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.
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.
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.
And here you are giving her clout. I want even interest in her stuff until now. I had to check up on my people hate her. I’m not cronicly online.
Rent-a-Auror
Don’t you give Rowling clout by making Harry Potter memes as well? Even more so than pirating media in silence.
Making fun of a stranger’s appearance by taking a photo of them without their consent is fucking shitty.
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.
Making fun of a strangers appearance while lecturing people on ethics. Ironic.
Neither you or the people upvoting your comment know what irony means.
Thankfully we have you to explain it to us and provide a more fitting term.
Thank you Lemmy for introducing me to:
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.
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.
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.
Harry Potter and the Burnt Out Wage Slave
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
Is he working at Wandsworth prison?
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?
That game does suck. And I’m pretty sure it uses AI generated content, too.
Plus as far as I’ve read, it’s like 80% tutorial and there’s hardly any explicit goblin sex scenes!
