Watching/listening to Shaun on YT critique of the Harry Potter series/other works of she-who-must-not-be-named, and so many pieces clicked......
Like...I knew from the get-go that she had Bad Takes™ when I heard about her twitter ‘shenanigans’ and heard/saw how people respond to it, but this video really dug its nails into her fundamental perception of people and society around her. Contrapoints ofc did a really good breakdown of JK’s particular bigotry against trans people, but Shaun’s video shows how that bigotry (amongst other Bad Takes™) manifests; based on how she has handled various topics throughout all her book series etc....
I haven’t really revisited the main book series since I was a young teen (I was obsessed with the audio books) and watched the first Fantastic Beasts movie when it came out. Shaun’s video both reminded me of details I had forgotten in the original story in the books, and how....wrong....a lot of the story and topic feels in context and knowing the things I know today....
I have a lot of thoughts about all of it, but I’d rather recommend you w h/listen to the videos instead of me basically repeating their contents in an unhinged ramble.











