The Day JK Rowling Changed Everything

[@DictatorDoPa]

They see me Rowling....they HATING

[@SeaBreeze-w9998]

They/them hating

[@GlobalBricks1]

😂

[@jacksonmcnuggets7488]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@ponny2948]

When Rowling put out that tweet it felt like a light in the darkness. Finally, someone mainstream, well-known, and not conservative was speaking about the issue trans ideology. I think eventually truth will win out even if JKR had not taken her public stance, but it would have been a much slower journey there. It’s crazy it’s been 5 years since then.

[@snowstorm9310]

To be honest? I doubt she had as big of an impact as you'd like to believe. I'm not saying you shouldn't feel validated that her voice gave you hope, because that's great that it did. But realistically, she's not that big of a deal in the grand scheme of the topic. She got chewed out on Twitter and became the butt of every Trans-Infulencers "Mainstream person isn't who I thought they were, how dare they have opinions" video essay. This whole thing has more or less run the effective 10 year time period for cultural significance like most big cultural issues. We're just at the natural end of a decade of change. This whole bullshit really jumped into full swing around 2013-2014 anyway....

[@ponny2948]

@@snowstorm9310i disagree. It got the normies talking. Before then, most people were either rabid TRAs or had no clue about the issue. When she posted those tweets the debate was put in the spotlight. I don’t think her tweet itself did much to push things forward, but it brought people to the table and it encouraged other people to take a stance on it (and gave them confidence in voicing their opinion)

[@snowstorm9310]

@@ponny2948 I disagree with the assessment that *She* is what got the normies talking, in part because normies don't care about her, or twitter, or anything that doesn't directly affect them. The normies are the reason Hogwarts Legacy did as well as it did, because they didn't know, or didn't care that there was even a controversy about her. What got them (Them being the general population) talking was being directly affected by the changes. Media they enjoy being rewritten, erased, insulted. Regular people being accused, sidelined, or looked over because they didn't care. Regular people being personally impacted by the changes at the bottom level. I promise you, the thing that really got them talking was their local governments, school systems, social services, and their jobs introducing policies that shunned and shamed them for asking legitimate questions. "Why are we letting boys in the bathroom with my daughter?" is what got the normies talking. I'll grant you that influencers and people who have something to gain or lose by making sweeping public statements probably took solace in the fact that JKR spoke up and probably did as a result. But her complaints didn't embolden the general population. The general population being personally affected by these issues is what really did it.

[@drak_darippa]

@@snowstorm9310bro you are doing a lot of yapping without having the courage to say anything😂

[@rosatrula]

​@@snowstorm9310I think JK was a bit of a moment there

[@richalderson6069]

Rowling used to be the ultimate total lefty who stood for all the "right" things. So this tweet said volumes about the where the left really stood about women's rights.

[@akashajones6079]

Actually it's just showed how many people claiming to be left wing, actually aren't.

[@SeaBreeze-w9998]

@@akashajones6079So what even is the left then?

[@richalderson6069]

@SeaBreeze-w9998 A bunch of self-righteous, sanctimonious, nasty spiteful elitists that use pretend empathy and compassion to control other people.

[@monkey6207]

Why does everything have to be a big team sport? Maybe she just thinks through each topic like a normal person.

[@supermario69kraftgami23]

To be fair, the women's rights argument is terrible because sex crime committed by trans people in female-only spaces is very rare. What concerns me much more is the trans movement's assault on scientific integrity, contradicting the feministic theory of gender as a construct and spreading sexual pseudoscience causing people to castrate themselves over an unfalsifiable identity.

[@HarriedPedestrian]

I’ve said before and I’ll say again that JKR predicted her future when she wrote HP OotP - Harry spends the entire book doubling down (increasingly angrily) on the fact that Voldy was back. Very few actually believed him, and he was called all sorts of horrid names, and the media and government were firmly against him, which persuaded most people to be against him too. The beloved boy who lived became one of the most despised people for a while. But eventually, everyone found out that he was right. Anyways, I love OotP, and I love JKR.

[@KC_Streams]

That's a great point about the parallel between the ministry pretending there isn't a problem in Harry Potter and the government and establihsment doing that now!

[@SeaBreeze-w9998]

The dissimilitude is that the power of transgenders is largely based on societal goodwill so when it dries up they’ll be mostly impotent (they might get nastier as they realise they’re losing though, perhaps more Audrey Hales)

[@XxYwise]

The way Dumbledore never hesitates to deadname “Tom” 😘🤌🏻

[@toridanielle333]

So true. OotP is one of, if not my FAVE Harry Potter book out of the series and it doesn’t get enough credit. Crazy how she predicted her own future! It’s even crazier that her ex-fans can’t see the parallels.

[@isengarde9490]

Yeah, but unfortunately that also meant that the books *tripled* down on the narrative that Ron impressed upon Harry within five minutes of meeting him in the first book, that anybody who likes snakes and the color green are fundamentally horrid people. I'm *still* bitter about Parseltongue helping Harry realize he wasn't normal in the first book, being a central plot point in the second, and then *NEVER* being brought up again until the Deathly Hallows for ONE scene, and even then, it was always with a negative connotation attached to it.

[@udonge1043]

even when i was a TRA i thought the JKR shit was so overblown and that she didn’t say anything that bad. i was like why is vaush even making a 2 hour video on this.

[@Mon4rch_K1ng_69]

For a long time I fully agreed that Rowling was super transphobic, without ever actually knowing what she had said. Then eventually I looked up the tweet and was just like... "That's it!?!?" Like seriously, what was actually incorrect or transphobic about what she said?

[@sparagmos4748]

I saw that she'd said something controversial. I read her essay and knew that there was something wrong if people had fury about what was extremely reasonable.

[@SeaBreeze-w9998]

I knew someone who used to argue with her housemate over what she said. He would say “I think she makes some good points” and she insisted “trans people are valid”. She was more bothered by that housemate being a centrist who somewhat agreed with JKR than the other housemate being basically a Nazi.

[@Mon4rch_K1ng_69]

@@SeaBreeze-w9998 Trans people are valid though, she said that!?!? "Dress however you want," like, word for word. Sorry, I'm just struggling to understand that person's logic lol

[@SeaBreeze-w9998]

@@Mon4rch_K1ng_69Well she pointedly refused to say their identities were valid (fair enough)

[@pathacker4963]

With Harry Potter people actually read the books and love them. That’s huge. You have to think for yourself to be able to read. Totally agree with her. You have to speak the truth, not be the next “good German”.

[@NotOrdinaryInGames]

I remember when the Harry Potter books taught me how >sometimes conspiracy nuts are correct >your family and friends come first >your government can be corrupt, and often is

[@DaPython607]

What I saw, a person who was not allowed by their family to be who they are. They then escaped to become the person they always were meant to be at the cost of all the family they knew. Sounds almost the same as a lot of trans people stories

[@sparagmos4748]

​@@DaPython607Yes, but you could apply to anyone who is thought of as different. Gay would fit fine too.

[@NotOrdinaryInGames]

@@DaPython607 The actual fuck.

[@SeaBreeze-w9998]

@@DaPython607Child neglect isn’t comparable to refusing to pretend a kid is the opposite sex.

[@gisellemagraibhaigh8342]

Also: *Establishment journalism is never to be trusted - Rita Skeeter was quite tame in comparison to the current crop

[@littlemissprickles]

Wow so it's already been 4 years since i lost my old friends from high school for supporting JKR's freedom of speech and independent thought. I don't miss them.

[@frishter]

It's such a shame that people let small things ruin their relationships, but honestly you're better off without fickle people in your life. They're not dependable.

[@Trashboat221]

​@@frishteroh cmon you know this mf is grifting rn He didn't lose any friends over supporting her Jeez

[@SeaBreeze-w9998]

@@Trashboat221I can see it happening. Some people get so offended if you don’t support transgenderism.

[@monkey6207]

What babies.

[@AVRGWIBWTHACN]

JKR was correct and I stand on that ten toes down

[@soulfoodie1]

Thank you for mentioning Magdalen Berns and her impact on Rowling 's awakening on this issue.

[@davidmb1595]

She was the first content creator I found who disagreed with trans identity back when I was on the other side of this debate, she opened my eyes. She's greatly missed

[@jamakaya1332]

Magdalen Berns channel and vids are still available on YT.

[@BluesManPeich]

@@davidmb1595 Same, it was such a breath of fresh air!

[@gisellemagraibhaigh8342]

RIP Magdalen what a warrior 🙏

[@continentaldrift2170]

In many ways she gave me the language to express my early discomfort with what I was seeing but could not describe.

[@pinxelated2799]

I think you could say similar things about the first detransitioners talking about this issue. I was forced to actually take a stance on this once I read their stories, which shattered the narrative of transition so thoroughly that I had to change my views. The fact that Rowling helps put their stories out there would no doubt help this reach so many more people like me. (Also, detransitioning as a subject could make for an interesting video)

[@Mr_Boifriend]

yes plz make a vid about detransitioners

[@XxYwise]

Sever-us Snape detransitioned before it was cool.

[@jesipohl6717]

Trans people are less than 1% of the planet, detransitioners a fraction of that. Yall don't care about trans people, you are afraid of them.

[@monkey6207]

Yes! JK Rowling is the reason I found Helen's story, it helped my friend and I a lot.

[@calumsanderson6741]

The problem is the activists look at detransitioners as traitors. I'm not joking and I fucking wish I was.

[@KaiDecadence]

JK Rowling's tweet was a big part of why I came out vocally about my gender critical views. I was already supporting Maya Forstater but I was still hesitant on whether I should come out with my views publicly and then JK Rowling released that tweet and I saw the overwhelming backlash she received, I just couldn't take it anymore and I had to come out and try to speak sense to those I personally knew who were demonizing her & Maya Forstater. In the end, I did lose all my friends and got banned from groups I was really active in which has definitely affected my personal life (It's a lot quieter now and has been for 4-5 years) but I have no regrets and I appreciate that JK Rowling did not fold or roll over for the TRAs who antagonized her and continue to still drag her name through the mud today. The essay she did was amazing and not hateful at all, and I agree with you that it's nice to see how much she has stood her ground because it really would've sucked if she kowtowed. Someone like her, a very prominent and influential person in the modern day is just so helpful to have on the side of reality because she's untouchable. I was not a huge fan of Harry Potter neither, I liked the first 3 movies (and only read the first book as a kid lol)so I was not some big JK Rowling fan at all but despite that, that doesn't mean I can't give credit where credit is due and salute her courage. Makes me all the more annoyed at Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, and Rupert Grint for antagonizing her when they would know her more than anyone else as they worked with her and saw that she really was not hateful, bunch of ungrateful ignoramuses and when they hit peak trans (if ever), they will owe her a huge apology. I know we don't know JK Rowling but if she really was awful, we would've heard something by now. And this is not to say that all the other brave women who have spoken out against trans ideology don't matter, they absolutely do but it's also nice to have a revolutionary woman of the 21st century who is world renown on our side as well in this push back for societal sanity.

[@r0m988]

I myself am surprised the "normies" let the activists do this to Rowling. The average person most likely would align with J.K.'s views, and the Gen X/Millennials driving a lot of the cultural pressure most likely read and loved her work. I'm late Gen X and almost everyone in my closer circle, back when the books were releasing, loved them. So why did most of us stayed essentially silent as one of the greatest writers of our era got cancelled for having an opinion? Those people who are yelling @ J.K. are a small, loud and angry minority. We vastly outnumber them. Call out people trying to cancel others for exercing their free speech. Let everyone know you don't stand with this censor bullshit. This has already gone way beyond the limit of acceptable.

[@XxYwise]

They leveraged the homomentum (sorry) of marriage equality, temporarily pretended gender was completely distinct from both biological sex and sexual orientation, and threw in a bunch of cooked, juked, or just plain imaginary mental health stats to keep us all politely acquiescent. Some of us are still stuck there.

[@grayrim]

I think we’re making great progress but it almost feels like it would take an act of God to expunge this nonsense from the government and institutions

[@grace-xb8ve]

My favourite history teacher used to have as her motto for her classes, "History is the story of people who made decisions who could have chosen otherwise." I honestly don't think that the GC movement would be where it is today, at least in the UK, if not for Rowling. Maybe eventually something else could have brought people around, but I don't think we'd be sitting here in late 2024 with the momentum turning in our direction if not for her truly heroic actions here. Thanks for making this retrospective. I almost forgot we were coming up on 5 years.

[@KC_Streams]

That's a really great quote! I like it, and definitely agree the GC movement would be in a totally different place

[@twocanplay7976]

I will forever be thankful to JKR for opening my eyes to this issue. It started my journey of being a more informed person all around.

[@HonestHans4]

You’ve vocalized something I’ve thought about ever since reading JK’s essay back in 2019. It’s wild to see that the author of the freaking HARRY POTTER books is now a prolific TERF on Twitter/X and elsewhere. I love it! She’s a legend.

[@norikofu509]

They hate the success of those they hate

[@sparagmos4748]

I was so glad to see her speak out and NOT scurry back, which is what the vast majority of people do. I'm not saying she's a stronger person - I think it's very sad that people are legitimately afraid of losing their livelihood 🥴🫤

[@jamessorrel]

I'm progressive and gender critical

[@matityaloran9157]

So is KC

[@jamessorrel]

@matityaloran9157 i... Kinda got that from the video lol. That's why I commented

[@matityaloran9157]

@@jamessorrel That makes sense. I had barely started the video when I saw your comment

[@pathacker4963]

What exactly is gender? Make up and dress up? You can’t change your sex.

[@ToolinAround2025]

@@pathacker4963 stereotypes

[@I_am_Mister_Y]

2:49 I looked it up and yes, Harry Potter is the most profitable and influential franchise which is in the hands of a single individual. In order of popularity and profitability globally, it's _Pokémon, Mickey Mouse & Friends, Winnie the Pooh, Star Wars, Disney Princess, Anpanman,_ and then _Harry Potter._ Of those, they're all exclusively managed by corporations since Lucas sold SW to Disney and the author of Anpanman passed away, except for Harry Potter which is a corporation based on what a single individual produces.

[@WiktoriaMartaKrawczyk]

I personally hate how binary this debate has become: you have to be either a TRA supporter, or a GC person. It reinforces the view that you have to accept certain beliefs as a package so whenever some of them seem great to you, the others must quickly follow. It is like Richard Dawkins insisting that accepting the truth of evolution inherently leads people to atheism. This position does NOT encourage Protestant and Catholic evolution deniers to embrace evolution. It actually DISCOURAGES them from sciency stuff ALTOGETHER since losing their faith in God is presented as an obvious and inevitable part of that. I object to steri****ng kids in the name of TRA and unfairness being allowed in female-only sports but I am not GC myself. I am still a supporter of my male-to-female friend who is an adult transitioner (as long as she doesn't cheat in sports, ofc, but it is not something she - and most trans people - considers). I believe that making this 'debate' binary discourages people who support their ADULT friends and family members who happen to be transitioners from accepting that putting kids on a path to ste****ty etc. is wrong. You are basically presenting them two 'packages': 1. You have to embrace TRA entirely. 2. You have to embrace GC entirely. If they have strong reasons to support at least some parts of the TRA position, like having a trans person they care about, they won't abanadon them and telling them that it's inevitable if they want to object to problems caused by TRA will likely just discourage them from noticing these issues. We need more centrist voices, such as those of Blaire White, Buck Angel etc. to 'peak' normies.

[@zxyatiywariii8]

Well said. I'm a Catholic who has always believed evolution was God's design; but people like Dawkins would want me to become atheist, and that's never going to happen. Likewise, I have two trans friends who transitioned as adults, they don't want children to be sterilized, and they know it's not fair for people born with male biology to compete in women's sports. But they are who they are, and so I know some people really are trans. For a Progressive movement that says it opposes binary divisions between males and females, it holds an appallingly binary "You're either 100% with us or you're 100% against us". 😕🤦🏾‍♀️

[@sparagmos4748]

I've known quite a few transpeople. I have no wish to take away their rights or dignity. The current 'trans umbrella ' is a big reason why I can no longer be a 'trans ally' though. Non binary is so absurd. Men in drag are not anymore women than KC. And I'm a same sex attracted person, not same 'gender', which is a construct I now reject.

[@gisellemagraibhaigh8342]

How can you support a male who wants be be trans without compromising women's safety? Impossible

[@안광]

@@gisellemagraibhaigh8342Said male doesn’t have to legally allowed to use female spaces or facilities. Just means they as adults should have the right to do what they want to themselves.

[@twocanplay7976]

When you say you "support your male-to-female friend", does that mean you are a liar? Because there is no such thing as a male who can become female, or vice versa.

[@cosmickilroy]

She taught us all in Harry Potter to stand up for what’s right! We should have Rowling’s Army instead of Dumbledores Army!

[@applejackx97]

"It takes a great deal of courage to stand up to your enemies. But it takes a great deal more to stand up to your friends." Albus Dumbledore, Philosopher's/Sorcerer's Stone

[@tylerfortniteninjablevins1457]

i thinnk people should just stop looking at what they believe as left or right but just i believe this because i believe it not because im politically this way you feel me?

[@KC_Streams]

I think being simplistic about labels isn't good, but since lots of people seem to use them and they can be useful shorthand sometimes, they are worth engaging with sometimes

[@Toastie19]

Thank you! I hate the “why does she care??? She’s a billionaire and should be enjoying life!!!” argument when they don’t realise how unbelievably selfish that sounds. They could use that argument about any cause any rich person cares about. Or even a cause they care about. A lot of them care about Palestine when that’s not personally effecting them in the slightest.

[@ocdmusic]

Even anti woke comedy would still just be propaganda, comedy should just be comedy.

[@sparagmos4748]

I'm hoping that Glinner is going to do something fantastically funny, but I'm not a fan of Schneider 🤔

[@ocdmusic]

@@sparagmos4748 Aw is that the creepy feet guy from Nickelodeon?

[@LinDrake-l2x]

I've met people who openly criticized JK Rowling for virtue signalling and they were all awful people.

[@catherinerobilliard7662]

J K Rowling peaked me ❤

[@KC_Streams]

Awesome!

[@BayleyDon]

Speaking of Christmas, spare a thought for all the parents for whom this has become a sad and conflicted time of year.

[@KC_Streams]

Goodness that must be awful! Hope things are alright for them

[@dancingfool6850]

I ❤JKR

[@Judgeitso]

Finally a truth teller - my 7 year old cousin and niece are working their way through Harry Potter. That's about the age Harry Potter was written for. Those 'adults' who are super fans and trans are fantasists who hate J K Rowling because their queen of fantasy suddenly poured cold water reality on their 7 year old dreams of 'I can be anything I want'. What's the word for this? oh yeah, irony.

[@Raygun9000]

A great man needs at least an organised minority to follow him.

[@AmariWang-v5w]

The 'Great Man' theory could be seen as a corollary the "butterfly effect" where the butterfly happens to flap its particularly strong wings with particularly good timing, magnifying its influence. While it's true that history often elevates individuals whose actions align with pivotal moments, the theory persists in part because it’s easier to attribute change to a single visible figure than to many harder to perceive elements that enable those moments. Recognizing these figures is valid, but the bigger challenge is recognizing a bigger picture that helps explain why we are talking about them after so much time has passed.

[@Raygun9000]

@AmariWang-v5w the question is, could the change have happened without them? Sometimes, yes, and sometimes no.

[@AmariWang-v5w]

​@@Raygun9000 Yes. And while the results might be the same in important ways at a 'higher resolution' they might have differences that lead to futures that eventually become unrecognizable from one another per chaos theory.

[@drewshka]

With social media and a direct link to public figures, there’s so much ideological conformity required to be embraced by mainstream society now.

[@channel-your-flannel]

A guy once told me I have an incompetent brain because I like Harry Potter. He was right about the first part, but it has nothing to do with Harry Potter.

[@akashajones6079]

I feel that 😂

[@toridanielle333]

I’m so glad we have such a well-spoken, intelligent, unshakeable ICON like JK Rowling on this side of things and being so outspoken about this like she is.

[@thatoneguyiii1003]

You said it man, personally I’m pretty solidly on the right but people on both sides of the aisle will need to come together to drive out this rot on our society

[@Toastie19]

Unfortunately when Rowling made that tweet I was still more or less in support of the trans movement. I do remember being a little disappointed in her but thinking that the response on the trans side was OTT. I agreed that “sex was real” but naively thought that barely any TRA’s thought otherwise.

[@twocanplay7976]

Imagine my surprise when I found out that TRAs legitimately believe that humans can change s ex.

[@Toastie19]

@ up until that point I thought we were still mostly in agreement that “Sex is biological. Gender is social. Trans people are changing their gender identity/expression.” I started noticing more and more people argue that they were changing their entire sex but thought that was a more extremist position. I was also not as engaged in all of this then, just watching from the sidelines.

[@AmariWang-v5w]

I'm a gender critical progressive that appreciates when folks like JKR share good takes--such as the ones mentioned in this video--for others to consider. I have a number of left leaning friends/acquaintances that forced me to research her because of their criticisms of her in terms of being transphobic and anti-Semitic. The available evidence did not support their critical claims against her. Her tweets seem sensible to me and are all the more admirable given the obvious pressure for her to "keep her head down" on the subject.

[@PersonS6]

She tweeted 1srael1 propaganda which have been debunked (like the 40 beheaded babies story) and hasn't taken down the tweet or apologised. She seems pretty pro 1srael. I don't know what your views are on the topic but to me that is despicable.

[@akashajones6079]

​@@PersonS6 Well, it seems you're the one with the issue then. Because supporting Israel is the only logical view. I don't support any country run by Islamists.

[@SeaBreeze-w9998]

@@akashajones6079Does a country being run by Islamists make its population fair game?

[@AmariWang-v5w]

@@PersonS6 Are the tweets you’re referring to still up? The ones I saw seemed to express pro-Israel bias, which, while it doesn’t align with the antisemitic narrative I've heard in the past, doesn’t necessarily support the accusations you’re making. However, bias isn’t the same as the claims of propaganda. Also, it wasn’t directly related to the criticisms I was discussing, though I’m open to discussing other grievances if you'd like.

[@PersonS6]

​@@AmariWang-v5w Yes, the the tweets are still up. I'm talking in particular about a tweet right after october 7th where she shared a video in which they were talking about the 40 beheaded babies and rape which was debunked pretty soon afterwards. As if the killing of all these people wasn't bad enough? This was clear 1sraeli propaganda. She tweeted: ''Now let the snivelling apologists for rape, murder and torture explain how this, too, was justified.'' I understand falling for the propaganda in the moment but I don't understand why she hasn't removed the tweet and apologised since. Also, I will never understand having pro 1srael bias while they are committing genoc1de. I'm sorry if my response was a bit out of the blue. Palest1ne is a very imporant topic to me and it is constantly on my mind and in my heart and I sometimes don't understand why it isn't for other people. For me this is a reason to dislike her and not see all of her tweets as sensible (which was a response to what you wrote in your comment) . And believe me, as a big harry poter fan I really want to like her! I think her gender critical views are great and she is incredibly brave to speak up in spite of all the threats and hate she gets thrown her way. When it comes to the antisemtism, all I've heard is that the goblins are ant1semtic because they work in a bank and have big hooked noses. I'm not sure what my opinion is on this. It seems that a lot of liberal and left wingers have gone out looking for anything that might possibly be wrong with her or with the messages in Harry Potter (i've seen her accused of racism, antisemitism, ableism, etc) because they think she is transphobic. It's annoying.

[@helench6097]

I would say that there are more and more people OPENLY and publicly agreeing with JK - early on the majority were shouting her and any supporters - but those voicers are lesser and lesser

[@AnthonyBSusan]

I like what you said about political leanings. I believe gender ideology features some conservative elements i.e. reinforcing gender stereotypes. Then there are people like Bruce Jenner, who is conservative but identifies as trans. It is my belief that gender ideology has never truly been a left-wing movement, so it shouldn't be too much of a stretch people who lean left to oppose. By the way, I'm registered as a Democrat in the US.

[@lidahall5928]

It's peak late stage capitalism and extremely monomanic individualism. Objectively, transgenderism has virtually nothing to do with left wing politics as far as I can see.

[@SeaBreeze-w9998]

It’s an inversion of conservatism Jenner is in the minority

[@SeaBreeze-w9998]

@@lidahall5928It has a lot to do with left-wing politics because it’s the left pushing it

[@akashajones6079]

​@SeaBreeze-w9998 And yet most long time left wingers and not supporting it....hmmmm

[@SeaBreeze-w9998]

@@akashajones6079Are you joking?

[@PattisKarriereKarten]

There Are already rumours that the Snape in the Series is going to Be black. If they do that, the Series is Dead on arrival. Most Fans who Read the Books Are pissed already.

[@Tinybadger]

I would love to hear your take on Jammidodger’s latest video on Rowling and the newest one from today on transphobia. He seems to take the position that you need a qualification in gender identity to have an opinion, but I’m wondering if that in reality the acceptable parameters would be further confined to having a degree and being pro trans ideology. Kind of like how you said being left winged is seen as ubiquitous with trans ideology.

[@akashajones6079]

Jammi's a woman.

[@Trashboat221]

Many people are too ignorant and reactionary to really understand shit

[@SeaBreeze-w9998]

@@Trashboat221Rejecting your framework isn’t the same as misunderstanding.

[@Trashboat221]

​@@SeaBreeze-w9998let me ask you something genuinely Do you think their is a inherent 100 percent difference between XX and XY people other than reproduction and genes from said chromosomes I'm not talking about AVERAGE differences like Height I mean inherent ones like reproductive organs

[@SeaBreeze-w9998]

@@Trashboat221100%? I’d give a cautious no.

[@levijosephcreates]

Have never consumed any of her work but really like her, am glad she got FU money and states what she wants.

[@akashajones6079]

I appreciate you speaking out about this stuff. Men like you give me hope ❤

[@matthewatwood8641]

I disagree very strongly with a lot of rowling's views, but I definitely agree with her about transgender ideology, and I have a great deal of respect and admiration for her honor and courage.

[@sparagmos4748]

What other views? She seems very moderate to me.

[@matthewatwood8641]

@sparagmos4748 she's a feminist. I disagree with feminism.

[@akashajones6079]

​@matthewatwood8641 Oh. So you're a misogynist. Because feminism by definition is women being free of the patriarchy. It's a shame you don't think women deserve freedom from oppression.

[@SeaBreeze-w9998]

@@akashajones6079What does “free of the patriarchy” actually look like?

[@akashajones6079]

​@@SeaBreeze-w9998 I don't exactly know because no human has seen it. But we are very far away from that anyway. So that question isn't really relevant. What IS relevant, is asking "what is the next step"? Which is lots of small steps. Let's start with: ●Stop normalising males watching p*rn ●Stop normalising the sexualisation of female breasts. ●Stop normalising men pressuring their female partners into sex. ●Stop normalising males making misogynistic "jokes" everyday, everywhere. These are only a few examples. Hopefully you get the idea.

[@th3n3wk1dd]

Full disclosure, I am more right wing when it comes to policies than left but above all, I am a truth seeker more than I am "right" or "left". Which means, I don't subscribe to the idea that "this side is correct because it is the side I agree with". Hard truths > Comforting lies. I think why I am more right wing is because of economic policies. But that doesn't mean I don't listen to or subscribe to channels with left wing ideas. I am always challenging my ideas with the "other side". And while I don't subscribe to the idea that makes me "centrist", I do believe in looking at the world one policy at a time. "Where do I stand on this ONE issue" and where that lands doesn't necessarily mean I am part of that political branch. The evidence took me there based on the arguments presented, not because "someone on my side said this one thing". Truth is truth regardless from where it comes or who says it.

[@Villainilla]

I believe in the Great Man Theory, it's easy to think that it wouldnt really be necessary but people are influence by great people in their lives. Not society or societal movements. But by other people. Typically one to three in their entire lives.

[@bear-7020]

interesting video keep up the good work hope to see more like it in the future

[@norikofu509]

I love your vids bro!

[@joansavage1734]

Your work is much appreciated . 😊❤🎉

[@hismajesty6272]

I greatly admire that you’re critical of transgenderism but open about your leftist views. As an American the right it overbloated with Leftists who just couldn’t speak up to the monolith of the DNC. Had more Democrats in America spoken up, the trans problem wouldn’t be nearly as bad as it is today. I love your fight not flee mindset. Great video 👍

[@twocanplay7976]

"Had more Democrats in America spoken up" The problem, or at least part of it, is that most people had no idea the tra ns problem was even brewing. Unlike most other historical social movements that were in the spotlight, it was deliberately hidden (in both the US and UK). The public had no opportunity to even vote on related policies. It was like an undetected disease growing inside the body, and by the time most people realized it was even there, it had already infected all bodily systems (institutions).

[@philipjohn1254]

Thank you for making this. You are spot on.

[@yannVok]

It is a love that claims to be universal in theory but feeds on contradictions in practice. It loves "victims" only as long as they serve a narrative but ignores those who don’t fit the story. Though it speaks of tolerance, this love often operates through exclusion: embracing those who conform to its dogmas while violently rejecting anyone who questions or resists total adherence. . It is a love of negation, one that seeks to deconstruct existing structures ||•structures that protect and uplift individuals •|| instead of building something enduring. This love is both paternalistic, pretending to know what is best for all, and conditional, withdrawing as soon as someone strays from its ideological line. This "love," while claiming to be inclusive, is deeply exclusive. It tolerates only those who adopt the prescribed codes and language. Those who diverge, even slightly, are accused of betrayal, hatred, or intolerance. In doing so, it projects its own flaws onto others in a rhetorical reversal that shifts blame away from itself. . More than love, it is a performance. It does not seek to love others for who they are but to incorporate them into a grand narrative of morality and justice, a carefully constructed painting where every person is reduced to a symbol that serves their vision. They do not celebrate the diversity of others; they celebrate their ability to redefine others, turning them into symbols of their own virtue. . This love reveals a fragility: the fragility of those who can only exist within an ideological bubble where everything is black or white, good or evil, oppressed or oppressor. It is not love; it is an act of self-idolatry. The real object of their adoration is not the other but their own reflection in a moral mirror they have polished themselves.

[@Lacey13-i3b]

Excellent!

[@StephenRansom47]

Regarding the BC-AD for JK: 🤔 I think the model that John Lennon stepped in (BB - AB) is proof enough that a (BR - AR) might add to the problem. 😂 Happy Christmas 🎄 and a Joyous New Year 🥂

[@slacktoryrecords4193]

Love your videos, and totally agree about JKR.

[@ApacheMagic]

Good stuff

[@xoxojollyy478]

very rare to find a progressive who isn’t super pro trans 😅. glad to have found this channel

[@nathanfrancis9411]

The only other still active author (if you can really call him active😂) with a hugely popular series I can think of is George RR Martin. And his blog rants can get pretty out there

[@JamesRacine-o6y]

Albus Percival Dumbledore has a connection to my family in a sense my mom Sandra her maiden name is Percival. I’m Canadian and in Saskatchewan Canada there’s a small village called Percival.

[@stfnknbb]

Not only were the Harry Potter books excellent, they are adored in part because of the strong moral sense Rowling endowed them with. That's why TRA HP fans had such cognitive dissonance. They thought they were Harry and friends standing up to the ministry, but they were Umbridge and co. spewing propaganda.

[@matrixcom69]

The Hogwarts game really put the idea front and center and many denied the bigot narrative.

[@FluffySylveonBoi]

It can be said that I left the left, back in like 2010 I went to a pride parade, I even mocked Christians and lived carefree. Then I saw more and more insanity happening in the world and I saw the divide and started looking inwards. Now am happy Trump won in the USA and the world may start healing because enough is enough. As a gamer who loves playing video games since 1992, I don't support nonsense put into games either and I love Harry Potter which was my childhood.

[@akashajones6079]

Ugh

[@Trashboat221]

Your Happy a Rapist scammer won?

[@SeaBreeze-w9998]

@@Trashboat221If the election was between a rapist scammer with politics you liked and a non-rapist non-scammer with politics like Trump’s, who would you support?

[@akashajones6079]

​@@SeaBreeze-w9998 It wasn't. Americans don't have to vote. And there's always independents.

[@I_give_I_give]

YAY I saw my name!!!!

[@PoliticalChad]

He’s a progressive?

[@ShunyShock]

I'm early!

[@ClaraLemlichRules]

Thanks, brilliant video!!! I've been tired of the left-right wing rhetoric for so many years, it really exasperating... I became gender critical through left wing women. We organised events and groups when the right wing women were nowhere to be seen... this was in 2018... it was mad back then, when nobody dared to speak against it... JK Rowling has been so brave, I also had a different concept of her because of T Blair (even though I loved her books), but her coming out as gender critical and everything that has been possible because of her made me change my mind about her... she's beyond awesome.

[@coralsw4325]

She is indeed the queen.

[@TheCoolerDrilis]

20:31 Oh great, the walking contradiction. Like the man whose one based take in his entire life was a rant about the alphabet community has a leg to stand on about Rowling being a "reactionary."

[@TheCoolerDrilis]

Is...Great Man Theory really a theory--? It kinda seems like "a small handful of incredible people steered the course of history every generation" just seems like...common sense?

[@watcher8582]

The franchise claim is dubious to me. You're already mixing books and movies, so if other Media is good to go, there's Disney and Pokemon.

[@FMJIRISH]

Damn, someone genuinely left wing talking about this issue? How have you still got your head...I keep silent as a crypt about this in my real life.

[@JoiskiMe]

Wait... you are a socialist and a Christian?? ....

[@SeaBreeze-w9998]

What’s weirder is him being pro-feminist/pro-gay and Christian

[@GeoSpacePirateMerc]

It's impossible to be a socialist and a transphobe; the two are fundamentally at complete odds with each other.

[@GeoSpacePirateMerc]

​​@@SeaBreeze-w9998 He probably supports and defends the Salvation Army, more correctly known as the Starvation Army, knowing him and his boring views.

[@GeoSpacePirateMerc]

​@@SeaBreeze-w9998 Yeah, he supports the Westboro Baptist Church.

[@JoiskiMe]

@@SeaBreeze-w9998 So... he's not a Christian 😅

[@Mushezable]

I'm a Slytherin

[@kathrineici9811]

I’m government assigned Gryffindor

[@stephanielake8169]

👏👏👏👏

[@Boofy95]

I think Stephen King might be bigger than JKR.

[@jeblmknctmabtaldlr]

I reply because I used to think that. It makes sense. Longer time period, lots of movies and TV over decades. I had underestimated just how many books she sold even though there were fewer, and how huge the movies were (and games...is there a Stephen King based game?). Rowling's net worth is estimated to be 1 billion, twice as much as King's estimated 500 million. (the answer to the game question is yes, but I never heard of any of them.)

[@twocanplay7976]

Nah.

[@Ephraim225]

IMO Rowling's problems are partially self-inflicted, because she had made a lot of attempts to stay relevant after the last book through the growing social justice movement at the time, which invited potential disaster if the movement ever went too far for her, which it did, and disaster did come. For her and her actual fans and even newcomers. (The reaction to Hogwarts Legacy is still insane to me.)

[@kathrineici9811]

Yup, she made the rod for her own back there

[@sparagmos4748]

She was also writing adult fiction. I don't think she needed to 'stay relevant'. She's clearly someone who is very interested in social issues and has opinions!😅

[@twocanplay7976]

Her problems aren't self-inflicted at all, considering that anyone else who went against the TRA movement received the same abhorrent treatment.

[@kathrineici9811]

@@twocanplay7976 She courted the crowd that became the TRAs and somehow never saw this coming

[@SkeetersGuitar]

2:12 WHAT ABOUT POKEMON?!

[@ThePurpleBookWyrm]

In terms of sheer numbers globally Pokémon is definitely dominant but I agree with him that in terms of recognised cultural impact, by adults, in the West at least, those he mentioned are probably bigger.

[@quatreraberbawinner2628]

This might be a dumb question but can you be gender critical while not being a feminist (or a leftist)?

[@adamsmith7058]

Ignore that last (deleted) reply I made to you, if you saw it, I misread your comment as being something else.

[@quatreraberbawinner2628]

@adamsmith7058 🤔 I did not see it but I'd be curious what you said

[@KC_Streams]

You can, and arguably neither of those terms necessarily mean that much nowadays either. In the strictest sense gender critical would be critical of gender norms and expectations, which would imply feminism, but I don't think it's necessary

[@adamsmith7058]

@@quatreraberbawinner2628 I just thought you wrote can you believe in gender ideology and be a feminist. To which I answered with a firm no, although one may fool oneself into believing otherwise. Nothing groundbreaking in terms of observations:)

[@kathrineici9811]

I’m a conservative and I am TE without the RF because Misandry Also Bad

[@ratpatootie3224]

Ew how did I stumble on the no brain cell side of KZbin? Well, you simpletons have fun ❤

[@Joutube_is_trash]

Rowling is so funny. She can be a giga lefty then denounce trans cultism, while at the same time hard Jew coding goblins in her universe.

[@SeaBreeze-w9998]

I don’t think she did

[@ambientjohnny]

The stupidity rampant among the "trans" community believing Rowling invented the hook-nose goblin look is mind-boggling.

[@KaplenPayne]

Changed? LoL ok

[@PersonS6]

She would be my hero if she hadn't been completely silent about Palest1ne but at the same time voiced her support for 1sral1s. She's talking about ant1sem1tism but not about musl1m hate. She tweeted out 1srael1 propaganda which she still hasn't apologized for, like the 40 beheaded babies and grape stories which have been debunked. At the same time these things do happen to palst1n1ians but we don't care about that, do we? I think this will be a much more significant topic to look back on in our history books and it looks like she's on the wrong side of history on that one. But I guess that is off topic.

[@akashajones6079]

Another reason I love her. Why would you defend Islhamists? You know, the most violent and misogynist religion in the world. JKR is right to support Israel in this war. And no, I don't condone civilian deaths. But that happens in war. Especially when the enemy uses them as shields.

[@XxYwise]

Israel is much better at hasbara.

[@alesh2275]

Game of Thrones is up there …

[@SeaBreeze-w9998]

No it isn’t

[@zelpazz]

I asked chatGPT and taught myself of how trans women are women and trans men are men ❤️

[@ambientjohnny]

Adult males aren't women, and adult females aren't men no matter how they "identify", because being a man or a woman isn't an identity or a feeling, it is a physical fact of sex and stage of maturity. The sexist neo-religion of "trans" ideology is regressive nonsense that can't even define anything it promulgates.

[@SeaBreeze-w9998]

You are joking, right? Or do you actually believe ChatGPT is trustworthy on this issue?

[@Wildxroses]

This video is as garbage as your “opinions”

[@ambientjohnny]

How are boys/men or girls/women "supposed” to think or feel, want to dress like or act? You must be able to provide specific standards for each sex for what you are contending to make any sense whatsoever. If there is no correct way of being a man or a woman, then how can there be a "mismatch" between what they are and how they feel? This is fundamental to the entire issue, yet no one seems capable of answering it. Why is that?

[@twocanplay7976]

It's not an opinion that humans can't change s ex lmao

[@julia15206]

what do you guys mean when you say gender critical tho? to me the gender of other people is not up to me to decide, like only you can know what you feel on the inside right.

[@_Diana_S]

"feeling", "inside", 'soul in a wrong body" is a religious area. Biology (i.e. duality of sexes with some exceptions for badly recombined DNA cases) is science. All those people who claim they are for science are in reality dogmatically religious, or even fairy-tale inclined people.

[@SeaBreeze-w9998]

Yeah that’s the point. The idea with GC is why should those feelings supersede sex?

[@akashajones6079]

Gender was always a synonym of biological sex. So no, it's not a feeling.

[@twocanplay7976]

Your internal feelings (aka, self perception) do not override material reality.

[@julia15206]

@@twocanplay7976yea and so thats why its more easy to change what one looks like than to ignore or change the mind. to me material reality is not that easy to define anyway. there are many things gender is made out of for example, but even then what parts one have is not as important then whats on the inside but thats just how i see it.

[@TheRoseBoy11]

Remember when J.K. was worshipped after rewriting her own stories to include minorities, gay, and even trans characters despite them NEVER being present in both the books & movies?

[@_kadoodles_]

All right, I'll bite: 1) She has stated pretty clearly that she had always written/intended for Dumbledore to be gay and in a relationship with Grindlewald, it's just that (contrary to what people so entrenched in the present they think things have always been this way believe) at the time it was a huge deal to have gay characters in media. In some places it was even illegal on top of being seen as immoral! Holding the JK of the past to expectations that are somewhat haughty even today is ridiculous. Because not to mention: on a storytelling level: Dumbledore is a side character and an adult so why should Harry, the main focus of the story who is also a child, know about his headmaster's sexuality? 2) Maybe JK did claim she always meant for Hermione to be black, or for her race to ambiguous, and I just missed that tweet. But as far as I remember all she said was she was supportive of the idea of people interpreting and enjoying the thought of Hermione as being black, as well as okayed (or supported again, idk how much control she has over every spinoff of her series) a black actress playing Hermione in a play. 3) I literally have never heard of her claiming any of her characters were ever trans-identified, nor heard about her supporting the idea of it. (Not to say she was always such a badass female-exclusive feminist as she is now, I just have never heard of her ever mentioning anything about trans-identified Harry Potter characters.) TL;DR I think you're mixing JK up with the subset of immature fans who are more into the Online Social Fauxtivism fandom than Harry Potter trying to claim every character they like from every media they like is five flavors of oppressed, because they've decided the right way to fix legitimate civil rights issues is to tokenize the people affected to peacock about being progressive without having to actually do anything meaningful. (Note: It's very possible to enjoy characters from minority ethnicities and sexualities, as well as enjoy imagining non-minority characters as being part of those groups, without being a tumblr-user about it. If you need a good example of this, just look at JK Rowling!)

[@collyernicholasjohn]

When did she rewrite to include atrans character?

[@kathrineici9811]

I remember “Uh actually hermionie is black and always was” “Dumbledore was always gay bigot”

[@SeaBreeze-w9998]

There were Black & Asian characters in the books & films. Some progs complained not enough but it was quite reasonable for something set in 1990s Britain.

[@XxYwise]

​@@SeaBreeze-w9998Shacklebolt and Cho Chang sound like Dubya nicknames tho