HP and why I want nothing to do with it
In short
- J.K. Rowling uses her wealth to fund anti-trans campaigns in the UK
- by doing so, she also propagates anti-trans views beyond her sphere of financial influence
- she made all her money via Harry Potter, and more importantly, she continues to profit from its popularity, by way of royalties
- money that goes into HP merch, watching new and old adaptions, visiting officially licensed themed places etc. goes directly into legal campains that harm the well-being of trans people
- any discussion of HP - even this antifesto - promotes it, and furthers its relevance, which again turns into profit, which turns into harm to trans people
- thus Harry Potter and its creator should sink into irrelevance
- I have lost interest in the fandom and do not want to be bothered with it. I will keep my old fic up because that's where I started writing. However, I will not engage with it.
Rowling's descent into bigotry
leaving the fandom
mourning what I lost
what remains