Nobody stewards that privilege perfectly But as time goes on she seems less and less aware of it as a privilege A lot of shitty famous people do this, they end up going "Hey I'm still a regular guy, why can't I just say whatever I feel like saying, why is it my job to be nice"
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Like it sounds silly to put the dumb shit about wizards pooping themselves on the same level as blatant transphobia But it's similar in that they're both the result of this "Why should I have to have a filter" attitude
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Like let's be clear, Pottermore was a broken promise She had said she had adult books to write now, other interests to pursue, she was going to leave the Harry Potter series alone as something finished and complete, it was "for the fans" now
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And she went back on that hard "Why should it be for the fans? Why shouldn't it still be for me Why shouldn't I get the clicks and the revenue from continuing to talk about Harry Potter, especially since they'll pay me for any crap I make up"
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The story of her alienating her fans more and more - by turning her Twitter into an anti-Corbyn political take factory, by milking the franchise in increasingly desperate ways - culminates in this ugly spectacle
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"I don't care if a huge number of my fans are trans, THIS IS WHAT I THINK OF YOU ALL" And then screenshotting a tweet to dunk on some random fan who dares to talk back to her
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