Path: ...!weretis.net!feeder8.news.weretis.net!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "Adam H. Kerman" Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv Subject: Re: "Today in My Harry Potter Class..." Date: Sat, 6 Apr 2024 22:06:38 -0000 (UTC) Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 51 Message-ID: References: Injection-Date: Sat, 06 Apr 2024 22:06:38 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="8b35f3a82528bad77260edde5fd5a277"; logging-data="2440844"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18xTRLGXYiSbGW0uMSROL1z0/coefNZjZU=" Cancel-Lock: sha1:pvqWlvpF7eS9ubocn+cX9SYzPK0= X-Newsreader: trn 4.0-test77 (Sep 1, 2010) Bytes: 3526 BTR1701 wrote: >In article , > "Adam H. Kerman" wrote: > >> shawn wrote: >> >On Fri, 05 Apr 2024 23:25:40 +0000, BTR1701 wrote: >> >> >>"Today in my Harry Potter class at Baylor University, we had a hard and >> >>necessary conversation about JK Rowling and her hatred of trans- people. We >> >>decided novelist Rowling, who wrote with compassion about diversity, equity, >> >>and inclusion, is worth our attention. Twitter Rowling? Shame on her." >> >> >>https://x.com/Greg1Garrett/status/1775307079126806960 >> >> >>------------------------ >> >> >>"Today in my Harry Potter class..." is a prime example of why the rest of us >> >>shouldn't have to pay off anybody else's student loans. >> >> >If the class were on modern literature then I could see the subject of >> >Harry Potter coming up. The rest of the discussion of JK Rowling and >> >her opinions on trans people really doesn't belong in any class, not >> >even one on philosophy or modern events. It's just not worthy of >> >discussion in a class on anything other than a class on JK Rowling >> >which wouldn't belong at any school. >> >> Please stop repeating this everybody. She DID NOT offer an opinion on >> trans people. At other times, she expressed sympathy for what they've >> gone through. >> >> She offered an opinion on denial that WOMEN and their needs exist. A charity >> distributing much-needed feminine hygiene products in Africa, in rural >> areas in which they are not available, refused to say "women" on their >> literature. JK Rowling was appalled at the virtue signalling and wrote >> a sarcastic comment to that effect. The charity wrote about products for >> "people who menstruate" or something like that, and later claimed that >> they were trying not to offend certain women in amenorrhea, either >> because of disease or menopause. Somehow other women experiencing normal >> periods might be offensive to other women in amenorrhea, something no >> such woman has ever said. >> >> She offered no opinion of trans people. This was, is, and always will be >> a lie. > >She's said other things since then directly about transgenders in both >sport and in prisons and in women's private spaces, like locker rooms >and showers. Might as well. She was already being slammed. As far as I'm concerned, she's still speaking up for women's rights.