saw one of the movies and was very disturbed at the classic anti-Semitic tropes applied to the "goblins"
Uh oh, I think Elon Musk is turning woke.
More likely one prejudice fighting with another.
Starting to wonder if she's got some internalized feelings about her own gender that she's struggling with. There's no other reason to be this obsessed with a community she has nothing to do with.
Not necessarily, although the fact that she always chooses male pen names is a bit suspicious.
Not to mention that she said she felt like a boy in her childhood and kinda assumed all girls feel that way
Contrapoints actually read one of her "essays" for a video, and it definitely reads like gendered self-loathing being projected onto the trans community.
Her father called her Simon John and said that out of her and her sister she was the boy. She was the one dressed in blue for this reason.
This is personal for her, as she has explained multiple times already, but people refuse to listen.
She's not just someone who decided to shit on random people for no reason. The idea of "kids changing genders due to social pressure" is in a way part of her life story.
She's projecting hard.
Hot take: J.K.R went too far because she doesn't see us as human, rather, she sees us as human shields where she can deflect from her experiences - which I don't deny - are completely valid - however attacking such a small % of the population every day, is demeaning, and completely unnecessary. Especially if Musk said so too.
J.K.R also doesn't realise that her constantly doubling down on the anti-trans takes, eventually goes to the point of cis women too. But alas, JKR won't ever realise the reality of this, and therefor the dilemma never ends.
even hotter take, JK is an egg.
@@_4200hI personally don't see JKR that way, although who knows if [they/he] finally realises just tweeting about trans people every day is a bit much and is actually like "wait a second, maybe I'm not actually who I think I am"
JKR is just mad that her initials don't line up properly, +1,0,-7
@@logansmall5148 😂😂
@@alice1374 I genuinely hope for their sake and the rest of the world's that they have this moment of enlightenment
Her fall from grace is incredible. 10 years ago I looked at her as a good example that if you are smart and passionate enough you can go from rags to riches and remain beloved. Now? Whoo boy...
Trans rights are women's rights. Trans rights are human rights.
I guarantee you she found out her ex was into trans women, and now she’s Thelma and Louise over the cliff.
Yea. I choose to not believe her assault story. Every other thing she does is so dishonest I have to assume it also is a fabrication.
When you mentioned the two republicans that changed their mind on a trans care ban, I immediately thought "probably because they were affected personally, or someone they know would be in the crossfire OBVIOUSLY"... but no. Holy shit, I think this is the first time I've ever seen republicans change their views NOT because of personal interests. There's obviously gonna be other shit we still disagree with them on, but good on them for growing just a little bit.
It reminds of of Charles Manson thinking Scientology was too nuts for him. In reality a guy like Charles Manson isn't going to be interested in any cult he can't be the leader of, so obviously he's going to react poorly to a different cult, but it still is a fun comparison. It's also funny to think of Elon Musk as the Charles Manson of that comparison.
One thing that came across to me as pretty disappointing, when I finally got around to reading the Larry Pottsman books, was that Sharry never actually focused on learning skills. He was incompetent, but never had that big "turn around" moment when he really buckles down and goes through a training montage getting better and better, outside of a tiny handful of spells. He spent a whole school year literally cheating his way through a class, for example. I didn't want to read a book about a kid pretending to become a magic man, I wanted to see him ACTUALLY become a legendary wizard. Instead, when the time came for him to just ditch school and take up his mission... he spent most of the time running away from danger and camping out in the frickin' woods because he wasn't really capable of doing it on his own, and he really only had himself to blame.
The book series wasn't about Potter "growing", it was about him just falling backwards into success because he was always "special" the whole time and why wouldn't everyone around him just accept that? It's fitting I think that J.K. Rowling has a similar attitude about herself. Write what you know, and all that.
Pottermania is the thing that forever soured me on "The Chosen One" type plots. When their victory is assured from before their birth what is even the point?
@@tjenadonn6158 I'm okay with "chosen one" stories, but they've got to be executed in a compelling way. For me, Potty Harrer spent every waking moment moping that not literally everyone liked him and was basically handed most of his victories on a platter by everyone around him. I don't mind starting off the journey that way, but I'd prefer if he still had to work towards a goal. Heck, he's got all these friends and allies to rely on to help him but... he pushed them away for one whole annoying book.
On the flip side, we have something like Zelda. Link's a chosen one, Zelda's a chosen one, but what's made clear is just what a burden that is, and victory isn't assured it has to be worked towards. Link also has to have a lot of help, but his attitude of doing whatever he can to help people makes it clear he'd probably be doing that even if he wasn't chosen by the gods.
Frodo is a reluctant hero, a chosen one by circumstance, Gandalf, and the god of that world, but even though he's reluctant, he's doing his best and working to improve himself as best he can over the story. Heck, he also gets (literally) carried by his friend, and he even fails and falls to temptation right at the end, but his good nature paid off even if by luck.
There's still ways to make chosen one stories interesting... but Harry was a complete brat about it. In the hands of any other story teller, Harry would have been called what he was, a bully, and Neville frankly was far more of a hero than Harry was in most of that journey. What was Harry's actual motive the whole story? Not getting killed. A rather selfish motive for a hero. Don't get me wrong, that's enough of a motive to tell a story, just not a hero's story.
The crazy thing for me here is that when the first Harry Potter book came out it got enormous criticism from right wing people and fundamentalist churches for promoting wizards and magic and having all sorts of bad influences on children. It was a return to the satanic panic of the 70s when Dungeons and Dragons appeared, and KISS and ... and ... and....
I was intrigued enough to buy the book and was impressed on how good a story teller she was. But it was definitely a kids' book. As the series progressed the books became darker and more adult but even with their increasingly dark themes the outcry lessened. So now the books and the movies are done she's decided to join the right and the religious fundamentalists in their pursuit of a new target. The hunted has become the hunter.
I hope she's okay with future generations talking about her the way we talk about H.P. Lovecraft now.
@@shesmashgrr and a horrible racist human being. he himself is not remembered kindly, only his work and she doesn't even have that to count on since he actually solidified an entire genre whereas her shit is derivative garbage that just came out at the right time and lucked out.
These are side things she'll be remembered for her books and writings same as hp in the end
@lengwei4864 not really. Lovecraft was super racist but he lived in a time in which people couldn't easily express their opinions on a large scale, Rowling's bigotry will forever be attached to her as a person because of the Internet and just how often and how obsessively she brings it up. That's not even bringing up the fact that HP isn't particularly very good and it's very derivative unlike lovecraft's work which was quite revolutionary. HP relies extensively on nostalgia to be successful, just look at the spin-offs and how barely anyone talks about them and how little impact they've had on culture.
@666FallenShadow no sorry hp lovecraft is seem as a novelist first it's fact,the side stuff comes later if people are even aware of that,same with JK,trans women aren't women but they are trans women that's fact they can change laws and make it punishable it still stands the word trans is out in front,I love women and in this world there treated 2nd class now we got men turning into women now it's only entertainment but women don't even get thier sports anymore we can't even give them that,respect all gay trans black straight but doesn't mean we have to hide truths
@@lengwei4864 but trans women are women, we've established this in most of the developed world decades ago. What makes cis women second class citizens exactly, inclusion? if that's the case, white women were already second class citizens because we stopped segregation of women of colour
I am convinced that somewhere out there, is a transperson who broke Rowling's heart
Or you follow the most rtarded concept humanity has ever conceived
How can you break a heart who was never there to begin with ?
If it wasn't for Daniel Radcliffe and Emma Watson Rowling may not be as rich as she is now.
0:46 You know you've lost the battle when Elon Musk is the voice of reason.
I also like the take that Musk basically did the, "you should smile more" thing which demeans women.
But jk isn't a feminist. She just hates transwomen more than she hates herself
Sick of hearing people complain about the trans community
Yes, JKR is obsessed with "being proven right" ... Another example is this story from Stephen Fry about her petty response to a phrase he had difficulty pronouncing:
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A self-reflecting writer would realize: "Hey, if somebody like this fellow stumbles trying to pronounce this, imagine a young person with a speech impediment reading aloud to his classmates." But nooo ...
Glad i can afford housing by living rent free in jojo's head x
About time we had some public pushback from people who are on her side.
The transohobic rhetoric is disgusting and people need to be aware that it all comes from a place of hate, not "concern".
Guns Akimbo was way better than any Harry Potter movie. 😂
I vote we give her wealth to trans people
Wow. JK is still wildly mentally ill per her endless tweets regarding people's private lives...
Wait… you people claim
Men can get pregnant and are surprised when there is a reaction???
@@jimbob498 men can get pregnant no matter your definition of man, that just common sense, my old buddy
@@quantumAnarchistok crazy person… 🤦♂️
@@jimbob498what is a man? and does it exclude genetic men missing the SRY protein who have gotten pregnant?
@@jimbob498 you know there are people who are XY with fully functional female reproductive organs, right? did they not tell you that in third grade biology?
I try not to be cruel, but maybe we should start using male pronouns or worse, "it" for JK. Maybe it will give her a tiny taste of how it feels. My boyfriend is a transman and he has had a doctor refer to him as "it". He is still pained by the dehumanization of him as a person.
Call her a mud blood.
She might like it, though. She does use male pseudonyms.
That's a horrible doctor. I feel bad for you and your boyfriend.
Wow. That is messed up. Sorry to hear about that. It's so sick how trans people are dehumanised with such ease.
What a disgrace. I'm sorry that your boyfriend had to encounter that bigot
Her being a total bigot isn't exactly surprising. I never read the books, but I do remember going to see one of the Harry Potter movies with a friend and her kids... Needless to say I was quite shocked at the blatant antisemitic content masquerading as goblin or whatever and refused to see any more of them. Sorry if I want to see blatantly hateful representations of minority groups I'll watch Borat where I at least know the creator is clowning on bigots and not supporting them.
Not sure that's true with Cohen but yes the Goblins of the films do have a racist feel but the description of the books, doesn't exclude it or include it, to my mind. So I don't know how much of that you put at her door or the film makers.
So Rowling end up being an old grumpy woman that is obsessed with hate that not even her wealth can make her happy. 🤔
When somebody tells you who they are believe them.
or SHOWS you who they are, as Musk has time and time again... this is all just brand-management not any kind of moral stand ffs
@@prismpyre7653 Yeah. I mean, he openly says he agrees with her, he just want her to post "prettier" content. Going to be interesting to see if she ends up targeting his kid now though.
It's all she talks about. Endlessly.
Elon agrees with her. He just wants her to diversify her bigotry.
you forgot to mention her holocaust denial. the jewish newspapar "the forward" wrote about it.
When I hear people complain about trans people I always say “why do you care ,who cares leave them alone! We’ve got real problems going on in the world.
appreciate the sentiment but that isn't always sufficient; a liberal 'live and let live' argument is not persuasive to a lot of people; to be a good ally you have to have at least a little grounding in the science and history of Trans and Intersex existence so that you can get people to understand it is a natural part of the human/primate/mammalian condition, not some new 'social phenomenon' or 'invention'; reactionaries and conservatives don't always care about science but they do care about history and the historicity of things so that's really important that's why JK got so mad about that one Roman emperor finally being acknowledged as as a trans girl despite it being literally as obvious as it could possibly be to the point of her seeking out surgeons from Indian to consult with....
I've used this one a few times because they're not going to change their minds so why not just make it weird.
So basically "why are you so obsessed with a persons genitals, especially a childs genitals?" Cause lets be real, they always rewind back to think of the children crap. And I'll just keep pushing it and making it weird.
@@prismpyre7653 unfortunately, talking about history with people who would gladly side with the n*zis and the kl*n if it were even mildly acceptable is not gonna do much either
Reminds me of the interaction Linehan had with his producer that cause the producer to pull the plug on his live show.
Just had had enough of the obsessive ravings.
@@prismpyre7653 we all know which side of history the transphobes would be on
I don't get these obsessive transphobes. Trans people are a tiny proportion of the population, and it's quite possible many people, especially in rural/small towns, might go through their entire life without ever encountering a single trans person. Yet those same people are often the most unhinged shouty and obsessive transphobes, and paint the mere existence of a tiny number of trans people as some sort of civilization-ending crisis. It just seems really weird to be so angry and all-consumed about something that most likely doesn't, and never will, really affect you in any way.
Something something broken clock. Seriously, she’s a billionaire and the author of one of the most influential and popular series of the late 90’s and early 2000s, but this is what she spends her time worrying about. Why is this the hill she wants to die on?
Narcissism is a hell of a disease.
Do you not know her backstory? Watch the first 5 minutes of JK Rowling: A year in the life from 2007 and you will see why.
@@mugglesarecooltoo I know about her backstory, a lot of people have survived, assault. I did. It didn’t make me into a transphobic bigot.
@@bethanyoneal5789 You clearly did not look up the source I referenced. It's on UA-cam.
@@mugglesarecooltoo still not a reason to be a bigoted tw@t
like ik, trauma and stuff from childhood sucks, but becoming literally the same kind of person her parents were is not the solution - she became an abuser herself
Her only claim to relevancy is bigotry. Her supporters live similar lifestyles/have similar personalities.
I don't understand the obsession with single-sex spaces. Same-sex abuse happens too, keeping trans people out of the bathrooms won't stop abuse. Wouldn't it be better to design the spaces to make abuse less likely, like getting rid of the gaps in stall walls, or including more single-occupant restrooms?
If you don’t understand it, then maybe you need to either educate yourself on it or just understand that you may not ever understand.
@@HabitualJoker Then I suppose you can explain it?
So folks, instead of being a fan of HP still and supporting a well known transphobe, instead you should read the Discworld series by a known ally.
its possible to separate the art from the artist, you know. I still have fun with the old HP games, as a non-binary person who dislikes rowling and transphobia. It would be pretty hard to forget about it, since I grew up with this story.
In the land of the blind, the failed CEO is king.
I got chills listening to the speech from the Kansas congresswoman at the end; I never thought I'd hear that sort of thing from Kansas of all places, but it's nice to see a sliver of hope. Thank you for including that, I needed it today
When elon thinks you gone to far then you really gone to far
Who would have guessed that she who shall not be named was the real villain of the Harry Potter saga.
The child of Voldemort and Umbitch turned out to be the author ironically.
Anyone who was paying attention in 2020.
I don't like her but I'm starting to worry about her tbh. She just doesn't sound mentally well.
I try not to worry about her but I am wondering if her mental health has been in decline
Gee I wonder how the trans ppl she's further marginalizing feel, given there is already an attempted suicide rate of 42% in the trans community.
Jo needs to deal with her trauma like a fucking adult instead of commiting stochastic terrorism against one of society's most vulnerable groups.
Why worry about some rich crow who is actively making the world worse for LGBTQ+ people?
Maybe. I think a lot of people become bitter and resentful as they get older. She seems insecure in her womanhood.
Most transphobes don't seem mentally well.
I also love how she uses her past abuse to help her case, while her new friends like Matt Walsh would have prevented her from divorcing her abuser if they had their say.
I genuinely want to know what happened to her and Chappelle.
Fame and money that inflated the ego
chappelle is just a comic who thinks repeating the same trans jokes people have been making for over 40 years is still funny and is upset when people don't laugh
wealth literally erodes your empathy and it makes sense, you no longer relate to the struggles of every day people
$$$
That is unironically the funniest thing Elon has ever tweeted, and he wasn't even trying o be funny.
Bro hit her with the "Hey JK. Love your work. You know this isn't Mumsnet, right? You're allowed to post about other stuff."
JK Rowling being actually Umbridge is a better plot twist than anything she ever wrote
My man radcliff is just fucking tired of getting the same questions and opinions about the one that should not be named
Okay, so do we make fun of Rowling for being so transphobic that even other transphobes think it's a bit much, or do we make fun of Musk for "going woke"?
Let's do both.
Elon gets no credit imo.
Live and let live is the golden rule. The trans people i know are just making their way
Elon Musk is that broken clock everyone talks about, but he's also on military time and is also a digital clock that's slowly going out. So right ONCE in a while.
So glad my mom sold all of our first print HP books to donate to a trans charity
It's crazy like in her books, she criticized the kind of despicable adults that she had become now...
Aww I ship them. Hoping for a honeymoon on the sun.
Or perhaps the viewing of Titanic wreckage?
Oh, that hadn't occurred to me. I've been shipping Chaya Raichek and Graham Linehan, though.
@@electronics-girl Graham Linehan's OF history suggests that Chaya isnt his type lol
Let me ask a simple question. What is her PROBLEM?! Why is she so obsessed?
Like Matt Binder said : she's boring, bored, and lonely, so hate is what she fills her empty life with.
Growing up being bullied at home and at school is not an uncommon experience, unfortunately. I feel for people who grew up the way I did, but I also know we have a choice. While trauma and poverty can understandably be show stoppers, in school, work, and life skills, there is one thing we can control, & it’s how we treat others. We can take the part of the bully, and “win” by manipulation & intimidation. We may avoid being hurt, but it gets lonely when nobody trusts you not to hurt them. Or we can keep our hearts ready to empathize and show kindness, even if it means being vulnerable. The true courage is the courage to be open and kind, in a hostile world.
Growing up I loved harry potter. Now as an adult I am Non-binary and agender. I think this is a very common story. For as much backwards, pro-slavery, pro-establishment messaging there was in Harry Potter, it sure did seem to inspire a lot of LGBTQ awakenings on accident. It's not like Harry Potter ever had a conservative fanbase, mainly because of the history of conservatives thinking the book was satanic.
I'll keep it in my headcanon that wizards can instantly change sex with a simple spell. In 50 years I want the Harry Potter universe to be a woke dream. Just stomp all over her original intentions. I want a whole movie where they finally free the elves and the wizards have to pay reparations.
Yeah, I mean she literally wrote a book about a boy coming out the closet... under the stairs.
A boy who got out the closet and discovered that his true identity is not what people said he was his whole life.
Kids were reading these books and they understood the meaning of this. Yet she now claims to hate those people who found and discovered themselves through reading her book series.
She is honestly so disgusting to me, she makes me feel sick.
I believe that Rowling at least began writing her stories thinking of herself as trans. She wanted to be Harry. After coming to the realization that she was not trans, but in fact resented being a woman because of systemic misogyny, she decided among herself that all trans men were experiencing the same thing, and concluded that naturally trans women must just be men doing men things.
She blames men for trans people of all types, and has decided to take it out on them.
This is a very interesting take
I'm obsessed with trans people.
But that's because I'm trans JK has no excuses.
Bro this is like if the ghost of H!tler visited Nick Fuentes and was like "dude can you chill out a bit?"
If Elon is telling you to stop, you need to re-evaluate your life.
I can only hope she gets arrested in Scotland.
@@shesmashgrryour fear is palpable and hilarious.
@@shesmashgrr your sheer blind hatred says otherwise, coward. 🤣
Harry Potter still fighting evil in 2024!!
When Musk of all peeps is telling you to Touch Grass, you know you are a lost cause
I wish I could tell Rowling directly that I've been in every women's only space since 1986 - the year I transitioned, and really tell her... she has nothing to fear.
I also know many trans women who, like me, are professionals in their fields and use the same facilities as I, for years with no one noticing (yes, we know we're lucky).
However, Rowling's obsession with transgender folk is a result of her irrational fear(s), and it's just sad. Sad for her. Sad for her fans.
Spoiler:
Musk does not think.
There's a reason she never said what house she identified as bc she is the voldemort of hating on Trans ppl, ahh the author who shall not be named
When you are unkind to others, you only hurt yourself.
Let's be honest, the books wouldn't have the popularity they have without the movies and without the sacrifice the actors and actresses gave up as young children. If they owe her, she owes them just as much.