JK Rowling vs The Olympics

[@LackingSaint]

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[@somedudewatchintv5297]

Will you cover Mr Beast again after dogpack puts out his 3rd video on him?

[@LackingSaint]

@@somedudewatchintv5297 👀

[@artemisspawnofzeus7732]

Hey, there's no reason to believe that iman khalif is intersex.

[@blaiddenjoyer3206]

I'd say something of value on this banger video Jack, but all I can think about is the jumpscare of Rimworld music in the last section of the video.

[@____uncompetative]

You are spewing lies and misinformation. Joanne is defending Women's Rights following domestic abuse from her first husband

[@broodjebamibal]

Good news: Convicted child abuse criminal Steven van de Velde has said all the negative press really ruined his Olympics, let's hope the fans keep it up throughout his career.

[@KathrynElizabeth-j7y]

Poor baby didn't like getting booed. Now if he could imagine that crowd forcing themselves on him... maybe he might understand what's going on and STFU.

[@ND-nr6mx]

All this being called out as a pedo has really made it hard for him to be a pedo 😢

[@FantasmaNaranja]

aw he felt a little bit sad guys! give him a break! he felt just the littlest tinge of sadness at his world event that he was invited to participate in oh sure he's still being protected by his goverment and he's still a pedophile but oh he felt a bit sad, isnt that sad!

[@alg1997]

That's very sad! Totts & pears, Pedo Dude💔😿

[@ArturGlass.C]

Oh wow no so sad...🙄

[@666kittycat666]

Hearing someone unironically go “he looks like a man TO ME therefor he is a man” from the “gender is fake” crowd is so fucking surreal. Actually sent me spiralling.

[@littlerelief]

You mean it was about policing bodies all along? I gasp.

[@666kittycat666]

@@littlerelief I mean that is nothing new. But the actual circles this has gone is like watching a dog chase its own tail all the while telling you the moon is hollow. It’s… it’s a lot to take in

[@littlerelief]

@@666kittycat666 Oh yeah I get you, that probably sounded sharper than I intended. When you think about it, a whole lot of the rational skeptic crowd that have migrated to "gender critical" as part of their far right conversion started out as vocal atheists... and they're now declaring their total faith in something that flies in the face of all known biological science because they Just Know. It's a mental backbend for sure.

[@ravakahn]

They're not even the "gender is fake" crowd tho. they're so bought into the idea that gender is real that they believe it is an immutable biological reality

[@littlerelief]

@@666kittycat666 I think I may have just had a comment deleted? But the gist of it was that I agree with you and didn't mean to sound too pointed or snappy in my first comment, apologies if I did.

[@sheepyhead0399]

My mum and I were watching the women's boxing and at one point my mum said "wait, are these women??!?!?!? why do they look like that!?!?!" and I had to calmly have a 5 minute conversation with her about how women can indeed be very muscular, especially olympic fucking boxers???

[@Pseudo-Fraxineus]

wait until she sees the female weightlifters.

[@mikey-wl2jt]

​@@Pseudo-Fraxineusand ruggers, and shotputters, and...

[@sophitiaofhyrule]

Me when the female athletes don't look like Barbie dolls: 🤯🤯🤯

[@jackgebhardt2932]

​@@sophitiaofhyrule Muscle is stored in the boobies.

[@justcallmekai1554]

Flabbergasted by the concept of growing muscle

[@dzonbrodi514]

My favourite comment was the tweet that said "JK Rowling is one bottle of wine away from saying that only white people can be women"

[@Anna_Key]

BS

[@ggoose11224]

​@@Anna_Key it's called hyperbole. are you slow?

[@Anna_Key]

@ggoose11224 All the comments about the boxer were hyperbole too.

[@ZackShark1]

It was gin, you made an error on the internet, im now legally allowed to eat your skin

[@ggoose11224]

@@Anna_Key no they weren't. this comment was an exaggeration for the sake of satire. the comments about the boxer are not hyperbole - they are misinformation. you need to learn the difference.

[@AllThingsBlue0]

The other day I saw someone making a joke online, it was along the lines of, “JK Rowling is one bottle of gin away from saying only white people can be women.” And it was a funny joke, it made me laugh. But it was also a very efficient summary of what all this actually is.

[@northstarjakobs]

I mean, it wouldn't exactly be unprecedented in the history of sex. Modern gynecology was defined by J. Marion Sims, who did his research on enslaved Black women without anesthesia. But how do you apply this research to white women in a culture that considers Black people to be subhuman? Simple. While his "patients" may have been female, with the same anatomy as white women, they weren't women in the same way that white women were. Womanhood has always been denied to women from marginalized backgrounds, and using the construct of sex vs gender is one way to do it.

[@Scarfgirl]

@@northstarjakobs The question is, how far will a person fall before they start saying the quiet part out loud. We all know she thinks it, we're just waiting to see what it takes for her to slip. Because when you only know how to double down, that slip is the final nail in the coffin. Those who've kept their masks on will have to step away from her and that's when the leopards move in.

[@annnee6818]

Omg that's hilarious 😂😂😂

[@thelastdankbender4353]

@@Scarfgirl As much as I would love that to be true, I really don't think so. The famous human-carrot hybrid that rhymes with Ronald Krump has been way past that point for most of his recent political career and it only further stoked the flames. He publicly requests his audience to lunch (replace second letter) people with more melanin and literally commits unfiltered, non-euphemized date speech that sounds like it was lifted from a famous novel of an Austrian painter novel that kinda sounds like Minecraft.

[@mavymagdowney9798]

I feel like this comment needs to be kept in a vault so people in a hundred years can learn about internet culture. excellent writing

[@rinarina6247]

For people who claim “we can always tell” they sure seem to be able to tell far less often than always.

[@randomtinypotatocried]

The amount of times offline I'm having a normal mundane conversation with these people, they somehow make the conversation about trans people (seriously why do they always make conversations about their obsession with trans people) and yet completely miss I'm trans is way too much

[@kloa4219]

I know right? HRT works really well it seems

[@Toadkillah]

The "we can always tell" crowd have been calling me he/him boy/man my entire life despite me being AFAB. They always look so shocked when they realise I'm in fact not a man.

[@louisvictor3473]

don't you know? I am right 100% of the time when i am not wrong!!!!

[@fluffynator6222]

It's moreso a "we will do the telling always, anytime, at anyone"

[@chocolate_kitty]

Very depressing that the Child R*pist athlete wasn't Joanne's concern but an adult woman boxer minding her own business.

[@M_M_ODonnell]

She's been supporting a legal case demanding the exclusion of trans women, but not cis men, from non-gender-specific domestic-violence shelters. It's never _really_ about being worried about women's safety

[@christophergreen6595]

Haven't seen a TERF doing the RF part in over a decade.

[@annnee6818]

It's not about protecting women. Never has

[@TheNumnutRandomness]

"We must protect children at all costs from gr00mers! 🤬 I can't believe they'd let abusers tarnish the good name of the Olympics!" "Damn straight. It's unconscionable that they still let de Velde walk around-" "Who? I was talking about HER!" _points to a female boxer fighting other female boxers in the Olympic sport focused on women fighting other women_

[@jesterdays]

Same woman that called Lolita a "love story" so it checks out that she doesn't care about a groomer

[@Viscidsquare040]

The way these people misuse language is so weird. “A woman was brutally beaten up and had her dreams crushed” = a woman lost at an Olympic boxing event. Something which is literally guaranteed to happen every time because of how competitive sports work.

[@00Platypus00]

The vast majority of women will lose in the event indeed lol

[@00Platypus00]

@@peterschaeffer [citation needed]

[@stevencooke6451]

Exactly. All but one person in each event has their dreams crushed. That's what makes the Games so engrossing. Sometimes a lifetime of training leads to quick spectacular defeat.

[@theviniso]

@@stevencooke6451 Well, not everyone. I'm sure that a lot of the athletes never expected to get a medal and are just happy to be at the Olympics.

[@Ryzard]

CLEARLY not if you have ever read the MASTERPIECE of literature that is The Hunger Games. They should simply have held hands and loudly declared their desire to commit double self removal!

[@jutton11]

Just to be clear, Stevie wasn't convicted of statutory rape (as in having sex with a """"consenting"""" child) but with non-statutory child rape (as in having sex with a nonconsenting child).

[@timbo3286]

As if it being statutory would make it any better. Also the guy was sentenced to 4 years, and only had to serve one..... For ruining a 12 year olds life.... That guy should've been sitting in that cell for far longer than just one year.

[@mittag983]

​@@timbo3286The girl now has addiction issues... The law has failed her.

[@mollusckscramp4124]

@@timbo3286 The sentence was reduced after he returned to the Netherlands. Dutch society is disgusting in how overrun with predators it is. Just look at the Eurovision incident from earlier this year, keep in mind these are the people they send to *represent* their country. In other words, these are _their best_

[@gabrielsfilms2086]

oh. I can't tell if thats even worse or the same level of fucked up

[@electroflame6188]

​@@gabrielsfilms2086 it's pretty clearly worse

[@catloaff]

Someone pointed out how in the fourth book Fleur Delacour, the only woman in the Triwizard Tournament, always placed last and it really showed Rowling's perspective about women in sports. She just gave up in a diving competition where SHE NEEDS TO SAVE HER SISTER when she's 17 (older than Harry) and very fit, of course Harry had to save her because wow look at this Brave Male women are fragile and sensitive and sucks at sports!!!!!!!!

[@ThyFloorestFloor]

Tbh yeah, kind of iffy if you ask me. It would have been something else if it was shown that she rushed to save her sister, and due to being reckless she ended up overexerting or failing to notice a trap or the fish people that were patrolling the waters, and it was then Harry that helped her get out of that, and then have them both together saving people. If her point with the character was to take her out of the competition, she could have done so in a way that reflects that she did have the skill and courage to have succeeded, but was dealt a bad hand. Instead it went for the women can't compete because they're not at the same level as men.

[@djungelsoda]

Oh I actually hadn’t thought about that, that’s really telling yeah

[@amdragwyn4432]

And most of the mad and/or evil women are single and/or childless.

[@azzyjeffs]

I watched a video on this the other day by Caroline Easom - Top 28 female characters in HP, I think it was called. JK writes women like a misogynist 🙃

[@zephyr8072]

@@azzyjeffs Because she is, she looks down on women and wishes she was a man. This is why she hates trans people, for doing what she can't because of her own hangups.

[@finx1582]

they act like they've never seen a muscular woman in their whole life wth

[@overlycaffeinated2395]

it's insane, there are more muscular women at my climbing gym.

[@senkodan]

but real question is. does she have a penis?

[@randomtinypotatocried]

@@MrBroken030I guarantee you have seen plenty of women with xy chromosomes in your daily life and not even know it since chromosomes aren't as straightforward as high school made it out to be. Much like any science it's always a bit more complicated

[@winnieafterdark]

@@MrBroken030 Biology isn't simple. There are plenty of women with XY chromosomes who aren't trans. Read about androgen insensitivity syndrome. I know a woman who has it and it's completely undetectable by just looking at her. It's much more common than you'd think.

[@Mari-rg9ov]

Muscular women???? in the Olympics?!?!??!!?! Not possible!!!!

[@auditect950]

The solution for Khelif's problem is so simple! If she wants Elon Musk and JK Rowling to see her as a woman, all she needs to do is come out as a trans man.

[@jaya2572]

😂😂😂

[@lolloblue9646]

Reverse psychology? I dunno chief, I think they might be too dumb for even that.

[@radmax]

“I am so fucking tired of this and I’m not even trans” is the big mood

[@radmax]

It’s also probably something Imane Khelif has or will say at some point.

[@KasumiRINA]

It's true tho, they now moved from bullying trans women to hating on cis women who don't look like they want us to. Tomboys are now under fire... what next, women who wear pants? Already a thing in many churches.

[@Thelastunicornlover]

Yes👍

[@SilverionX]

For sure

[@Celsiusing]

The cons' narrow-minded stupidity is almost too much to bear, lmao. They can't even allow themselves to be corrected. There's such a low chance the millions of idiots who rushed to like, share and post misinformation on Imane are ever going to know she's not trans or realize they overwrote the Italian boxer they're pretending to protect's ACTUAL feelings for their agenda... Then, these same sad people will turn around and call others sheep. It's maddening.

[@Manticorn]

So we're really getting to the point where it's dangerous for women to win at sports.

[@Shoulderpads-mcgee]

Eventually we’ll get to the point where people will claim women can’t possibly be good at writing books and what will Joanne do then?

[@noconsent]

@@Shoulderpads-mcgee probably author a book under an assumed name to make it seem like a man wrote it? wait a minute...

[@FlorSilvestre12]

Well. Only *certain* women.

[@Lemoncakelover678]

This why feminism is for ALL women. Cuz any discrimination towards a group of women will affect everyone else

[@FrozEnbyWolf150-b9t]

@@Shoulderpads-mcgee Inadvertently play into their hands by continuing to write terrible mystery novels?

[@fezotheclown]

something I believe is being glossed over with all this as well is how they keep saying that a man would beat a woman to death... at the olympics? they're performing at the world's largest sports event. there are set rules, regulations and many professionals in place to make sure the contestants aren't harmed in any major way. it's all waffle, of course, but I still find it fascinating how far they can bend reality to justify their hate.

[@sabresister]

Right?!!! There is a referee, right there?!??? Please use your brain for three seconds 🙄

[@geekygecko1849]

Ikr! They kept acting like she was going to beat her opponents to death, and I'm pretty sure boxing isn't traditionally a sport fought to the death.

[@KasumiRINA]

The only reason Olympics and pro sports even have gender restrictions is because at the VERY TOP level these 10% extra muscle mass men have gives advantage, same in height, weight categories which are down to 3 kgs sometimes... in a non-top-sports level, a trained in boxing woman would beat 99% of non-trained men, period. In fact in training nobody segregates genders. We trained karate and kung-fu together and sparred too, only on official competition there are weight, sex and other classes for fair play.

[@bluester7177]

​@@geekygecko1849Also, if that would ever happen, maybe boxing is the problem and not this particular person, if it can be fought to death this easily.

[@leejerrett8268]

Ah but don’t you know? Biological men have a in inch thick layer of spongy bone coating the inside of their skulls, almost like they are wearing an American football helmet inside their heads, whereas women’s skulls have the consistency and thickness of egg-shell porcelain.

[@vathek5958]

On van de Velde, as an immigrant to Netherlands it’s been utterly horrifying seeing mainstream Dutch media - and society at large - seemingly see nothing wrong. People have said that the 12 yo he raped ‘consented’ and that it wasn’t that bad because he ‘didn’t use force’ and she ‘looked older’. It’s genuinely made me see my adoptive country differently

[@lifenote1943]

Sexual violence isn't take seriously enough, it's horrid honestly. Like you'd think, you'd hope that something as clearly black and white as this situation wouldn't be defended. But it is. Really scary to me honestly, because if something THIS explicit isn't taken seriously then what the actual fuck. But it's always been like that, either defending perpetrators or blaming victims. I just hope it's a loud minority.

[@mittag983]

And it wasn't even a teen it was a freaking child! Not a 17 year old, close to 18... There is no excuse.

[@Skaði]

there were people trying to get the decision of him to go overturned but unfourtunatly it was a very small group and no where near enough to make a change. It iwas strange seeing an article on the big news site after the olympics of him crying about his experience. All I could think about was the girl who had to experience the possibility of seeing him on TV or in the news, the fact his prison sentence was shortened was insane too...

[@LittleKikuyu]

She was 12. There can be absolutely no excuse for raping a 12 year old. You cannot confuse a 12 year old with an adult. It’s insane to me. Vile 🤮

[@LittleKikuyu]

Just to clarify there is no excuse for rape. Period. I just don’t want to call it „intercourse“ or „sleeping with“ or some euphemism.

[@princesspupcake1269]

I am honestly so glad Imane managed to take home a Gold Medal, she absolutely deserved it for the disgusting and vile way people have been treating her simply because she's a masculine woman. I hear she's got a number of defamation lawsuits pending too, and I hope she wins every single one of them.

[@RoamingAdhocrat]

she deserved the medal for being one of the best boxers alive today and winning all those matches in the Olympics. she deserves to win huge amounts of money from the millionaires who defamed and harassed her

[@asmrtpop2676]

Is she even masculine? What are we basing that on? I for one have ONLY seen her in her sports uniform. That means absolutely nothing. Does it even matter? NO!

[@plaguedoctor2882]

@@asmrtpop2676It’s so insane because yeah sure her hair is short we relate a muscular body to male beauty standards, but both of those things are linked to her sport! What if she’s insanely girly outside of it? And shit, even if she wasn’t, now women must be always girly and petite and femenine? TERFS are so stupid I swear to god they always reinvent misogyny

[@SamuelKoepke-r3o]

@asmrtpop She appears masculine to bigots like Rowling. To them, that’s all that matters.

[@Dovelunalove]

@@asmrtpop2676she’s not masculine. i’m 105 pounds,a girl, and i do not find her overly muscular or masculine (not saying that a muscular figure means lack of femininity). she has soft feature and a lean frame, i can’t figure out what is masculine about that...

[@CaptainZlex]

"Measuring bone structure and examining make up to call out secret men" They just reinvented Phrenology.

[@violet_broregarde]

This is stupid. The critical difference between race differences and sex differences is that we *are* a sexually dimorphic species. Males and females are 2 distinct biologically-determined categories of animal in a way that black and white are not. If you're somewhere between black and white, that just means you had black and white ancestors. If you're somewhere between male and female, you might end up infertile and your body is likely very unusual-looking in some way.

[@XeriFemsomething-qg2py]

People made the same complaints about black people competing with white people back in the day. Every new bigotry is just a recycled old bigotry =~=

[@AZ-ty7ub]

@@CaptainZlex plot twist; it's always been the same phrenology

[@sarahlloyd119]

For more horrifying bad-faith pseudoscience in the name of “protecting women’s sport”, the podcast Tested is really good

[@zephyr8072]

The funniest part is people can and have turned around and done this to JK Rowling, Elon Musk, Andrew Tate and so on. Some ironically, some absolutely seriously. It'd be hilarious if it weren't actually endangering people.

[@DapperMrAlex]

TIL Olympians fight "to the death" according to some angry man on TV. Didn't realize gladiator rules were in play, now I get the hype.

[@runningcommentary2125]

Nah. Gladiators didn't fight to the death either.

[@subliminal-damage]

Seriously, I had to laugh out loud at that clip, but really this situation is the furthest thing from funny. They're so worried about a woman being harmed that they are, in fact, putting a woman in very real danger with these accusations.

[@danielgrezda3339]

Make the olympics roman again!

[@animalxINSTINCT89]

Bring back the Olympic Thunderdome!

[@Bunny_Bill]

Ooh are they gonna drink their enemies' blood?

[@jakthesac5175]

0:06 its ok, i doubt jk rowling has an issue not referring to someone the way they want to be referred to.

[@BackupChannel-nq6fg]

😂

[@holylight2428]

​@@peterschaefferI don't know which artical you read exactly because it's all french except this one that I was able to read so here is a part of i Interviewer: " So what happened after that thunderclap announcement ? " Georges Cazorla: " After the 2023 Championship, when she was disqualified, I took the initiative and contacted a renowned endocrinologist at the University Hospital Kremlin-Bicêtre in Paris, who examined her. He confirmed that Imane was indeed a woman, despite of her karyotype and her testosterone levels. He said : “There is a problem with her hormones, and with her chromosomes, but she's a woman.” That was all that mattered to us. We then worked with an Algeria-based doctor to control and regulate Imane's testosterone levels, which are currently in the female range. Some tests clearly show that all her muscle qualities and others have diminished since then. Today, on a muscular and biological level, she can compare with a woman-woman-woman. " So yeah I don't know what you're talking about.

[@zephyr8072]

JK Rowling: "I want to protect women who get bullied for being different as I was." Also JK Rowling: *uses her ultra high profile platform to bully women for being different*

[@patrickcraig8022]

I hope Imane sues her and wins the IP rights to the entire Harry Potter franchise

[@iamthewizardwhoknocks2845]

"She" is intersex based on what i read.

[@davidpacifico1019]

@@iamthewizardwhoknocks2845firstly, still a she, no ifs or buts. Secondly, the only source for that claim was made by a corrupt Russian organization of she beat a Russian boxer in order to keep said Russian boxers winning streak. The organization never released the test results. Every other test, including the one by the Olympics, Khalif passed.

[@CS_____]

@@iamthewizardwhoknocks2845 outing yourself for believing unsubstantiated claims you read online isn't the own you think it is

[@creeperzoid2639]

@@iamthewizardwhoknocks2845 "based on what i read" well no one gives a shit what you read since you didn't tell anyone where you read that or what your source is. how do morons like you survive independently

[@zephyr8072]

"Women's arms don't look like that." -noted expert of female biology via his extensive research in 1990s anime, the Quartering.

[@jamesrule1338]

Used to do a fair amount of MMA sparring. I learned a few things: 1) I suck at MMA. 2) Women's arms can look like that.

[@MegaTerryNutkins]

He needs to watch an Ann Wolfe highlight reel.

[@azeemtravadi6128]

If the quartering actually bothered to watch 90s anime beyond "Sexist Isekai 412" he would've seen women drawn with a physique like that anyway

[@aralornwolf3140]

@@jamesrule1338, A few things is more than 2 things. FYI.

[@scorpioigor]

Imane is not even that muscular. There are cis women who have a LOT more muscles than her. Simone Biles, for example, is tiny, but is incredibly buff. Imane is just a tall woman who doens't fit into the standard of white femininity.

[@ziyedyusufayoub2548]

Jack, I love your content. I'm a transgender man from Tunisia (I consider myself north African-- Algerians are my people too) living in Paris and this news almost made me spiral. I love your content in general. The fact that you decided to speak on this topic just really moves me. Thank you for your contribution to social commentary. I just wanted to show you my appreciation. Thanks.

[@ziyedyusufayoub2548]

(- signed, a gay Muslim transgender immigrant)

[@ceratiidaedalus3709]

hey, brother! hold onto hope. the world will change for the better and it will be wonderful to see.

[@idontneedaname318]

Hey Brother (I'm a child of ghanian immigrants living in the us) I wish u safety and peace 🙏

[@Thelastunicornlover]

❤️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

[@multiPIED]

​@@ziyedyusufayoub2548how is this even possible

[@lauren6509]

🚨Breaking News 🚨 Imane is suing both JK and Musty for cyber bullying. The way she finna clean house. I know the ambulance chasers were beating down her door. She deserves every penny 💰

[@bashirabdel-fattah9499]

I hope she cleans house, but unfortunately being plainly correct on the facts and the law isn't always enough when suing someone with infinite money. For instance, Musk won the case when he was sued for defamation by the cave diver who he repeatedly and baselessly accused of being a pdf file...

[@Ryzard]

@@peterschaeffer Clearly didn't watch the video explaining how that's bs lmao, stop copy pasting this reply.

[@shtarpark7938]

@@peterschaeffer Assuming, just for the sake of argument, that that's true...what point do you think you're making? That the answer to the question, 'what is a woman?' is actually kind of complicated after all? That it's not enough to be assigned as male or female at birth because of genitalia? That maybe all people should be 'tested', according to your standards, and those that don't meet certain criteria should have their gender reassigned? Or was it a deliberate irony? Where you just highlighting the dishonesty and shamelessness of people who use any argument they can, no matter how contradictory, to justify their own petty bigotry?

[@shtarpark7938]

@@peterschaeffer Hearsay isn't fact, obviously. But again, if it was, what point are you making?

[@bobsmith5441]

They deserve nothing. They entered a competition as an XY chromosomed person with all the bio advantages They knew they were XY. Irrelevant how they grew up Hope they receive not a dime! The absolute neck to do this. Complete cheating All the delusional supporting them Like living in the Twilight zone. XY chromosomes are not bio women This person is intersex. I couldn't feel pride in winning a medal if I cheated. You obviously could! Some people in life have real character, integrity and dignity Some people have delusions

[@Noodlyk18]

Being Moroccan, next door to Algeria, watching this unfold was surreal. I couldn't believe anyone actually thought our countries are chill like that, I wish dude lol. I've literally seen more than one video of a mob attacking someone for dressing in a non-conforming way, it's often recommended to gay tourists to "act straight" for their safety. Y'all really think we're chill like that lol? It's a nightmare for LGBT people in here, it's insane anyone would think this seriously.

[@ThW5]

How do you think about some Algerians thinking that it is all a Moroccan conspiracy against an Algerian athlete? I

[@yami7656]

They are just dangerous ignorants with power who think the world revolves around them.

[@LusciousTwinkle]

So its normal for Algerian men to hold a woman on their shoulders like that? To touch her like that? Sure...

[@mollusckscramp4124]

I'm really sorry that LGBT people have to deal with that over there, sounds awful

[@anteversus8471]

@@mollusckscramp4124 Ha ha ha, a Moroccan talking about Algeria is like a Russian talking about Ukraine or a Ukrainian talking about Russia. So : bin !

[@caraxkins]

I'm tearing up thinking about the statement "it is illegal to be gay in Algeria." This is what the "lgb activists" are doing with their time. They don't care about gay people. They don't care about our lives or safety. I WILL NEVER FORGIVE YOU JOANN.

[@HelloHamburger]

Unfortunately, Africa and the Middle East often discriminate against LGBT people.

[@HelloHamburger]

You also get mistreated for being trans in Algeria. If Imane's country believes the lies and slander, she could be put in a lot of danger.

[@ddr-qg8jg]

Sad to hear that For some reason trans people going racist lbtq is not free of hate ? I Meet a lesbian i tried to befriend her but then she went nuts and called me things :'(

[@newsystembad]

They never did. It was ALWAYS a right-wing obsession with keeping women, POC, and queer people in their "proper place" in the hierarchy. Not surprising given what a low-key racist Jowling's always been.

[@randomgeekcrap]

@@ddr-qg8jg me when lie

[@ArmyVeteranLife]

No, it's not a waste of time explaining these situations to people and debunking false information. This type of content is the reason that I escaped the RIGHT-WING pipeline. I've even been able to change the minds of people in my personal life. At least 5 of them are now progressive, and others are more open-minded. I have like 1 friend who remained conservative. I'm still changing minds in my personal life even today.

[@Shoulderpads-mcgee]

That’s really awesome!

[@Yogso-thot]

Nonbinary person here, with a close veteran friend from texas. Just want to say y'all cool as fuck and ily ❤

[@roswellnewmex]

that's beautiful bro

[@thelastdankbender4353]

Keep it up. I applaud your tenacity and courage.

[@MyChannel773]

that’s awesome!!!

[@tesnimguesmi6087]

As french resident, let me tell you, the french would NEVER shy away from admitting if that dancing number was inspired by the last supper. They literally put a beheaded Marie Antoinette in every window in Chatelet castle. The french don't care about controversy, they welcome it. So if they say the dance was inspired by dionysis, they means it!

[@doraladorade1564]

And in summary the lyrics say something like "people aren't dangerous when they are naked". It makes more sense to link that to the ancient Greece's olympics (that were performed naked), especially given that it was performed in, well, an olympic ceremony. The "last supper interpretation" is so weak in comparison

[@chriskwakernaat2328]

which christians also called demonic btw.. i'm like.. open a history book guys.. or even GOOGLE.

[@Treblaine]

They DID admit it was inspired by the last supper, until they started feeling the heat then capitulated.

[@genericname2747]

​@@Treblaine sources

[@flyingstonemon3564]

And even if It's the last supper It was intended to show different types of dances to honor the arrival of dance at the olympics. That's why they featured a traditional folk dance couple too... Idk how they missed that.

[@wordscapes5690]

Living in Taiwan, you cannot believe the hate speech Ms. Lin has endured online here in Taiwan. It has been tragic. Her family is traumatized. Ironically, she is the one remaining strong.

[@nisiwilli]

Fortunately I think the ones attacking Lin is relatively small (and remained online) compared to the ones supporting her. What's more interesting is I see a lot of people turning against Rowling after she being pretty well-liked for a long time because Harry Potter is popular here.

[@MoonlightWalnut]

I heard Taiwan has really turned against rowling after this (incredibly justified and honestly, long overdue)

[@wordscapes5690]

@@MoonlightWalnut Yup. The awakening has been harsh. China is following suit.

[@cranberrybe]

let us not forget ms Lin. i'm happy she won her medal.

[@GillianRosheuvel]

I was rooting so hard for Lin to win! Glad she prevailed in spite of the hatred spewed at her.

[@esharp48]

As a trans person, being depicted as a demon is not anything new for me. I'm sure it was for Imane... however, imagining your next opponent is so terrified of fighting you that she posts a picture that depicted you as a demon has got to be, at least a little, powerful.

[@thats4thebirds]

Yeah! Insane aura, at that point you’re in their head.

[@h8GW]

It a bit like when Chinese propagandists try to make American power look horrifying but they use imagery of eagles spewing lightning bolts or something, so even some of the Chinese populace say it just makes them look awesome.

[@bookswithike3256]

"Terrified" No. She wasn't legitimately scared, she was weaponising the hatred against Imane.

[@calamitysangfroid2407]

@@bookswithike3256 Yeah the Taiwanese boxer (or maybe her coach?) said the "secret man" accusations were leveraged by opponents to try and disturb the victims, so their mental state would be affected during the match. Even if Imane didn't care about being called a man (I suspect she faced some tough stuff growing up in Algeria!) it would be heartbreaking to see the media more concerned with your genitals and chromosomes than boxing performance.

[@damien678]

Oh, embracing being villainous in the eyes of others is an intoxicating feeling. It really let's the shackles come off, so to speak.

[@noaheinrich3834]

I saw a tweet pointing out that Quidditch is a full-contact sport that frequently results in horrific injury, and is entirely co-ed

[@MythicalRedFox]

"it's not fair! men are biologically better at riding brooms! And just because you took a polyjuice potion to change your gender doesn't mean your chromosomes have changed!"

[@IncensedAgitator]

Ron punched a girl in the face because he kept failing at goalkeeping, I don't believe the text said he did it on accident either Edit: I may have misread or misremembered the text as he did do so on accident

[@FrozEnbyWolf150-b9t]

Given that it involves riding around on brooms, with all the sudden acceleration and stops, wouldn't men be _worse_ equipped to play it?

[@IncensedAgitator]

@@FrozEnbyWolf150-b9t The brooms have a charm on them that make the riding more comfortable, a cushioning charm I believe its called.

[@officialmonarchmusic]

@@IncensedAgitator The text does actually say it was an accident

[@ghosty8193]

The ironic thing is… these people would probably call me a man too! Despite being a cis girl, I don’t have a period, can’t have kids and have a high testosterone level. JK Rowling would absolutely accuse me of being a man. Transphobia hurts everyone.

[@red_weed]

@@ghosty8193 I'm a guy with low testosterone. I must be a woman then! Farewell, non-existent beard and short hair!

[@Jorbanana]

Everytime they see a trans person they say "you can't have kids" so according to them infertile peoples don't fit into any gender.

[@sniedendepoes]

Yes you are a man. XY for life. You are male.

[@TehNoobiness]

This is true not just because a strict definition of "woman" is impossible, but also because TERFs are essentially fascists and fascism can only function with a target to shoot at. If the only women left were women who meet the current TERF standards, they'd just make up new ones so they can keep finding secret men to destroy.

[@magicdolphin3090]

​@@red_weedAs a trans man, I appreciate this comment :)

[@LilyMaidenLove]

Gay muslim transgender immigrants in an endless loop is a greaf band name

[@theothertonydutch]

It's definitely a Sufjan Stevens song title.

[@Bob78]

Everyone please welcome to the stage Gay Muslim Transgender Immigrants in an endless loop.

[@businesszeus6864]

my bestfriend is actually a gay muslim transgender immigrant, he’s also black and a refugee. we joke he’s won the minority speedrun

[@Polit_Burro]

"Believe Women (Except that C**t Rowling!)" is a great name for their first album.

[@detroitmetrodolphinskull]

​@@businesszeus6864conservatives when the people they invent as a strawman to make fun of woke actually exist and are actually just pretty chill dude(ttes): 🤯

[@DrCatdeJong]

Yeah the number one argument i hear from people who call Imane a man is "he doesn't have boobs". Like, a lot of women in elite sports leagues have tiny boobs, even i do, it's ridiculous.

[@bluester7177]

Sometimes they use things to contain their breasts and diminish it, I'm not an athlete, I don't have the biggest boobs but everytime I go run I wish I could take them off, they are annoying, I can undertand how they would be a detriment , also, did they never seen women with small breasts? They are common.

[@bluester7177]

Apparently many of them get breast reductions too.

[@evintyde]

Can't wait for these same people to tell me I'm still a woman and nothing can change that after I get top surgery

[@daroom9854]

Also , if your doing any type of strenuous sport ( weightlifting,powerlifting,strongwoman,martial arts,MMA ect) you are going to lose body fat and gain muscle mass , especially in the chest area for men and women. Ever since lifting more my breast size has decreased dramatically, and my pecs have gotten bigger.

[@Sandstimes]

I like my body the way it is and don't want to change it but it's terrifying to think I could one day be subject to discrimination or even violence over these psychopaths opinions

[@floriansunbackyard]

'Too rich to remember what being a human being is like' SPOT ON

[@evertvdb000]

wow, thats nasty she worked for her money as if you would refuse that kind of money

[@hellsbells-b9r]

@@evertvdb000 Do you know anything about Harry Potter? There is classism and racism in her books. Not the sort for worldbuilding that's clearly shown to be wrong, but which she personally thinks belongs there. There is a slave race that *enjoys* being enslaved. Even despite this, it doesn't matter. Working for the money she has doesn't mean everyone will be inclined to believing she deserves her wealth, especially since she's been a piece of shit to the point that most potterheads separate art from the artist and condemn her.

[@XavIsOnline]

​@@evertvdb000neither of the two things you said conflict with what they said

[@evertvdb000]

@@XavIsOnline you think jkr didnt work for her money then?

[@tsumikiayato1560]

@@evertvdb000yeah, actually yes. Harry Potter has always been an industry plant thanks to her relatives. The books' success were all but guaranteed no matter how good the writing is (and we can all see the results, it succeeded greatly despite the less than desirable writing and plot) through massive advertisement campaigns and dishonest media painting a picture of a poor mother writing her books with napkins in restaurants for empathy points. And the movies were planned before the first book even came out. The books did increase in quality over time, but at somepoint, she just... wasn't the writer anymore.

[@amazingspiderlad]

One of the parts of this that bothers me the most is how many people just don't care about transphobia or see it as a problem until it affects a cis woman

[@CandGoods]

Imane Khelif excelled at her sport, so she must secretly actually be a man, or the possibility those folks never thought of, she excelled at her sport because after coming up short last Olympics, she trained, improved her skills, and became a better boxer than she had been last Olympics. In the realm of elite athletics, was it hard work and dedication, or just "actually a man" 🤔?

[@TwizzTBD]

No way poopyhead, don't you know that women can't possibly be talented?

[@mollyoconnor9365]

Nah of course not, women can't be GOOD at the thing they have dedicated their lives to. If a woman is too good at something, she must actually be a man. Because men are so much better at everything. Especially sports. Women can't do sports good.

[@Alexwright12]

casual reminder that JK Rowling claims to be a feminist....

[@KasumiRINA]

Also she's in boxing. A notably corrupt sport where a certain BANNED FROM OLYMPICS "country" owns judges... They ALREADY disqualified her on trumped up charges after she refused to throw a fight and beat a boxer who was SUPPOSED to win from r^&*n federation. So she knew she needs to win by a lot of points or KO because otherwise they might cheat her out again. It's same thing in figure skating and gymnastics, so many scandals and cheaters!

[@baldbullsfoot]

if she lost last year then those people should really stop thinking she's a man😭😭 since according to their logic it wouldn't be unreasonable to assume they think men in the Olympics are undefeated athletes that win by a landslide without much effort. They should've known she wasn't a man from the get go but better late than never admitting their mistake.

[@Sorenzo]

I think it's very important that people watch the match. From the pictures and narrative, we're supposed to think Carini was beaten to the point of being bruised and crying for help. In fact, they simply had a fairly regular match that ended with Carini deciding she didn't think she could win. I don't know if she was right or wrong, but she was outwardly calm, if frustrated. About a minute later, when the referee declares Khelif the winner, Carini starts crying, understandably, and THAT'S when all the pictures are lifted out of the video to exploit her tears and sadness to imply she is a weak, vulnerable, white woman under threat. The entire match looked quite civil, in fact, with quite few hits, no blood, no bruising, no severe hits to the head, no rule-breaking or unsporting behaviour. Carini was JUST sad, understandably, that she had lost her chance to win, but the racist misogynist hate mob exploited her moment of emotion, picking out frames from the video that would play into the interpretation they wanted. As much damage as they've caused to Khelif, we should point out to the world that they exploited Angela Carini in an absolutely horrible, misogynist fashion.

[@julianaquintas2852]

I watched the match to draw my own conclusion and I agree. Rowling said Khelifas smirking and enjoying Carini's distress, but to me she looked confused to what was going on. She even tried more than once to shake hands with Carini as is the norm after a match

[@cranberrybe]

carini might have been exploited even more tragically if we are to believe what an italian olympics leader said. on the other hand she has pulled this stunt before and also she was awarded 50 000 by iba ... i don't know. maybe just leave her be for now so as not to do her what was done to Imane.

[@sundownermgr]

Theres a video of Carini "working out"

[@gnostic268]

Carini needs counseling to help her to develop her own personality instead of following her brother from one sport to the next. There is some sort of sibling rivalry going on and it's odd that Carini was good enough to male it to the Olympics but obviously her heart wasn't in it.

[@mollusckscramp4124]

It's absolutely wild to me that anyone would classify an Olympian boxer going for the title match as a "weak vulnerable white woman". These people's misogyny bleeds through the screen lmfao "We musn't let the BOXERS punch the wittle wimin too hard!!"

[@darthbob88]

3:56 It's minor compared to everything else, but I do appreciate "a young female boxer has had her Olympic dreams snatched away", because A) yes, that's what happens at the "Find the fastest/strongest person competition" and B) JKR was trying to snatch away Imane Khalif's Olympic dreams by posting about this shit. There's probably also C) JKR only got upset about a white woman's dreams being snatched away, but I don't know which fight caused her to make that tweet.

[@northstarjakobs]

It was the fight against the Italian boxer, as that was what started the whole debacle

[@darthbob88]

@@northstarjakobs That's what I thought, but I wasn't sure. Thanks for the confirmation.

[@timburtonlover369]

Also how are her “dreams snatched away” when she can just… compete again in the next Olympics. Like Imane just did, after she lost her last Olympics.

[@florian8599]

Yes, the intersection of racism and transphobia occured to me, too. I mean, Imane was described with racist terms as basically a "savage" and a "brute". Like: "How dare an uncultured North African savage win against a White, EvRoPeAn woman?! Must be SeCrEtLy A mAn!"

[@cranberrybe]

it was the carini fight, there was a photo after fight where jkr says a man is smerking when Imane tried to console carini

[@tyghe_bright]

If any of these people actually cared about women in sports, they'd talk about how women's sports are underfunded, how women athletes have trouble getting access to facilities or training. They'd speak about the harassment and abuse that women athletes receive. If any of these people cared about women, there are so many things they would focus on which impact millions of women's lives far, far more than trans people existing ever will.

[@theidiotictroublemaker2281]

Underfunded? The entire funds come from profit made from mens sports If anymore funds are pulled then the men will retaliate 🤣🤣

[@themaniomarian]

Stuff is underfunded, because it doesn't bring views and when it doesn't bring views it doesn't bring sponsors, so money has to be pulled out of something. You know that it is a shame that MANS underwater hockey is underfunded, how man underwater hockey athletes have trouble getting access to facilities, or training? Much more than woman athletes in running (all you need is a straight road, so you can run, all of your training right there).

[@LittleKikuyu]

One should ask oneself WHY men’s sports are so much more popular. Why are men the heroes of our childhoods? Maybe it says something about society? 🧐

[@themaniomarian]

@@LittleKikuyu One of the reasons and I argue pretty big one, is that men simply achieve better results at the highest level of play. Men lift the biggest weights, men jump the highest, men run the fastest. And this is more entertaining, because you see the limits of human's body. not just limits of woman's body. There is a reason that at the highest level of play the first few hundred positions are held by men. At that point even the smallest physical and/or mental adventage in addition to hard work, training, talent and luck, brings big results. That reason is not society.

[@magicdolphin3090]

​@@themaniomariani think you ignore society at large when you look at it this way. you cannot just look at it from "men are typically biological stronger" when we dont live by our inherited nature. we live in a society (duh) that dictates our thoughts and behavior. and our society has a history of sexism and patriarchy. so i believe it is a lot more nuanced than the easy "first thing you thought of" answer. i would like to point out things like land inherentence, how that change shaped the roles men and women fill. how women are expected to raise kids instead of pursue careers (which would include being an athlete). Lets look at another sport. Horse racing. Equestrianism is seen as a prominently women hobby/sport, hence the title "horse girl". but the equestrian spots world is STILL dominated by men, despite a overwhelming amount of women who make up the hobby. name one stereotypical hobby that women have that ISNT mocked by society in some way? makeup, fashion, knitting, etc... all are mocked in some way by our media. masculine traits are more highly valued by society. in turn, men are taken more seriously, which applies to mens sports. plenty of sports require much more than just physical strength. society just views women differently than men, and unfortunately, your comment only proves my point. you dont view womens sports as important or engaging. you dont value their achievements like you do mens. and you never will until you change your mindset, something I can not do for you.

[@untitledproductions644]

You got to love J.K.Rowlings hypocrisy J.K.Rowling: “I care and want to protect women” J.K.Rowling: says nothing about the literal groomer in the Olympics Also J.K.Rowling: harasses a woman for beating women at the sport she’s paid to do

[@scaldcrowe]

but how is she supposed to worry about actual, real, confirmed abusers, when there's hypothetical trans or intersex women who haven't actually done anything bad to fearmonger about?

[@foop9]

The person who beat up the woman in the Olympics was male. If he was female, it would've received no attention ..🤷‍♂️

[@damien678]

​@@foop9 "beat up the woman at the Olympics" You mean the woman BOXER during a MATCH THEY HAD? The way you've phrased it is purposefully vague to make it sound worse than it is. Also, that suspected male is actually a cisgender woman.

[@sandrols7]

​@@foop9 🤡

[@yoshiplasma]

groomer?!? understatement of the decade, he is a convicted international child r@pist

[@greenland_shark_2009]

a "trans" woman who was told by her father that she couldn't box because she was a woman is endangering women. by participating in a sport. that gets the participants hurt.

[@greedyelliephant]

Are you stupid

[@beefcube2414]

@@greedyelliephant reread what they posted... this is sarcasm.

[@concept8192]

"oh I'm endangering women?? I thought that was the point >:)" lmfao

[@greenland_shark_2009]

@@concept8192 no I mean it's like showing up to an olympics running team and complaining that they're trans because they run faster than you. you get hurt in boxing, even if it's not olympics. say it wasn't imane khalif, and it was two other women that are also cis. with the transphobes argument, they're also endangered, because their punches probably hurt too. if I was in a ring with any olympian boxer, not just imane khalif, I'd be fucking terrified. because they're fucking boxers.

[@preston21354]

@@concept8192 hey man you're either extremely stupid or just still desperately clinging on to the idea of imane khelif being a secret man

[@nicematerial]

Mispronouncing her last name is such perfect targeted revenge. Unlike misgendering which insults an entire group of people, mispronouncing her pen name is chef's kiss

[@asmrtpop2676]

Her masculine pen name meant to disguise herself as a man.

[@Barrinade64]

make sure you call her "joanne" as well. she really hates that

[@Necroxion]

I mean, you can call her Robert Galbraithe too just to really hammer home the irony and make her sick of her own pen name

[@foop9]

What ? This is such a nothing burger of a comment. She spent a lot of her career with ppl not even knowing she was a woman and just assuming she was a man as she went by her initials .. you might say she was misgendered .. but hey nevermind .. she's doing just fine 🙂 💲💲💲💲💲

[@damien678]

​@@Necroxion "JKR, also known as Robert Galbraith" never not gonna refer to her like this from now on

[@eev14]

Fantastic video, as a Dutch person I noticed all the outrage around Imane Khelif but then on our national broadcast of the Olympics I could hear our casters talking about how Van de Velde was being treated 'unfairly' by the public, calling the people booing him 'misinformed' and 'outrageous', never mind that the reality of the situation is that this man actually raped a girl and spend time in prison for it. Our media and the Dutch Olympic Committee were more than happy to show their support for this guy. And I looked into what this man actually did, it wasn't just 'a young man's mistake', it was the most clear example of grooming you could possibly encounter. I made a post on Facebook to my friends about this situation and also pointed our the parallel that can be for the 'failure to protect women', but Imane Khelif's gender being questioned became the number one outrage in no time, rather than us having a real productive conversation about the danger of sexual mistreatment that all women face and how we should improve on our justice system most are talking about a woman being muscular instead. Never mind the irony of an actual groomer being defended and protected while people run around calling trans people groomers purely for existing. I'm glad that I'm not the only one seeing how disingenuous and misplaced this outrage is, perhaps instead of rallying for gender testing in the Olympics we better rally for the exclusion of convicted sexual offenders instead or maybe give a platform to women's safety support groups by inviting their representatives to talkshows.

[@MelissaWickersham-k4o]

To be fair, he would probably have committed that sort of crime anyway even if he was older than 19. He just got caught early when he was barely an adult.

[@randomtinypotatocried]

Really tired of the eugenics shit being pushed by these people

[@noamaddie1211]

Thank you for saying this !!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@newsystembad]

Unfortunately, totally unsurprising given how Britain _literally invented eugenics_

[@tilltronje1623]

​@@newsystembadwhat does the origin have to do with this?

[@tilltronje1623]

@@peterschaeffer oh hey Russian bot. Niet

[@tilltronje1623]

@@peterschaeffer if only you could prove that. Do tell, what evil master mind group is running the Olympics and planned on smuggeling this secret man into the competition and no one else for no reason? Is it the jews? Or maybe lizard people? Ukrainians?

[@parkerbond9400]

It's almost like being a Terf isn't about protecting women's sports or women

[@banquetoftheleviathan1404]

Her justification is basically how much she hates men

[@bluester7177]

It's also a detriment to themselves, Joanne has been tr@nsvestigated herself, many terfs are lesbi@n women, some of them look a little masc, so it's literally that something something leopard who eats faces.

[@guardianofpeace6393]

It’s almost like Terfs are about controlling women’s bodies

[@newsystembad]

"Never has been" 🔫👨🏾‍🚀

[@timbo3286]

WHAT?! OH WOE IS ME. THE BETRAYAL!!! Oh wait, i already knew that.

[@azzyjeffs]

“women’s arms don’t look like that!” …I guess somebody’s never seen female bodybuilders. Or women. Or been to a gym.

[@t0xicChick3n]

I don't like disparaging folks for their weight, seeing as how I'm a fairly big guy myself, but, uh, no, that fact fuck has never seen the inside of a gym.

[@aralornwolf3140]

Or dated a woman who could lift 350+ pounds above their head.

[@ND-nr6mx]

​@@aralornwolf3140 I'm jealous

[@KasumiRINA]

Khelif would be SMALL next to WWE women and those are considered hot. Look at Tiffany Stratton or Rhea Ripley! Hell, Alexa Bliss is actually a bodybuilder and her arms are pretty huge for someone who looks like a Barbie.

[@onbearfeet]

People consistently underestimate women's physical strength. I'm a pudgy middle-aged woman with very little muscle definition in my arms, but I'm stronger than I look, and I frequently haul all my groceries in from my car in one trip. (I live in an apartment, so I often have to park far from my door.) I've learned to warn people before they try to pick up any bag or backpack I'm carrying around; they never expect it to be full of books because I carry that extra weight more easily than a lot of men. I always joke that what my ancestors looked for in a wife was a woman who could pick up a sheep under each arm. I'm sure that I would be accused of gender crimes if I had more defined muscles, a smaller bust, or darker skin. It's so stupid, too. The tradwives these fools venerate spend all their time picking up kids and slinging hot pans around. It's like none of them knows how much a toddler or a full stockpot weighs.

[@dooshkid]

the dork at 13:26 going 'this is a man's arms' while not having arms that look anything like that while claiming to be a "man," it's like the guy hit his head on the pavement too hard sometime during his life and never recovered.

[@hacksignify]

So, as far as the whole "making a video plays into it thing" Do you know who isn't hesitating to spread bullshit? The bigots. Your take is also particularly helpful cause it points out an actual issue with this whole deal. Even if she was a Trans woman, this is all still incredibly dumb. Putting out sensible information in opposition to these lies is important.

[@r.coburn3344]

Good point. We need all the true stuff out here we can get.

[@SuperPal-tr3go]

Yeah the stupid is already out there so you have to counter it.

[@SamuelKoepke-r3o]

I agree: Not acting when things like this happen is an action toward it in itself.

[@hosvet_animation]

Yeah, The Streissand Effect doesn't apply to things that are already well-known news stories that have current unchallenged information. It's once there's nothing left to say that you should just leave the news alone to die even if grifters are still pushing it.

[@historicflame972]

I would like to apologize Lately, I had stated that black mould has been the cause for JK's recent tirades against people that do not exist This was highly irresponsible and insensitive of me, black mould would likely not be capable of having this effect. JK's actions are her own, her moral agency has not been compromised.

[@chilljelloton2089]

i know right? the-muppet-joker's roomates lived in a black mold invested apartment for god knows how long and believe in transgender rights its not that strong a correlation

[@Fryguystudios]

The fungal swarm intelligence has decided to spare you. For now.

[@superanimenerd13]

I wouldn't want to insult black mold by comparing it to JK Rowling

[@banquetoftheleviathan1404]

Swamp gas

[@wolfgangouille]

Free will doesn't exist.

[@SarastistheSerpent]

The horrific transphobia directed at Khelif made me incredibly depressed. Rowling and the others harassing her are monsters. I hope things get better in the future for trans and intersex people. 🏳️‍⚧️

[@r.coburn3344]

Don't worry snake buddy, we won't stop fighting till the bullies shut up and go away.

[@jaguarenduda]

@@r.coburn3344 what did you say

[@iamthewizardwhoknocks2845]

Trasnsphoia? Is she a man or not?

[@xen0bia]

Yeah, this is the 2nd time in recent years where I nearly deleted all my social media, because it was too depressing to read all the vile comments... (the first time being early pandemic when people literally expressed they didn't care if old people died, that going to the gym or the restaurant, etc. was more important...)

[@NeoNovastar]

​@@r.coburn3344thanks random internet person, resting this made me feel better

[@raeste.claire7093]

If any of yall are fascinated by JK Rowling's weird fascination with trans people, I'd recommend Contrapoints' video on the matter as I think as a trans woman she has lots of interesting takes on it

[@ScottishAtheist]

I think JK puts the rights of woman above men pretending to be, there's nothing weird about it - at all. Contrapoints is an autogynophile (there's nothing wrong with that, but just stop lying to yourself).

[@chadcronkwick4989]

@@ScottishAtheist "The concept of autogynephilia has been criticized for implicitly assuming that cisgender women do not experience sexual desire mediated by their own gender identity. Research on autogynephilia in cisgender women shows that cisgender women commonly endorse items on adapted versions of Blanchard's autogynephilia scales. " - wikipedia

[@FrostyButter]

@@ScottishAtheist "A man is anyone who doesn't look like an anime waifu hurr durr"

[@majornougat5207]

This video is full of life-altering quotes and I love it: 7:23 "the trauma of discovering that boobs are mostly made of fat" - 7:46 "is it goon brain or just fearing women in general?"

[@vitasomething]

so true bestie :3

[@samtinkle9076]

10:10 "...and also somehow not Dylan Mulvaney."

[@aturchomicz821]

Jack doesn't miss🗣🗣

[@highestqualitypigiron]

Yes, when you have to make weight for a fight you have to be lean, the leaner the better (to a point) if you're a chick and you're getting lean to make fight weight you will lose a lot of the fat that is typically seen with a "feminine figure". Women also on average have higher body fat percentages. It's actually quite surprising that people are shocked by this as it happens to almost every female combat sports athlete that has to cut weight.

[@Thelastunicornlover]

😂

[@davidtaylor142]

The Last Supper thing annoys me so much because THE LAST SUPPER IS NOT A FUCKING RELIGIOUS ARTIFACT. Its just a painting. You will not find it in any religious place

[@IsaacMayerCreativeWorks]

I agree that it's just a painting and not a sacred artifact, but it is "housed in the refectory of the Convent of Santa Maria delle Grazie in Milan, Italy" and I think that counts as a religious place tbh

[@davidtaylor142]

@@IsaacMayerCreativeWorks fair

[@PrinzschwartzchHeisenburger]

Personally, I think The Last Supper is a religious piece but it's a religious piece that has been parodied for a long time. It's not that big of a deal.

[@Valentine-kx7fk]

It. Is in a religious place though. It's literally in a convent. I am on the side of not being mad about this but yall GOTTA know what you're talking about. It's a painting with religious significance made during a pretty religious time period for the literal Catholic Church. Be forreal.

[@davidtaylor142]

@@Valentine-kx7fk I was talking about the imagery not the literal painting. Like you'll rarely see it used in a church

[@IzzyTheDyspraxicArtist]

There's black mould in my house, didn't turn me into a biggot. Just makes me disslike my landlord.

[@audiocrow8047]

ohhh i see, so you're bigoted against landlords. that's the REAL hatespeak

[@onbearfeet]

I lived for years in an apartment with a black mold infestation older than I was, and it just made me overzealous about cleaning with bleach.

[@springshowers4754]

I had horrible respatory issues while I lived in my black mold infested childhood bedroom, pretty sure it didn't make me a bigot tho.

[@IzzyTheDyspraxicArtist]

@@audiocrow8047 Good joke. But honestly, I'm expecting this responce for real. Thats why I wrote "my landlord' not "landlords."

[@llamawarllord]

@@audiocrow8047just typical rentcell hatred toward landchads

[@pssurvivor]

i cannot but dislike angela carini. she knew exactly what she was doing but probably did not foresee the extent to which the online harassment of khelif would grow. which is why it gives me a little joy to think that the most famous photo of carini to exist online will, for a very very long time, be of her crying like a baby at an olympics boxing match

[@redblue5140]

@@peterschaeffer where?

[@redblue5140]

@@peterschaeffer Where did you read that the trainer said that

[@redblue5140]

​@@peterschaeffer I read this. the trainer said the endocrinologist confirmed she is woman?

[@TelletubiedeFormosa_XD]

@@peterschaeffer kay why ess

[@redblue5140]

​@@peterschaeffer I have not seen any of this proof she is genetic male, I dont see in french article that trainer admit she is male. even if presence of XY chromosomes is true that can mean anything, sex is determine by the sex determining gene SRY inside of Y chromosome not just presence of XY chromosome. there are women with XY chromosome that have still been able to give birth because they are still genetic female. I dont understand where this proof she is genetic male is, I cannot find it. It seem ideological driven.

[@Tacom4ster]

JK Rowling doesn't actually care about Tomboys

[@diestormlie]

TERF: Tomboy Excluding Rancid Fuckwit

[@theothertonydutch]

Tomboys were my gateway to discovering I'm Bi.

[@Hiljaa_]

​@@theothertonydutchtomboys my beloved

[@shytendeakatamanoir9740]

Well, obviously she would hate "Tomboy". I doubt she ever watched it though.

[@thing_under_the_stairs]

@@theothertonydutch I went from tomboy to trans masc, so yeah, JKR hates us.

[@FTZPLTC]

Good point regarding the potential banning of women's boxing because, like... you don't have to go back that far to see conservatives quite openly and unabashedly saying that women's boxing shouldn't be allowed because it's unladylike, or making up weird barely bioplausible claims about how it would affect women's ability to have children and therefore shouldn't be allowed... Even in the 1990s, they weren't particularly subtle about it being purely about how boxing is for boys and pretty dresses are for girls. It's the same political quarters now claiming that they know exactly who should or shouldn't be allowed to compete in women's boxing, if not the same individuals.

[@KasumiRINA]

Their ancestors banned women in cars because they claimed their uterus would fall out. Not kidding.

[@bluester7177]

​@@KasumiRINAthey also thought the uterus wandered through the body like an animal.

[@calamitysangfroid2407]

If women are allowed to represent their country at sports, what other nonsense will they get up to? Trying to represent their state as governors and politicians? Inheriting the family business? BECOMING RELIGIOUS LEADERS?!?!?!

[@damien678]

I'm FtM, and terfs absolutely wouldn't stop at just us trans people if we all decided to gave in to their bullying and detransition. They'd absolutely get rid of things like women's boxing, and wresting, and a miriad of other things, too.

[@Spamhard]

Women's boxing wasn't even legal in the UK until 1998. Iirc women's boxing wasn't even added to the olympics until 2012. It's genuinely wild to think that women couldn't even participate in a sport during most of our generations.

[@toxizenz]

it's so cool that they call themselves feminists while putting women's lives at risk and ignoring their struggles and trauma because they're WOC and a bit muscular

[@ME24689]

Rubbish.. #StopTheLies He was tested twice and he was found to have XY chromosomes.. 🙄 #SexNotGender #RepealTheGRA #SickOfThisShit

[@turtle4llama]

It's genuinely shocking that points aren't docked for poor sportsmanship at the Olympics. I would have been benched if I refused to shake an opponent's hand at the end of a little league game.

[@twpsyn]

as of this moment jkr hasnt tweeted for 4+ days which for a twitter addict like her may as well be years lmao. she's def been advised to stop making statements on imane khelif

[@AccoSpoot]

Remember when Elon (of all people) had to tell her to go outside and touch grass? Yeah I think maybe her loyalists have had enough.

[@Will-fl3hj]

@@AccoSpoot I think maybe her *lawyers have had enough

[@damien678]

​@@AccoSpoot Seeing that legitimately short-circuited my brain. And I've known Robert has been a terf for yeaaaarrrsss

[@TehNoobiness]

here from the future: she started tweeting again and her lawyers are probably losing their goddamn minds

[@linkfreeman1998]

U mean might as well no longer exist in this world.

[@mirasbrush4607]

Um, J.K is not her birth name. Her Birth name is Joanne. She doesn't even have a middle name. She should have to be referred to by the name on her birth certificate.

[@MetalsirenIXI]

I presume its a "Pen name" some authors use?

[@VladdViever]

I just assumed she identified as a Joke

[@takimi_nada]

@@MetalsirenIXI so we should deadname her the way she does it to other people and call her J Rowling

[@mirasbrush4607]

@@VladdViever Yes, the name j/k Rowling is also acceptable. Its also pronounceable as "Jerk" in a pinch.

[@KaidenZvek]

​​@@MetalsirenIXIbut you see, this would not be what her family or the Lord would have wanted😒 /jk

[@Advent3546]

The WE CAN ALWAYS TELL crowd never can tell.

[@alexs.5871]

Literally worse at guessing than if they just tossed a fucking coin xD

[@View777Dragon]

MtF you altmost always tell. FtM not so much.

[@concept8192]

​@@View777Dragonno, you can't tell either way.

[@cassiusdhami9215]

The "protectors" of "traditional masculinity" always seem to be the least traditionally masculine people in the room.

[@M_M_ODonnell]

@@View777Dragon You really, really don't

[@Frenchaboo]

Another thing: It's funny how you put it they think a man would disguise himself for 20 years in order to get to freely beat women, as if men don't already do that all the time without having to participate in sports, and rarely get caught/sentences for it lol.

[@Jorbanana]

It's the same with the bathroom argument. No one would go out of their way to socialy transition just so they can rape women, because the bathroom is just protected by a door.

[@MegaTerryNutkins]

Stands up for women's rights and feminism by ***checks notes*** relentlessly smearing a female athlete by calling her a man. Does anybody have the number of a good mold treatment company?

[@jayjaydee1556]

He is a man. The Olympic body agreed and aid they had done a test proving they were male at birth.

[@akisatsuki8444]

This comment is so underrated

[@Thelastunicornlover]

😂😂😂

[@Alex-gh8iu]

​@@jayjaydee1556you have zero proof, coward.

[@Alex-gh8iu]

@@peterschaeffer that's not even remotely true, coward. 🤣🤣🤣 And even if she has XY she still has a right to compete. Cry about it.

[@acuyra]

I've come across people saying that Imane lost her nine fights on purpose just to throw everyone off. I don't know how to bring someone like that back to reality.

[@ThyFloorestFloor]

I wish I had an answer, but just like you, I am confused as to how to proceed. At least something that may not take the transphobia out of someone, but will at least have them be able to recognize how utterly delusional that hate is making them. To leave them at a place where at least a conversation can be made.

[@antoineleblanc9765]

Imane has showed us : knuckles to the face

[@figlet6427]

Nah dude at that point it's pure delusion and emotion based response so nothing short of miracle is gonna help, trust me I tried

[@banquetoftheleviathan1404]

Defenestration

[@asia1174]

Why would you jeopardize your career like that and make yourself look like a fool 🤦‍♀️

[@sirtrino]

pretty wild seeing Quartering say who is dangerous to women given he got banned from a convention for creeping on women in cosplay.

[@kostajovanovic3711]

Remember the conspiracy that he was banned for exposing people who abused children?

[@ChrisAlbertH47]

They need to understand the culture Khelif is from. If she had been male from birth, it would not have been easy for the family to assign her sex as female. The simple fact of the matter is, all the information that is known about her has always pointed to her being female. This was simply another case of culture war controversy, propped up by public figures who should've known better.

[@cranberrybe]

and why would they even want to do that? so that later she would box against their wishes? 😂

[@whocare9942]

I'm a top surgery butch, this stuff is way more common than people tend to like to admit. Some people got raised thinking running as a cis woman would make their uterus fall out so they couldn't do marathons until the 70s

[@sharkenjoyer]

They didnt allow women to ride trains for the same reason.

[@damien678]

​@@sharkenjoyer That sounds like extremely convenient talking points to prevent women from having any form of escape, if need be

[@Ryzard]

@@sharkenjoyer So they just assumed women were made of jello?

[@raeoverhere923]

I remember seeing pamphlets from the 1890s that warned men about the "dangers" of women riding bicycles. They'd become sterile, they'd develop "bicycle face", they'd end up with a nervous disorder caused by maintaining their balance and moving the pedals at the same time; all absolutely ridiculous claims, of course, but since no one really bothered to study the female body, it took science _way_ too long to catch up and debunk any of it.

[@Lily-gr1ct]

The worst part is as far as I know JK Rowling has not even apologised yet. She's increasingly doubling down on objectively wrong statements. When proven wrong, multiple times, she either goes silent or will deflect and go "well this is indicative of a bigger issue" without ever confronting the fact that she's wrong. She's too far gone at this point. Frankly anyone engaging with her is like talking to a brick wall. She is completely irredemable and she has been for years. There's no debate or empathy left, just cold, empty hate within her heart

[@damien678]

Has she ever publicly apologized for anything? In general?

[@tintedpalette653]

What’s so funny about this particular situation is she hasn’t tweeted in a whole week which is very unlike her. Pretty telling sign that she is in a position where she is compelled to not even speak about it for now.

[@iamthestormthatisapproachi916]

Not even surprised. Uuuugh...I'm never gonna look at a Harry Potter book the same way again.

[@Thelastunicornlover]

@@damien678Not that I’ve heard.

[@Lily-gr1ct]

@@peterschaeffer You have evidence from a preputable source? I literally can't find anything you have claimed, apart from the IBA, an organisation that has nothing to do with the Olympics and has been disbanded from most major boxing tournaments due to it being suspect corrupt. I haven't found anything from a french endo or CAS. Besides, XY chromosomes aren't "male" chromosomes in specific cases. People have claimed she might have "DSD" which isn't actually one thing but is "Development in Sex Disorder" so can cover a wide range, and not even necessarily intersex conditions. nothing I have found has confirmed one way or another. XY females exist. This is where the SRY gene is not present. SRY gene is the "trigger" to start male development. Without it you develop fully female physically. If she has that, then she literally cannot naturally produce testosterone. She could also have a developmental disorder that does increase testosterone but she is XX She could have literally none of those things, be XX female and just be strong and good at boxing. I literally cannot find more evidence, and it's very clear at this point she was born female, raised female, and even with an intersex condition, shouldn't be subject to the transphobic abuse she has received from Rowling and many others. Get your sources, get your research. Daily fail doesn't count, and direct from the IBA definitely doesn't count.

[@LackingSaint]

Hey! The Olympics copyright claimed some of the footage in this video, so I made the executive decision to just immediately cut the stuff they wanted gone (namely the Pavlov's Dog opening and the Angela Carini segment). It's kind of disjointed but strikes like this can really kill view momentum and for obvious reasons I want to spread this as much as possible. I will look into getting a complete reupload available soon, and in the meantime encourage people to actively share the vid around to help rebuild that momentum. Thanks to people who let me know about the issue!

[@mashigabla]

These people don't even watch boxing and have no idea what a high level female athlete looks like

[@FrostyButter]

Facts

[@FrostyButter]

@@peterschaeffer Fake news lol

[@FrostyButter]

@@peterschaeffer No he didn't lol

[@FrostyButter]

@@peterschaeffer "Imane Khelif 's trainer..." So not a doctor then. Also no he didn't 😆

[@Durandurandal]

I wrote a whole thing on that MIB about how I think that's a legitimate social dynamic to examine (a group of people acting irrationally together), but idk, it felt too long of a comment. Instead, here's a relevant quote to the "controversy": "Those who attacked me? Of course, they were enemies of glory. But, without them, my victory would not have been so satisfying." - Imane Khelif

[@ludo_narr]

There's research that indicates that large groups of people aren't actually as panicky as elites and media make them out to be. During disasters, if they're adequately informed, they evacuate dangerous buildings in an orderly fashion and help people in need to leave as well. If left to their own devices, they tend to group up and organize aid and supplies.

[@matthewlinus4691]

​@ludo_narr Self organizing large groups of people can be very smart and not panicky, but large crowds of people are also more susceptible to rhetoric than individuals alone. That's partially why the "people are dumb" opinion is so widespread, because it's not just deliberate spreading by the powerful, but also because inflammatory rhetoric is more common than natural disasters.

[@ConfusedOctopus]

Damn what an incredible quote! Imane is so cooll

[@KasumiRINA]

That social dynamic is called "folie a doux", where mass of people have same delusions.

[@Durandurandal]

@ludo_narr oh certainly, on the other side though was the example I had intended to post: a lynch mob rapidly formed because a man, that was not literate in Arabic, saw a woman with Arabic printed on her dress, assumed it was quoting the Koran and accused her of blasphemy. Authorities were able to show up and intervene in time, so thankfully, she was not hurt. So more as just *one form* of group behavior we should be sensitive too

[@annnee6818]

These people are attacking a cis woman for being a good boxer and defending a child SAer. It's NOT about protecting women, never has been

[@elainelouve]

100%

[@fillername6996]

The fact the """Last Supper""" section was called gay when the only kiss was between a man and a woman... And the whole premise wasn't "let's show off the LGBT+ community", it was a fashion show. Because Paris is famous for fashion.

[@ZackShark1]

It wasnt even the last supper, it was based off of (i dont know the exact same) the feast of dyonisus, which is greek (which christians blatantly stole)

[@arthurdent5357]

I didn't know that. This makes it very on topic with the olympics.

[@theidiotictroublemaker2281]

The director of the opening ceremony himself said it was based on last supper. What are you on?

[@ZackShark1]

@@theidiotictroublemaker2281 source?

[@theidiotictroublemaker2281]

@@ZackShark1 check the first 3 months before the Olympics. In an interview even before the Olympics started he stated he was inspired from the last supper. Hope that helps

[@irpwellyn]

the last supper isn't even a holy image or anything, it's just 500 year old fanart

[@theGhostWolfe]

It wasn’t even fan art, it was commission.

[@djsmeguk]

9:16 you know you're seriously shady and not legit when the International Olympic Committee, one of the most corrupt organizations in the world, thinks you're a bit sus

[@KasumiRINA]

Yes, we in Ukraine, lobbied IOC for so long to ban cheaters from a certain country and they only budged in extreme cases, and this was one of them because it was so obvious: for contrast, it took TWO YEARS to disqualify girl who had positive doping test proven in 2022. TWO. YEARS. Of people not getting their medals. And rest of the team (same doctor and coach so DEFINITELY same diet and PEDs) was NOT DQ'ed and kept doped medals. So burden of proof is so huge that for IOC to actually ban someone they must be completely corrupt, and Imane defeated a boxer she was "not supposed to win against", won't be surprised if mob bets were involved.

[@Germania9]

It's really sad that both Islamophobia and transphobia have converged around Imane Khelif, since both oppressed communities have utter distrust and fear of each other. Even with an existence of trans Muslims, especially in Indonesia, neither side wishes to acknowledge their existence; Muslims sees trans Muslims as deviants, certain major trans personalities disavow them. That aside, that Rowling and her ilk have implicit Islamophobia within her transphobia, really muddles the issues that both communities have to put up with. Speaking as a Muslim myself, I do wish both Muslims and the LGBTQ put away their judgements and discuss with each other, while treating actual queer Muslims as human beings.

[@aetherkid]

The LGBT community should rightly disavow and not associate with any person of Abrahamic faith, especially Islam. We already have enough people calling us groomers - we don't need a child-marriage cult making us look bad.

[@KasumiRINA]

Don't forget racism, as Imane Khelif was told she looks manly because she has "non-white" features, tons of absolutely masculine white women never get the same treatment.

[@jayjaydee1556]

She is not islamophobic and lgbt people have no place I Islam. It's agaisnt the haddiths and the Koran.

[@katerrinah5442]

As a queer Muslim, thanks. It's not fun right now.

[@clarkmichaels822]

Do keep in mind the Italian boxer is a supporter of the very fascist, transphobic prime minister of Italy who was all too ready to use that rhetoric after the fight, and the boxer only backpaddled once it became close Imane is intersex.

[@mikey-wl2jt]

and she's a cop

[@kamilasledz25]

And the Polish boxer who lost to Lin Yu-Ting ran (unsuccessfully) in the local elections from the lists of the far-rightest party we have here, she also posted transphobic stuff about fellow boxers, later backpedaling that it was her "social media manager"

[@Rosula_D]

Exactly! People acting like that "lady" was confused are delusional. She knew what she was doing.

[@Spamhard]

There's such a deep seated level of racism in all of this (as you pointed out), as a mostly Westernised audience try and enforce their own white beauty standards on this woman who dares to like... not have perfectly manicured eyebrows, and a larger nose, and some amount of darker facial hair. And I don't mean that at a dig at her appearance, I also have all of these things (and unsurprisingly was bullied at school for looking like a man). It's just this ongoing ridiculousness that TERFism always leads back to misogyny where we judge a woman by her appearance, but also severe racism that her appearance isn't following the white standards. I'm from the UK and I see the same thing consistently directed at south Asian and middle eastern women where they're ridiculed for looking too 'mannish'.

[@andyiswonderful]

rubbish

[@Spamhard]

@@andyiswonderful yeah it is a rubbish situation, you're so right.

[@mr.broman3721]

One time i saw a jkr fan compare people mispronouncing her name to deadnaming LMAO

[@kahlilbt]

I choose to call her Robert.

[@springshowers4754]

jowling kowling rowling

[@MissMoontree]

They do have al thing in common; it can be annoying, cringe and if done on purpose it is rude.

[@autumnblaze6267]

Just Kidding Rowling

[@thing_under_the_stairs]

@@autumnblaze6267 I wish she was just kidding. Or that her entire existence was a joke!

[@40footwolf]

The Quartering can't tell if someone's a woman or not by looking at their arms, but most people can tell if he's drunk or not by looking at his eyes

[@phrakture8888]

as a tgirl thanks for the passion at 4:06. I've been ranting so much to my bf about the agonising injustice of a billionaire sitting on a pile of money and safety while women -especially poc women- are killed.

[@thomasbourchier8715]

Deadpool isn't a bisexual sadist in latex, he's a pansexual sadist (and masochist) in leather.

[@Fryguystudios]

"Boobs are fat" No; that's not true; that's impossible! NOOOOOO!!!! -- some guy probably

[@KasumiRINA]

With collagen. Not pure fat but yeah.

[@idontneedaname318]

They also have some milk ducts but. Mostly just yellow fat lmao

[@cyancat8633]

​@KasumiRINA found you again for a 3 time this commemt section, so are you a leftist that hates facisim?

[@jamesrule1338]

Those two GB News segments showing how they talk about an actual offender vs a buff woman says it all, really. I'm surprised my blood isn't literally boiling after watching them.

[@xemiii]

Actual sexual predator: bad, but buisness as usual "Trans" athlete wins a boxing match: THIS IS A HORRIBLE CRIME AGAINST WOMEN COMMITTED BY A DEMON

[@Alex-cw3rz]

They act like she knocked out everyone she faced when she only has 3 knock outs in over 60 matches

[@lupine.spirit]

it’s weird how nobody cares when a cis man has some physical advantage over the other competitors. Like. Ever. Almost as if…people are different and an advantage in one thing doesn’t mean you’ll definitely win 🦄

[@Kam_i_]

yeah, like victor wembanyana on the french olympic basketball team. He’s 7’4 and a fucking prodigy, amazing stats and everything, even among the NBA players he’s a freak. What can you do, ban him for being gifted by god lmao

[@katea6721]

@@Kam_i_ same with michael phelps, he is just the perfect shape for swimming, and no one is hollering about him

[@runningcommentary2125]

Yaxley Lennon is half Irish. If he had been born just a few decades earlier the people who follow him would spit at him and kick him out of pubs. No one remembers the anti-Irish sentiment in this country, but it was a very real fact of life not that long ago.

[@MsAdlerHolmes]

As a 6ft tall woman with big arms, who used to affectionately get called "Helga" in massage class, this whole thing has been unsurprising. I'm twice Imane Khelif's size (she could still kick my arse though haha). There have always been people - boys and girls, men and women - my whole life who have been bothered by my height, my physique. Those who feel threatened treat you as though it's your fault, as though you chose to be bigger than everyone else and enjoy freaking everyone out. I think the only reason I haven't. Even accused of being a man is that I don't go out much due to injuries. This current rhetoric is so terrifying. People like Rowling don't even realise that even they are unsafe under this kind of scrutiny. Though if she "dies by her own sword" she only has herself to blame.

[@Aphelia.]

I think the world needs to realize that big women are absolutely Amazing actually. It's weird to me how a strong and healthy body is getting shamed. It should be celebrated

[@jayhollows5729]

​@@Aphelia. And trans women are pretty amazing too

[@sarahwatts7152]

Imagine a world where JK got really, really into crochet. Must be nice.

[@drosophilamelanogaster3121]

I want to shift into that dimension

[@airplanes_aren.t_real]

When a rich brittish billionaire buys her first castle the universe flips a coin, they either turn into excruciating attention wh@res that will do anything if it means being praised by the masses, or they get really into crotchet

[@reda-exe]

i don't want her making crochet transphobic 😂 get away from my hobby!

[@saveusmilkboy]

What was truly disgusting in this whole affair is the number of media outlets which just... went with it. Imane Khelif and Lin Yu-Ting were given an intense course in how transphobia feels every day for so many trans people, despite not even being one of them.

[@Bigbruhmoment541]

This reminds of this case when a school board member made a twitter post showing a high school poster advertising a up coming girls basketball game with the caption “girls basketball..” implying that one of the girls shown was trans because the girl had short hair and a muscular build. The girl ended up getting severely threatened and harassed both on online and school. Needless to say that board member received thousands complaints and try to give a bs interview but ultimately was removed from the board. I find it ironic that these people who are against trans people to “protect women and children” end up hurting women a children.

[@TehNoobiness]

I mean, that's ultimately the point. The whole thing is an excuse to hurt people, because they think that hurting people is how you fix the world. The fact that women and children get hurt in the process is just an unfortunate accident, when you've already accepted that hurting people is objectively good.

[@williamhenry8914]

It's kinda hilarous that Mrs Dursley turned out to be a self-portrait.

[@hellotroggy]

She opened the series with the perspective she understands best.

[@michaelkitchin9665]

I'm still annoyed we'll never see Caster Semaya at her peak. The Olympics should be a perfect venue for celebrating how a rare circumstance at birth, combined with training can produce a new human limit.

[@bluester7177]

Specially because it is that place for many people, like Michael Phelps, I don't understand all the people acting like elite sports is fair, it's not, it's the fired it can get.

[@ithinkiknowme6450]

​@@peterschaeffer 🙄

[@cheyannegiles9772]

@@peterschaeffer Except on her birth certificate

[@CoviYello]

JK Molding has evolved into Moldevort.

[@franziskani]

Seriously underrated comment ;)

[@bard2555]

I should be allowed to go feral

[@faeriegraver]

I'll join you and we can deal with any consequences after

[@emilyfarfadet9131]

People really need to start understanding what averages are. If your vision of gender is this blur of incredibly selective media and personal expectation, seeing Olympic Athletes (A.K.A, people from all over the world that are notably exceptional) is naturally going to contrast with that.

[@bluester7177]

It also really depends on personal experience too, I'm Brazilian and Imane appearance isn't particularly special, if you met lesbians, also not super special. She basically doesn't look like the Eurocentric beauty standard because she isn't, I don't either, because I'm not European, also, Brazilian beauty standards are more accepting of buff women.

[@NyxEterna]

As a transwoman, thank you for making this video. I really wish TERFs would just get a new hobby...

[@Supercalifragilisticexpial-r2x]

I hope kalif is not intersex as jk would have to eat a lot of crow. That said, do you think transwomen who have only been on hrt for one year like Lia Thomas who seemingly had an advantage, helps transpeople? I'm of the opinion that those that hate transpeople use lia to turn the compassion people may have had for trans causes into distrust

[@jayjaydee1556]

I thought the image of him as a demon is spot on. He is a massive man relative to small women.

[@abithefallenhuman921]

​@@jayjaydee1556she's female. She's a cis woman. You are being racist

[@abithefallenhuman921]

​@@Supercalifragilisticexpial-r2xit doesn't matter because even if she was intersex, she's still female, and still a woman. And Lia Thomas doesn't compete in women's sports, she continues to compete in men's because she doesn't want to deal with the whole, "They have an advantage" (despite the fact it's been proven trans women on HRT don't have any advantage) This also ignores the trans men in the Olympics are competing in the men's games and are fine

[@Supercalifragilisticexpial-r2x]

@abithefallenhuman921 legally she probably wouldn't be in the same hot water as I've yet to see a transwoman win a lawsuit from misgendering