LGBTQIA+ on Yik Yak | You know what, let me take this back and ask respectfully - can someone elaborate a bit more as to why we CANNOT separate the art from the artist when it comed to JK Rowling? She’s likely just an internet troll at this point looking for any engagement

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LGBTQIA+ 4d

You know what, let me take this back and ask respectfully - can someone elaborate a bit more as to why we CANNOT separate the art from the artist when it comed to JK Rowling? She’s likely just an internet troll at this point looking for any engagement

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Anonymous 4d

The problem with JKRowling is that she is actively dismantling trans rights. She has said time and time again in interviews and tweets that she believes that people interacting with her work means that they believe in her stances. She then takes that money that she gets from engagement (like this new tv show) and uses it to lobby and push for anti trans legislation. She has donated $100s of thousands of dollars to anti trans lobbyists who take that money and successfully get laws changed

Anonymous 4d

For example Ronald Dahl was an incredibly racist and anti semetic author who likened black people to monkeys and supported hitler. However now that he is dead his estate and children use the money that they get from his books to support positive causes like children’s literacy and closing the achievement gap. In this case, it’s important to acknowledge the harm the author caused but buying those books, watching movies etc does not continually harm the same communities in an active way like jkr

Anonymous 4d

the series with "Cho Chang," "Kingsley Shacklebolt," an Irish character who keeps blowing stuff up, staircases that discriminate against boys (or I guess from context on who she is, AMAB people), features a race of slaves who choose to stay slaves, killer werewolves as an AIDS allegory, and a whole ass ethnostate is not seperable from who Rowling shows us she is outside of the books.

Anonymous 4d

Well I simply don’t believe in separating the art from the artist.

Anonymous 4d

She actively uses the money she earns from her work to donate against my life. You cannot separate the art from the artist here.

Anonymous 4d

JKR is an *alive* artist and engagement with her IP funds trans genocide. that’s why. HP doesn’t exist in a vacuum, maintaining its cultural relevance and continuing to consume her work means more royalties for her—spinoffs, the new show, etc.

Anonymous 4d

because she still gets money from harry potter. she then donates that money to anti trans organizations and people in order to dismantle trans rights.

Anonymous

#2 4d

I believe that generally separating the art from the artist is nuanced. But it only works if supporting that artist is not actively still harming the community that they have harmed the past.

Anonymous

#3 4d

a lot of people think that it’s ok because they only purchase on the secondary market and/or pirate, but again, those actions continue to maintain her cultural relevance and those actions are tracked by megacorps when they make decisions, for ex, park expansions/merch greenlights etc.

Anonymous

#3 4d

beyond that, because of her actions, many trans people find HP to be a red flag. ex. idk if someone bought it second hand or was gifted it or whatever, i only know that someone felt comfortable wearing HP merch in public. that tells me that trans people aren’t a consideration for that person. whatever. people can do whatever they want, but others will judge them based on their actions.

Anonymous

#3 4d

So if you see a group of kids in public who simply like harry potter and are ignorant to JK Rowlings’ beliefs (and STRICTLY enjoy HP), would you still accuse them of being inconsiderate of trans folks? It’s possible parents don’t even know either if they’re busy enough focusing on their own responsibilities etc

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Anonymous

OP 4d

if i see CHILDREN doing something i find morally sketch, i don’t assume it’s a them problem—it’s a problem with their surroundings. my brother is 11, lots of his friends call shit “gay” in a derogatory manner. i don’t think they’re bad kids, but ik they’re being raised in a bigoted home. so i also take the time to tell them why they shouldn’t do that lol, so kids listen and some don’t, but they’re kids. 🤷‍♀️

Anonymous

OP 4d

also the ORIGIN of this discourse is about liking harry potter being a red flag when DATING. completely different context than “seeing school children on the street.”

Anonymous

OP 4d

This is a jump from your original question asking about separating the art from the artist. This is a similar but related question. I think what’s important here is ignorance and ability to think for themselves. Ignorance can be corrected and as an adult it’s our job to try to correct our own ignorance. For kids there are 2 parts. Trying to correct their ignorance also understanding that they don’t have the same ability to comprehend larger problems and that’s something that is taught over time