It's going to be impossible to be a Harry Potter fan and not actively be a TERF within a year Not so much because of the people "canceling" Harry Potter so much as the TERFs, who can never stop talking about TERF shit, loudly colonizing the fandom It's fun to watch
-
-
Despite her constantly making Word of God statements on Twitter and in interviews and on Pottermore explaining other things, like that Dumbledore is gay and wizards poop on the floor, she had never answered the question of whether house-elves were ever freed
-
Just that Hermione continued to push for "reform" Her take on it really does seem to be this obnoxiously centrist triangulation - house-elf slavery is not an atrocity that must be ended now, it's a "complicated issue with a lot of nuance"
- Show replies
New conversation -
-
-
Yeah the fact that freeing Donny was a big deal, and he was indeed very happy to be freed, makes it all the more disturbing that nobody freed the rest of them
-
This whole thread is confirming what I said in the first place- that criticism of the work needs to be separate from criticism of the writer. These are all huge important points that can be brought up in classrooms. Which is why we teach literature.
- Show replies
New conversation -
-
-
I would argue JKR bungles the point, but it was clear to me as a reader that the house elves were slaves and thus the witching society of Britain was morally corrupt.
Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
-
-
-
Also, many of that society’s politicians were secretly Death Eaters, so basically they were run by Nazis who had never revoked their past.
Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
-
Loading seems to be taking a while.
Twitter may be over capacity or experiencing a momentary hiccup. Try again or visit Twitter Status for more information.