There is no ethical consumption of her media. People may argue that you could pirate. Yes, you won't be contributing directly to her funds, but you're still giving her the clout.
Making fun of a stranger's appearance by taking a photo of them without their consent is fucking shitty.
Making fun of a strangers appearance while lecturing people on ethics. Ironic.
Neither you or the people upvoting your comment know what irony means.
Edit: I misinterpreted the comment I was responding to. They were referring to OP talking about the ethics of reading Harry Potter while bullying a stranger. That is absolutely ironic.
Thankfully we have you to explain it to us and provide a more fitting term.
I think he meant the Post and not your comment.
Ohhh you're absolutely correct. My bad.
Hmm. If your intention is not to mock someone - not trying to hurt their feelings, I don't see a problem with that.
Humour is a challenging skill. There's always someone who gets offended, even with the smallest hint that may or many not be there.
Yes but this doesn't mean make taking stealth pictures of strangers and posting them on the Internet cool. Maybe the person being taken a picture of just doesnt like being taken pictures of. I feel like the userbase of lemmy should understand this.
Exactly. That's how you get
Thank you Lemmy for introducing me to:
This make me grin!
Is this for real? Real-real?
Gotta take a look at it if I cross paths with this book some day!
I own the first one, just beware Tingle in general writes weird stuff...bellatrix is a motorbike for example...but its fun
Haha!
Its part of a series!
I haven't read them tbh but some comments suggested they have at least some literary value & are quite readable - if a bit racey.
Edit: the image is a link.
Don't you give Rowling clout by making Harry Potter memes as well? Even more so than pirating media in silence.
I'll go back to liking them when she's dead and can't do more harm.
Where's an Etsy witch when you need one?
Selling their services on Etsy... Cmon Lemmy, we could crowd source this
This got me thinking: How is this any different from the ending of the books?
Harry becomes a magic-cop and goes on to uphold the draconian institutions that enforce goblin slavery and Muggle oppression/classism.
Harry Potter and the Burnt Out Wage Slave
What if I pirate that game that was artificially propped up by transphobe supporters of her and don't tell anyone? That wouldn't give her any clout
Even better: what if I pirate it, hate it, and tell everyone how much it sucks? Surely, that would count as negative clout?
Is he working at Wandsworth prison?
In 'The Left hand of Darkness' there is a part about the road to Rome. If you are on the road to Rome and walk away from Rome you are still on the road to Rome. Rather then the Potter books more people should read the left hand of Darkness.
I agree, but that's kinda like saying that too many people read Doctor Seuss and that they should read Ulysses instead. Le Guin is far superior to Rowling, not just in ethics, but in literary ability, and thus also difficulty. But I do think everyone should read everything she's written. In particular The Dispossessed, given that this is lemmy.
She's also written some banging children's books.
There's the whole earthsea saga that is probably easier to read than Harry Potter.
Or how about a different YA series, not written by an avowed transphobe? People should be supporting the Animorphs show is what I'm saying.
She's basically Hitler to you guys. Which is fine, and i get why you hate her. But to me, the part I struggle with is why you all loved her stuff in the first place.
The point is not interacting with her media, so that she does not generate more money, which she uses to make trans lives worse.
What do you mean by "her media"? If you mean HP stuff, then just torrent it or whatever. Plenty of ways to circumvent her getting royalties.
If someone desperately needs to have branded HP merch, despite the key person behind it all being anathema to their values, then maybe they should pause for thought.
Torrenting her work keeps it in the zeitgeist, and implicitly encourages others to purchase her media. If we truly want to stop J.K. Rowling from amassing any more wealth, we have to stop consuming her media.
Edit: I'm not sure why the one downvoter downvoted, but if it's because you think it's too hard to just stop consuming Harry Potter media and products, I promise you, it's not
She's a billionaire. I doubt she even cares, but who knows. I think there's more a psychological thing at play here. It's clear a lot of people loved her work and feel hurt and betrayed that she became who she is. If she was just some other billionaire that was vocally anti-trans it wouldn't be so painful. As a 'cis male' who was never into her books I can't really relate, but there' a clearly a large community of former fans who it has affected.
10 years olds don't generally have good media literacy, and for many it was their first experience of Modern Fantasy
Plain and simple
I read her books when I was 10 and not even fluent in English yet, so the racist names did not translate, for instance.
😠Why is this titled like a cringetok ðŸ˜ðŸ˜
I will pirate it, I will watch it and I will probably discuss it with others who have watched it. And simultaneously problematise her views on trans people. 🤷
There is no ethical consumption of her media. People may argue that you could pirate. Yes, you won’t be contributing directly to her funds, but you’re still giving her the clout.
Thank you. Yes. Precisely.
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