#IStillStandWithRowling

I must go now and abandon this cursed land for greener pastures. My final message to you is : read Roland Barthes.

[joannerowlingwashere]

Non exhaustive FAQ

If i ever don't answer your ask maybe the answer's there.

Edit! : If you sent me hate mail and are eagerly waiting for the answer, please, just wait a bit longer. I will come back to you shortly i promise, even if i take several days! Honest.

Favourite HP book : i basically love them all but tend to put OotP/DH as S tier, then PoA/GoF, and PS/CoS/HBP as least favourites.

Favourite Strike book : it's a toss between Troubled Blood and Ink Black Heart, with a dash of Silk Worm

What do you think of [frequent point raised by anti-JKR people] : Check one of those tags : #house elves discourse ; #houses discourse ; #goblins discourse ; or character tags for #Cho Chang, #Kingsley Shacklebolt, etc. If it's not any of those, send me an ask.

Do you write meta ? : Kind of, rather i tag some replies to asks i get as #hp meta, so you can check that

Did you read JKR's other books ? : Casual Vacancy, Ickabog : YES and i'd love to talk about these more! Christmas Pig: not yet, planning on it though

Favourite HP characters : the trio (all equally) ; Dumbledore

Most hated HP characters : Umbridge ; Rita Skeeter ; Draco, sort of, but it's more of a recurring blog joke than actual hatred

Favourite Strike characters : Robin, llsa, Shanker (dont ask for most hated, it's obviously Matthew, everyone hates Matthew)

What's your House ? : I don't care much about Houses, but either Hufflepuff or Gryffindor depending on tests

Does Slytherin suck ? : Hell yeah!!

Do you play Hogwarts: Legacy ? : Not yet, don't have a way to play it, but it looks good

Do you own HP merch ? : Some, most of it are gifts, i'm not a collector. Except for the Mina Lima illustrated reeditions.

Do you write fanfiction / have fanfic recs ? : Nope, and nope, sorry, mostly i can't focus on Harry Potter stuff that's not been written by JK Rowling. Check my #fanart tag though (not from me, but hp artists)

Have you seen / read Cursed Child and what do you think of it ? : I've not read or seen it, i've read about it though. I'd like to see it someday. I've heard it did some good things, i'm skeptical about some plot elements i've heard of. That's about it.

Why didn't you answer my ask ? :( : Sorry about that. I receive a lot of them, some get lost and some i just don't have time to answer and i have to prioritise those questions that fall outside of this FAQ. I still like reading them though. I tag all my previously answered asks #replies, all hp related posts #hp, cormoran strike #cs, books by their acronyms (for example Order of the Phoenix : OotP), etc.

I noticed you reblogged from xyz and i think you should know they're [insert political affiliation] : Thanks but i can tell the "wrong sort" for myself. If you have genuine concerns and receipts, feel free to reach me privately with your actual username on display.

And what about that hate mail?? I'm still waiting!! : Oh yes! i deleted that. Yeah, didn't read it either, just one or two keywords to see it's not worth my time, then i scrolled down and pushed the delete button. Please feel free to send it again, i love pushing that button. ;)

[our-queer-experience]

some asshole sent me this french article proving that khelif was a man…. all the article does is provide anecdotes and say they basically snooped in her medical files and found out she was intersex? what they say is “Alpha 5 reduced type 2, a genetic abnormality that leads to a metabolic dysfunction in testosterone and dehydroandrosteron” which like. again does not make her a man. if true, and a big if, it makes her intersex. she sees herself as a woman, she was raised entirely as a woman, and struggled a lot as a young girl trying to get into sports.

i dont know anything about this publication, i translated it because i dont speak italian, but she also linked me a telegraph article so like. yk.

[joannerowlingwashere]

Ah, so you DID read the stuff i sent you! Awesome. You were just too anxious to reply directly i take it. Nevermind, i'm nothing if not persistent.

Since you're apparently unfamiliar with search engines, i found a reliable source that explains exactly what "Alpha 5 reduced type 2, a genetic abnormality that leads to a metabolic dysfunction in testosterone and dehydroandrosteron” means for you.

Steroid 5-alpha-reductase 2 deficiency is a rare disorder leading to male pseudohermaphroditism, a condition characterized by incomplete differentiation of male genitalia in 46,XY patients. These males are born with ambiguous external genitalia due to a deficiency in their ability to catalyze the conversion of testosterone to dihydrotestosterone (DHT). DHT is a potent androgen responsible for differentiation of the urogenital sinus and genital tubercle into the external genitalia, urethra and prostate. Affected males are born with a clitoral-like phallus, bifid scrotum, hypospadias, blind shallow vaginal pouch from incomplete closure of the urogenital sinus and a rudimentary prostate. At puberty, the surge in mainly testosterone production prompts virilization, causing most to choose gender reassignment to male.

(The source is: the National Library of Medicine. Its aims are rather self-explanatory and non-partisan. Sorry, i had to frankenstein two articles together so you'd get a clear enough summary.)

In short, this means that Khelif was born with genetalia which looked female to her doctor. She was assigned female at birth. But she's still male, unfortunately for her and all of us.

if true, and a big if, it makes her intersex. she sees herself as a woman, she was raised entirely as a woman, and struggled a lot as a young girl trying to get into sports.

Being intersex doesn't mean being "between sexes" or "a third sex". You're still male or female, you just have, well, a medical condition which often comes with androgyne looks, and an array of fertility and/or hormonal issues. As explained in the source, the specificity of the type of DSD Khelif appears to suffer from, means that she developped near the same levels of testosterone as a typical man at puberty.

I'm sure Imane Khelif struggled a lot trying to get into sports, and i sympathise with her figuring out as she grew older that there was probably something "not quite right" about her hormonal levels amongst other things. I can see why it'd be easier to describe oneself as a woman who just happens to be very strong, rather than a man of average strength with an awkwardly shaped penis. However, the price for her comfort comes at the cost of many other women's, starting with Algerian women, who also struggle (A LOT) to get into sport, especially at professional levels. Why should they not get to fight in the Olympics and win medals?

I've never had a proper and fair answer to that question and i'm afraid until that happens i can't ever change my mind about this entire business. Ball's in your court.

[joannerowlingwashere]

Hey OP, i can't help but notice that you've never replied to this post, although all this information has since been confirmed again in multiple publications, including in an interview with Khelif her/himself.

Imane Khelif Finally Admits To Having XY Chromosomes After 18 Months Of Gaslighting

The Algerian boxer now confirms possessing a Y chromosome but claims to be open to World Boxing’s mandatory eligibility test.

Whats says you?

[where-they-are-just-and-loyal]

It's kind of remarkable to me how people will condemn Marietta's loyalty to her family while simultaneously condemning Percy for the exact opposite. There's no consistency here in the narrative judgment of wrongdoing, except that it involves prioritizing anything over Harry and his goals.

[joannerowling]

Well it's not very complicated. Percy and Marietta are wrong because they take the wrong side in the Harry vs Ministry conflict, despite having enough information to make better choices (they know he is right, that Voldemort is really back and Fudge's cowardice puts everyone in danger). Loyalty to one's family has nothing to do with it, i'm not sure why you're trying to derive a "consistent judgement of wrongdoing" based on a criteria that has never existed.

It's strongly implied Marietta just went along with the DA because Cho insisted. Still, she didn't have to give the whole list of members to Umbridge, knowing full well what they were risking and why. Cho's excuse for her is that her mother works at the Ministry, but as Harry points out, so does Ron's father. And Marietta didn't hesitate to betray her, despite Cho's motivation to join being tied to the trauma of losing Cedric. She's a terrible friend at the very least.

As for Percy, he betrays not only his family but everything they stand for. The letter he sends to Ron advising him not to get involved with Harry is disgusting (shows how little he pays attention to Ron and his values). He knows Harry wouldn't lie about something that important. Harry saved his little sister two years prior. Yet Percy convinces himself – forcefully – that Fudge is right, because he'd rather lie to himself than put his career at risk. Percy's only redeeming quality compared to Marietta is that he didn't sell anyone out, but unlike Marietta he knows Harry personally, and owes him for saving Ginny's life, AND he's an adult.

[where-they-are-just-and-loyal]

This was a correctly tagged post, so I'm not sure why you went into the anti jk rowling/HP critical tags other than to start fights or you're a parody blog. But it's generally considered rude to go into anti tags. Just filter out the tags if you don't want to see this stuff.

And thank you for proving my point, this was actually a great example of the fandom's hypocritical Harry Centered Morality where JK just picks and chooses when something is wrong.

[joannerowlingwashere]

Oh i don't give a rat's ass about tags, i just interract whenever i can and wherever i please. What's rude in my opinion is posting stupid shit and, when called out, getting pissed about it and blocking rather than engaging with the actual material you're criticising.

[our-queer-experience]

some asshole sent me this french article proving that khelif was a man…. all the article does is provide anecdotes and say they basically snooped in her medical files and found out she was intersex? what they say is “Alpha 5 reduced type 2, a genetic abnormality that leads to a metabolic dysfunction in testosterone and dehydroandrosteron” which like. again does not make her a man. if true, and a big if, it makes her intersex. she sees herself as a woman, she was raised entirely as a woman, and struggled a lot as a young girl trying to get into sports.

i dont know anything about this publication, i translated it because i dont speak italian, but she also linked me a telegraph article so like. yk.

[joannerowlingwashere]

Ah, so you DID read the stuff i sent you! Awesome. You were just too anxious to reply directly i take it. Nevermind, i'm nothing if not persistent.

Since you're apparently unfamiliar with search engines, i found a reliable source that explains exactly what "Alpha 5 reduced type 2, a genetic abnormality that leads to a metabolic dysfunction in testosterone and dehydroandrosteron” means for you.

Steroid 5-alpha-reductase 2 deficiency is a rare disorder leading to male pseudohermaphroditism, a condition characterized by incomplete differentiation of male genitalia in 46,XY patients. These males are born with ambiguous external genitalia due to a deficiency in their ability to catalyze the conversion of testosterone to dihydrotestosterone (DHT). DHT is a potent androgen responsible for differentiation of the urogenital sinus and genital tubercle into the external genitalia, urethra and prostate. Affected males are born with a clitoral-like phallus, bifid scrotum, hypospadias, blind shallow vaginal pouch from incomplete closure of the urogenital sinus and a rudimentary prostate. At puberty, the surge in mainly testosterone production prompts virilization, causing most to choose gender reassignment to male.

(The source is: the National Library of Medicine. Its aims are rather self-explanatory and non-partisan. Sorry, i had to frankenstein two articles together so you'd get a clear enough summary.)

In short, this means that Khelif was born with genetalia which looked female to her doctor. She was assigned female at birth. But she's still male, unfortunately for her and all of us.

if true, and a big if, it makes her intersex. she sees herself as a woman, she was raised entirely as a woman, and struggled a lot as a young girl trying to get into sports.

Being intersex doesn't mean being "between sexes" or "a third sex". You're still male or female, you just have, well, a medical condition which often comes with androgyne looks, and an array of fertility and/or hormonal issues. As explained in the source, the specificity of the type of DSD Khelif appears to suffer from, means that she developped near the same levels of testosterone as a typical man at puberty.

I'm sure Imane Khelif struggled a lot trying to get into sports, and i sympathise with her figuring out as she grew older that there was probably something "not quite right" about her hormonal levels amongst other things. I can see why it'd be easier to describe oneself as a woman who just happens to be very strong, rather than a man of average strength with an awkwardly shaped penis. However, the price for her comfort comes at the cost of many other women's, starting with Algerian women, who also struggle (A LOT) to get into sport, especially at professional levels. Why should they not get to fight in the Olympics and win medals?

I've never had a proper and fair answer to that question and i'm afraid until that happens i can't ever change my mind about this entire business. Ball's in your court.

[joannerowling]

Descent.

[joannerowling]

JKR aside, as a former lit student and just like, book enthusiast (although i sadly don't read as much now as i used to), it seriously breaks my heart how much kids these days do not give a shit about literature and do not understand Her.

I've just spent five minutes scrolling down the tags of that post and the comments are so devastatingly shallow. These people are asked "is this book good?" and answer "well, it's conservative". My god. You people are the reason why they make us read Céline.

[joannerowling]

Words to soothe the soul @romnianistan

[romnianistan]

It's a bit hard to articulate it because it's just a hunch that I have. The thing with Jane Eyre is that the main character (it's a first-person pov) is a painter and she has these very vivid descriptions when it comes to nature and the passing of time. For example this is how she describes summer:

"It was not a bright or splendid summer evening, though fair and soft: the haymakers were at work all along the road; and the sky, though far from cloudless, was such as promised well for the future: its blue- where blue was visible- was mild and settled, and its cloud strata high and thin. The west, too, was warm: no watery gleam chilled it- it seemed as if there was a fire lit, an altar burning behind its screen of marbled vapour, and out of apertures shone a golden redness." (chapter 22)

and this is how she describes the winter/spring transition:

"Spring drew on: she was indeed already come; the frosts of winter had ceased; its snows were melted, its cutting winds ameliorated. My wretched feet, flayed and swollen to lameness by the sharp air of January, began to heal and subside under the gentler breathings of April ..." (beginning of chapter 9)

those descriptions can be characterized by these three features:

personification of nature, emphasis on the agency of nature (nature is not passive in any sense)

description of nature and time is used to bring attention to the narrative and to the mental/physical state of the character

description of nature and time often happens at the start of the chapter, to set the scene

those 3 features are pretty specific to jane eyre; i haven't read all of 19th c british literature but those descriptions are really representative of charlotte bronte's style compared to, say, charles dickens for example (another writer jkr has obviously read and drawn inspiration from)

and those 3 features also characterize the way JKR uses descriptions of nature/passing of time in HP. this quote has it all:

"October extinguished itself in a rush of howling winds and driving rain and November arrived, cold as frozen iron, with hard frosts every morning and icy drafts that bit at exposed hands and faces. The skies and the ceiling of the Great Hall turned a pale, pearly gray, the mountains around Hogwarts became snowcapped, and the temperature in the castle dropped so far that many students wore their thick protective dragon skin gloves in the corridors between lessons."

but that's just how she generally describes the passing of time, even when she uses less words. for example: "As a dull March blurred into a squally April, his life seemed to have become one long series of worries and problems again." (that quote goes so hard) (both of them are from ootp)

both jkr and bronte use descriptions of nature work as a narrative device in the exact same way. i don't think it's too far-fetched to assume bronte influenced her writing style as i'm convinced jkr has read jane eyre (it's jkr, come on, ofc she's read it) (i'm also convinced jkr has read wuthering heights and you can see this in hbp. i should re-read wuthering heights but in english this time cause maybe there is some stylistic influence too idk)

[joannerowling]

Fascinating. Of the Brontës i've only read Wuthering Heights, this makes me want to try Jane Eyre (i may have been put off by that one film adaptation with Mia Wasikowska which was SO dull).

Considering JKR named her media production company Brontë film and tv, you're almost certainly onto something.

[coquettefeminist-deactivated202]

My only criticisms are with the names. Ex: Cho Chang and Kingsley shacklebolt. She could’ve done a bit more research but other than that, it’s perfect.

I haven’t read her books in a WHILE… much less the entire series.

[joannerowling]

What exactly is it that bothers you about these names?

[coquettefeminist-deactivated202]

shacklebolt is a slavery thing and Cho Chang is two last names.

[joannerowling]

Ok, based on the way you phrased that i'm going to assume you didn't come up with it on your own. Have you ever checked that information for yourself?

What does "Shacklebolt is a slavery thing" mean? Do the books make a reference to slavery? What is it that bothers you about it?

Have you checked whether "Cho Chang" is "two last names"?

[coquettefeminist-deactivated202]

Cho is a common Korean surname. Chang is a Korean and south Asian surname.

Shacklebolt is self explanatory. Shackles and bolts were used back then to contain slaves. Specifically ankle restraints. Iron Bolts were used to contain females.

[joannerowling]

It appears you did not, in fact, research this properly.

On Cho:

At what point in the books is Cho implied to be Korean or Chinese?

According to the people in this reddit thread (which is in r/linguistics), Cho Chang is a plausible name

Here's another one (my, this topic really seems to have captured people's attention in the past few years; i wonder why)

Other source calling it a gender-neutral first name

Olympe Maxime's last name is also a first name. Can you guarantee that there is no possible way for Cho to function both as a first and last name, in a language i'm gonna assume you don't speak?

Even assuming JKR didn't research quite as well as she could have: is "Cho Chang" a more ridiculous name than "Draco Malfoy"? Do you think she had bad intentions by naming her character "Cho Chang"? Are you aware that first name data base such as nameberry, which are easy to access now, didn't exist in the 1990s when JKR wrote her books?

On Kingsley:

Have you considered that the character is an Auror? His job is capturing criminals, and putting them in jail. Perhaps his name relates to his position in the books?

Why do you assume a British character written by a British woman who at no point references anything to do with slavery, would have anything to do with American history?

Edit: These are worded as questions so that you may take some time to properly think on your answer, just in case that wasn't clear. Save the "x is self-explanatory" for another time, i'm not interested in intellectual shortcuts.

[coquettefeminist-deactivated202]

Slavery existed in other places besides America. The character doesn’t have to be Korean or Chinese to have an incorrect name. Just admit that she made mistakes and move on.

[joannerowlingwashere]

With that compelling argument? No honey i don't think i will. Apologies for using my old blog to circumvent your blocking, but since i was nothing but polite and patient, and you chose to run and hide when you didn't have a convincing answer to my question (which honestly feels a little like cheating), i think i deserve the last word. It's okay to be wrong about these things, especially if you're young. You might be gently mocked over it a little, but you'll live. It's much, much more damaging in the long run to never challenge your assumptions, never question where you got them and whether or not they're well-founded.

[dredsina]

Ive said this before but swear the biggest skill to learn as an adult is how to resist high-pressure sales tactics. You do NOT have to answer questions with anything other than "Sorry I'm not interested." No matter how nice they are or no matter how many follow up questions they ask or even how agitated they get when you stand your ground. Just keep saying I'm not interested. Don't answer their questions. Don't give them an opening to try to push back on your reasons. Be a fucking brick wall of I'm not interested.

[sweaterkittensahoy]

When we bought our car, I told Sean to let me handle it. I walked in and said "We have X for a down payment and cannot pay more than Y in monthly payments." My Y number had some leeway, but I didn't mention that.

First thing the sales guy did after I laid down the rules was turn to Sean and go, "What's your number?" And Sean said. "Oh, no, you negotiate with Gayle."

So, strike one for the sales guy. Could not divide and conquer us by implying THE MAN would not surprised at what I laid down.

Sales guy then had to confer with his manager and left us at his desk for several minutes. I have a vague recollection (this was 16 years ago) of Sean and I amusing ourselves doing bits about the other people there to look at cars. I am sure we did not give off the stressed or nervous energy they were hoping for.

Guy comes back. His first offer is fifty dollars a month more than I told him we could pay. I looked at him and said "I gave you our upper limit."

"Well, but what's another 50 bucks a month?"

"Something I can't afford."

He didn't know what to do with my open and unashamed admittal that I had a budget because my money was finite.

He went back to talk to the manager again.

It took two more rounds of "I told you what I can afford" before he finally came back 20 bucks under what I'd stated as my max.

The trick to resisting high-stress sales tactics is doing the math at home, knowing exactly what you can afford, and then walking into the room and stating that number minus 15%. Then refusing to budge from that number. Never, ever, meet then where they want. Always meet them where you want. Because at the end of the day, you can walk away and go somewhere else and say "I told the people at Z what my terms were, and they refused to work with me. Here are my terms. Meet them, and you make a sale today."

[thatsonemorbidcorvid]

In case you were wondering what the LG“B” Alliance has been up to lately, the following paragraph was printed in their 2023 conference programme, within a piece written by Julie Burchill.

[thatsonemorbidcorvid]

I want to make it very clear: I don’t give a flying fuck what Julie Burchill thinks of me and my people. What I care about is that an organisation that dares to include us in their own name has printed this. How many people in that organisation reviewed and approved it?

[widening-skies]

https://lgballiance.org.uk/complaints/

I've sent a message to let them know what I thought about Burchill's column and to ask for clarifiction that a) the publication was a serious lapse in judgement, b) this is not a reflection of the LGBA's views on bisexual people and c) they will apologise.

I'm waiting for an answer, and however insincere (like you pointed out, it could hardly have been published by mistake), I hope it will at least make them think twice before endorsing this kind of overt, hateful biphobia. The more bisexual and gay people share their anger and disappointment, the harder we make it for people like Burchill to call in favours with their pals and publish their crap. Bi people should not be a footnote (and much less a scapegoat) in an organisation describing itself as defending the rights of all same-sex attracted people.

I genuinely feel angry for bisexual women because you are getting abuse from every possible direction and the LGB Alliance is exactly the type of organisation that should condemn it.

[thexbungeexthotxmagician-deacti]

Thank you for sending them a message. Please share if you get a response back because I tagged them on Twitter but my hopes are low for them even acknowledging my tweet.

[widening-skies]

I did get a response from them the same day, and so did a bisexual woman who emailed them using the above link (complaints page). So please do send them a message through the website to share your opinion, it doesn't have to be a long message - as long as they know the impact their publication had.

I sent a follow-up message and am waiting to hear back before I share their full response, for now they seem open to feedback and I am hoping to keep the discussion with them constructive. Maybe they'll decide to do a public response if the number of complaints grow.

But in a nutshell, their first response confirmed that:

the texts like Burchill's were commissioned on the understanding that the writers had free reign and would not be edited

Burchill's views do not represent the LGB Alliance's views

they have received multiple complaints

they will put on a webinar by and for bisexual people at the conference in response

they apologise for offending people.

[goblinous]

Honestly a pretty lackluster excuse on their part.

"the writers had free reign and would not be edited"

Okay, that doesn't mean the LGB Alliance had to print (with no response until called out on it) literally any garbage they were given. Would they have printed texts that were this hateful towards a different marginalized group?

Not to mention that an apology for offending people is a variation on "I'm sorry you feel that way" and not a true apology for having done something wrong.

[joannerowlingwashere]

I think everyone who believes that homosexuality is inate and non-negotiable should logically have a bit of an issue with her claiming to be a lesbian who was "flexible" in her youth. Whether they do is another question.

[joannerowlingwashere]

JK Rowling is:

The ninth best-selling writer of all times, all categories confounded including romance novels, children albums, Shakespearian plays and poetry, and even manga.

(Those are low-balling numbers. She might actually be fourth or fifth, depending on the actual sales of other successful writers. But ninth is the minimum.)

The third best-selling author to meet overwhelmingly positive reception both from the public and critics, to the point where her books are taught in school. Only Shakespeare and Agatha Christie have done better.

THE best-selling and most read author is her lifetime, save perhaps for Christie.

Not only that, but she managed all of this in only 22 books. For comparaison, prolific romance novel author Barbara Cartland with comparable sales number estimates wrote 723 novels. Child author Enid Blyton, best known for Noddy and The Famous Five, wrote 800. Agatha Christie wrote four times this amount of Whodunits. Shakespeare twice as many plays and poetry volumes.

And that's not all of it! Not only has Rowling sold that many books, not only is her work critically acclaimed and studied as a defining element of the canon of British and western literature; she is the ONLY writer in the top ten sellers to have written and met success in no less than three literary genres. Children's fiction, adult fiction, crime novels. Most of the hyper successful writers in the top ten are prolific writers of genre fiction who repeat their own formulas over and over, but Rowling actively challenges herself and continues to win readers over.

And that's just her literary achievements.

[ishouldgetatumbler]

JKR does not write literature. She wrote a low quaility, bloated series of children's novels that inspired a generation of copycat bad, color coded YA dystopian books.

[joannerowling]

So d'you get all your opinions from youtube like some middle aged man addicted to "Bush did 9/11" theories or

Anyways

[ishouldgetatumbler]

Just because its popular doesn't mean its good, just because its a book doesn't mean its literature.

So do you get all your opinions, your blog name, your political ideas, and your personality from a middle aged white woman addicted to transphobia and twitter?

Anyways

JK Rowling's Transphobia Wasn't Hard to Find, She Wrote a Book About It

It's not just her blatant transphobia on Twitter. As the trans community has been saying for years, Rowling's transphobia is obvious in her

[joannerowlingwashere]

Just because its popular doesn't mean its good

You know what, that's very correct! Plenty of books, such as some written by a few of the authors who have sold more books than JKR mentioned on the original post, have had very little lasting cultural impact. Which is why, to measure it, we rely not only on economic success but on other indicators as well, such as: literary prizes!

And academic recognition!

Academic study of Harry Potter earns at least 59 top degrees - Deadline News

AT least 22 academics across the globe have earned their PhDs after spending years studying Harry Potter. And a further 37 master’s degrees

And that is what makes JK Rowling's oeuvre not merely popular, but an indelible part of British culture, Western culture and possibly worldwide. Thank you sincrely for giving me another opportunity to elaborate on why JK Rowling is actually amazing and unique in the history of writing!

[joannerowlingwashere]

What proof indeed

[joannerowling]

Since @same-shit-different-century is probably in the middle of her OotP re-read by now, i'm suddenly remembering my favourite Hermione quote of all times

Kinkshaming queen

[espanolbot2]

Doctor’s Remove Woman’s Brain Implant Against Her Will

A woman whose epilepsy was greatly improved by an experimental brain implant was devastated when she was forced to have it removed.

A woman whose epilepsy was greatly improved by an experimental brain implant was devastated when, just two years after getting it, she was forced to have it removed due to the company that made it going bankrupt.

[marxistcrap]

Specifically, because she couldn't afford to buy the implant from the company. They basically took her implant back to recoup their losses. This is what happens when you privatize healthcare and health research. The group providing her with this implant should not have been able to go bankrupt in the first place, let alone repossess her implant to pay off their debts.

[femmeharlequin-deactivated20240]

This is what disabled people mean when we say that cyberpunk horror is just a reality for us. This woman was literally forced to undergo a surgery because she couldn't pay to keep the implant already inside her brain. How long till companies start repossessing pacemakers and transplants?

[pandabibble]

[helloitsbees]

[joannerowlingwashere]

[imeverywoman420]

non americans on american social medias seething at americans just existing will never not be funny like ok. ESPECIALLY WHEN THEYRE LIKE WEST EUROPEAN AND NOT EVEN FROM A COUNTRY IMPACTED BY AMERICAN IMPERIALISM LIKE THAT 😭 what on earth could you possibly be mad at me for sacre bleu…

[joannerowlingwashere]

Americans: "Haha, Europeans going to American internet to complain about how there's only American internet left, and talk about """American Imperialism""". I mean what's that all about? Don't they know imperialism is when a country is lead by a mean dude with a mustache, people all wear gray clothes and there's only one tv channel? Anyways, back to never learning the definition of globalisation ever!"

[imeverywoman420]

U Mad Bro ?

[no0dlru]

Well... you have military bases everywhere, are deeply entwined with our intelligence/surveillance/secret services, monitor all of our internet traffic, have an outsized influence on our political landscape, your foreign affairs directly affect the prices of everything & tensions between countries that are thousands of miles closer to us than they are to you. So like, idk, I think we can be a bit mad 🤏 (not at you or individual americans 'just existing', but like, at the imperialism. Which does affect us.)... just a bit 🤏

[mithliya]

i’m a little bit annoyed at the fact that millions of people in my region lost their lives thanks to the US military & US imperialism, not gonna lie. i know, i know, hypocritical of me since i’m using tumblr 😔

[joannerowlingwashere]

[athimbustanut]

Been eating a lot of strawberries lately and noticed you can separate them into two categories: -the real ones -the fake evil ones the government wants you to eat

The real ones are: darker in color, softer, usually a bit bruised and the taste is good The fake ones are: brighter in color (look fake like a cartoon), firmer (like artificial plastic), not bruised at all (as if they were staged)and the taste is barely there very watery (as if they mixed chemical flavoring with water and injected it with syringes)

Stay safe you guys

[postrabid-deactivated20230924]

you just described ripe vs unripe strawberries I think

[athimbustanut]

i described good crystal skull strawberries and evil shadow skull strawberries stop arguing with experts

[imeverywoman420]

non americans on american social medias seething at americans just existing will never not be funny like ok. ESPECIALLY WHEN THEYRE LIKE WEST EUROPEAN AND NOT EVEN FROM A COUNTRY IMPACTED BY AMERICAN IMPERIALISM LIKE THAT 😭 what on earth could you possibly be mad at me for sacre bleu…

[joannerowlingwashere]

Americans: "Haha, Europeans going to American internet to complain about how there's only American internet left, and talk about """American Imperialism""". I mean what's that all about? Don't they know imperialism is when a country is lead by a mean dude with a mustache, people all wear gray clothes and there's only one tv channel? Anyways, back to never learning the definition of globalisation ever!"

[same-shit-different-century]

Important HP Poll. Which male Harry Potter character is the most fashionable?

Styled flamboyance, high-heeled buckled boots Dumbledore 🕺

Priest-chic Old Money Draco Malfoy 🙏🛐

Grandpacore and tootightforawand jeans Ron Weasley 👖

Bill, his rocker swag 🤘🎸, and his mum-incensing, veela-attracting fang earring

Dobby, thrifty king who will wear anything and everything, tea cosies included 🧦

Sirius. Not described besides his rugged madman Look, but we all know he slays

Viktor Krum and his slutty swimming trunks

Harry,canonically never buys new clothes. So much rizz he still attracts hotties

Gilderoy Forget-Me-Not-Blue-Robes-To-Match-His-Eyes Lockhart

Alternatively, bat man Snape. Matches his robes to his greasy hair. Swish swish🦇

Voting ended onJun 25, 2023

[le-claire-de-lune]

I’d rather teen girls reading nothing but terribly written fanfics about their favorite OTPs that express healthy and emotionally-sound romantic relationships than “great literature” that teaches them they are prizes to be won or creatures to be controlled or destroyed. 

[themidwifeisin]

my father always insisted i read “the classics” and i remember throwing down one of his books and just deciding to write my own story instead.

[faintingheroine-deactivated2024]

I think this is profoundly unfair on classics. Even beyond the arguments about literary value, most classics are nuanced enough to allow for wide-varying interpretations where female characters’ lack of agency is a tragedy rather than an example of how women should be.