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