Targeting / HarassmentJKR released The Ickabog in print today and the Goodreads reviews are a wild place.

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[–]OPPRESSED_REPTILIANIntersex male | GNC | Don't call me "a gay", "twink" or "queen" 16 insightful - 1 fun16 insightful - 0 fun17 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Don't want to sound like a radfem here but: I am about 85% certain that JKR is only being harassed and targeted consistently because she is female. I don't think people would be so quick to attack a man saying the exact same things.

Maybe part of it is because a lot of #woke types are Harry Potter fans and they feel "betrayed" too, but I don't know.

Also, those reviews from parents claiming they stopped reading the book with their children because JK is "transphobic" really depress me. I can't imagine living in a household like that, where your guardians control the media you consume based on belief, and ban you from certain "unclean" things even if they're actually child appropriate and- oh wait. Yes I can... I was raised Catholic by emotional abusers. Huh, that's weird, it's almost like... gender ideology and religion take the same form. Who would have thought?

Banning JK's books from your kids because she's "transphobic" is no different from not letting your kids play Pokemon because it's considered "satanic".

[–]turtleduck23 15 insightful - 1 fun15 insightful - 0 fun16 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

there were a couple of male celebs who stood up for her and they didn't receive the same hate as her (mostly calling them transphobic pricks). when she was posting about her new children's book a couple of months ago and asking for parents to submit their kids drawing, there were comments of rape threats and threats of assault. I mean, people wrote that she deserved to be raped and hope she get's her teeth stomped out underneath a child's drawing. I also think like you that they believe JK "betrayed" them because she doesn't think exactly like they do. Two years ago JK rowling was seen as "woke" and now I have seen many commentators calling her a "right wing conservative"

[–]OPPRESSED_REPTILIANIntersex male | GNC | Don't call me "a gay", "twink" or "queen" 11 insightful - 1 fun11 insightful - 0 fun12 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Closest male example I can think of is Graham Linehan. There were initial accusations of him being "transphobic" and people whining because they liked the shows he had made, but there were no mass boycotts and it died down pretty quick. I know Harry Potter is way larger, more popular than many things even, but I still think that being female is a big part of why they're targeting her specifically.

It's disgusting the lengths they go to, and I wish the law would include protections for this kind of aggressive cyberbullying, instead of trying to make "transphobia" and "homophobia" a fucking "hate crime" if you so much as say "I disagree."