Babel wrote:
But honestly - I would gladly trade places with Rowling, because with the amount of money she's gotten from Harry Potter I would just log off the internet and go travel instead.
devilcake wrote:
Exactly. And of course fiction can also be relevant for such a discussion, but the summary of this book just sounds like self-pity porn more than anything. There's already a lot of good books on the topic of cancellation, where the topic is discussed in a broader sense with some good case examples.Effer wrote:
XIf this is your "former home" then you honestly don't need anymore too.
It's honestly just embarrassing to follow from the sidelines. I understand why it's important to discuss cancel culture in general, but it just isn't Rowling's place to do so, because she's completely missed the point.
Yeah, there’s a huge difference discussing it as a whole and just whining like a baby about people not liking your transphobia and culturally appropriative stories ripperony devilcake wrote:
This honestly!
like what was the point of her even writing under her pseudonym secretly if not to do that? I get wanting to separate your childrens and adult fiction but I do remember it seeming like she wanted to keep it under wraps first???
I guess bc it wasn’t selling but damn girl greedy,,, if you’ve owned a yacht once,,, that means you have enough money that you don’t need to embarrass yourself for cash online help
This honestly!
like what was the point of her even writing under her pseudonym secretly if not to do that? I get wanting to separate your childrens and adult fiction but I do remember it seeming like she wanted to keep it under wraps first???
I guess bc it wasn’t selling but damn girl greedy,,, if you’ve owned a yacht once,,, that means you have enough money that you don’t need to embarrass yourself for cash online help
XIf this is your "former home" then you honestly don't need anymore too.
It's honestly just embarrassing to follow from the sidelines. I understand why it's important to discuss cancel culture in general, but it just isn't Rowling's place to do so, because she's completely missed the point.
But honestly - I would gladly trade places with Rowling, because with the amount of money she's gotten from Harry Potter I would just log off the internet and go travel instead.