The last really big backlash on JKR before this was over her retconning Nagini into always having been a human, and the one before that was saying that wizards used to poop on the floor before toilets were invented I wouldn't call those "political", exactly
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Well, duh, you don't advertise your competition when you're trying to build a media empire.
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it's really important to recognise that these critiques were valid long before rowling became a public TERF. to some extent millennials were not in a position then to address it because we were children and young adults but grappling with it now is absolutely crucial.
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100% agreed. I also think it's worth addressing that a lot of PoC were making these points YEAR AND YEARS before it became a mainstream talking point. White people were just ignorant and too in love with their wizard toys.
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Rowling’s disinterest in lifting up other voices is a long-running critique. Imagine how much cooler Pottermore, with all those racist backstories of the other “ethnic” wizard schools, could have been if she’d Rick Riordan’d it and hired
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But she has one wizard school for Africa, and like, two for all of Asia, are you telling me that there are more people in Africa than Britain? Wait, I am being told that there are...a...a whole lot more. Like loads more. Like you wouldn't believe how many more....
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come to think of it that Steven King praise tweet might've been the first in a long time and that didn't exactly last. Strange, that
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I as wondering if LeGuin ever said anything. If anything Rowling cribbed a lot from her, and her system of magic isn't even as well thought out. (Granted, LeGuin's magic is a fine metaphor for writing itself, and I don't think Rowling thought in those terms at all)
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The fact that we have 8 Harry Potter movies that are faithful to the books and zero Wizard of Earthsea movies that are faithful to the books is the best argument against, "Rowling has talent, that's why she's successful."
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