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J.K. Rowling Blasts “Gender Taliban” David Tennant After ‘Harry Potter’ Actor Said “Whinging” Trans Critics Are On “Wrong Side Of History” (deadline.com)

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J.K. Rowling is embroiled in a fresh row with another Harry Potter actor over transgender rights.

Following exchanges of fire with Daniel Radcliffe and others, Rowling has blasted David Tennant after the Goblet of Fire star voiced strident views on those who speak out against trans rights.

During an appearance at the British LGBT Awards over the weekend, he called on British equalities minister Kemi Badenoch to “shut up” after she advocated for banning trans women from entering women’s toilets and sports teams.

In an interview at the same event, Tennant called transgender critics “a tiny bunch of little whinging f*ckers who are on the wrong side of history, and they’ll all go away soon.”

Earlier in the week, Rowling branded people like Tennant the “gender Taliban.” In posts on X (once Twitter) on Friday, she expanded her comments to address Tennant’s “wrong side of history” quote.

Rowling wrote: “This man is talking about rape survivors who want female-only care, the nurses currently suing their health trust for making them change in front of a man, girls and women losing sporting opportunities to males and female prisoners incarcerated with convicted sex offenders.”

She added: “For a man who’s supposedly a model of compassion and tolerance, he sure does want a lot of people to cease to exist.”

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[–] Grandwolf319@sh.itjust.works 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Yep, I never understood the appeal besides making kids feel special. It seemed like a water down fantasy which when I criticized people just said read the books.

Ironically I did read the first one before the movies became a big hit. It was an okay children’s book at best.

For some reason we have these unwritten social rules that say you can’t critique certain pop culture icons once they hit critical mass.

[–] zalgotext@sh.itjust.works 2 points 4 months ago

Harry Potter is sort of the Classic Lays potato chip of the children's book world. Dependable, reliable, not the most exciting in the world but any stretch, but easily snackable all the same.

They're easy to read, not super deep, and because of that, probably got a lot of kids into reading who otherwise wouldn't have, and there's something to be said for that. It's unfortunate that the author turned out to be a bigot the whole time.