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JK Rowling condemns Lilly Wachowski's claim she's 'funding trans genocide' (www.thepinknews.com)
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The Sense8 creator said: “JK Rowling funds trans genocide, full stop. So, if you support Harry Potter, you’re supporting trans genocide.

“The money that goes into you enjoying these products, a portion of that money goes to JK Rowling and that money goes into her funding anti-trans legislation all over the world.”

Wachowski suggested that trans allies should boycott work that benefitted Rowling financially, including HBO’s upcoming TV adaptation of the Harry Potter series.

“In the same way that if you are against Elon Musk, you boycott or don’t buy Tesla; and if you’re against global warming/climate change, you try not to buy as much gas, you try to mitigate your use of these products,” she said.

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[–] 2 points 3 weeks ago (9 children)

Genuine question, what about buying second hand? She doesn't get any new money, so if you wanted to read the books/watch the movies because you support the actors, that would be fine, no?

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  • [–] 17 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

    Stop supporting anything she does. Another commenter said "it's very easy to not fund genocide". Don't support people like her, even second-hand. You're still benefiting her by keeping her creations relevant.

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  • [–] 6 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

    I am paraphrasing but I have seen some people argue that by consuming media created by JKR, you could be creating new fans.

    I think that if you want to consume any media related to JKR, you are morally obligated to pirate it so that not a single cent goes to her.

    If, for example, you like your pirated Hogwarts Legacy game and want to support the studio, they have other games you can buy as proxy. You can even check if they have direct donations and pay them the full game price. Same thing goes for the movies, buy a different movie from the same director or actor so that some of the sale profit goes to them sidestepping the digital ownership of Rowling.

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  • [–] 11 points 3 weeks ago (1 child)

    I won't even condone pirating it. There's so much more media out there that you could spend your time and money on. Things that weren't created by someone who hates a whole group of people just for being themselves.

    To be clear, I'm a cis white male. I have trans friends but that's as close as I get to the trans community. It just doesn't sit right with me to read or watch anything related to Harry Potter ever since she started being so vocal about her hate. That kind of person is exactly the kind of person we don't want to support. Go watch anything else. Go read anything other than HP. There's so much more.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 weeks ago

    For me the golden rule here is "how do my actions affect trans kids?" (And adults too for that matter).

    For most people, playing a HP video game will make HP content more recent in their brains and come up more in their thoughts and conversations.

    For a lot of people, knowing what the author supports makes HP less fun... just like Ender's Game before it, and countless other properties.

    It makes sense that a loss of a cherished story from childhood is felt as a loss, and the books and related media were important to a lot of us growing up. There might be some contexts where talking about HP doesn't increase the demand for it, or enrich JKR, like if you're criticizing it or talking about how you don't like it any more, etc.

    If someone theoretically never knew anything about JKR and never told anybody about HP, then theoretically them enjoying the stories would have no effect on anything. If someone is in that boat, awesome. Keep living your best life, theoretical HP-enjoyer who doesn't discuss it!

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  • [–] 1 point 3 weeks ago (3 children)

    So you wanna support people that support her? Second hand still doesn't support them.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 weeks ago (2 children)

    Here is my line of thinking. Say someone bought the books 20 years ago and donated them to a second hand book store, and you picked them up there, you aren't supporting the person who bought the books originally, you aren't supporting joanne either.

    I know a lot of people are polarized on the separate the art from the artist line of thought. Some people say you can, others say you can't.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 child)

    No I was just mostly saying that buying second hand doesn't in any way address your point of wanting to support the actors and not the creator. Second hand is fine, though again Harry Potter is pretty poorly written if you read much at all.

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