Why would you want to play a videogame about extinguishing a rebellion of oppressed people? The entire game is a right wing talking point. And yet others, somehow, seem to still believe Rowling isn’t a TERF at all despite her openly repeating TERF ideology.Ībout Hogwarts Legacy: I'm gonna gloss over the JK Rowling thing real quick. Some commenters brought up the questionable parts of the Potter canon itself. Others said it does, in fact, as buying the game supports the bigoted author monetarily. Some voices protested, claiming that supporting Hogwarts Legacy didn’t mean supporting Rowling’s beliefs. Suffice it to say it’s not a stretch to describe her as a TERF.ĭiscussion of the post and the wider mentality underlying it spread through Reddit and across social media. Rowling’s history of transphobic comments can be easily researched online, and I won’t repeat them here. “TERF,” of course, is the abbreviation for “trans-exclusionary radical feminist,” which refers to self-identified feminists who, when you get down to it, more or less oppose trans people’s right to exist in society.

You Have to See the Inside of This '70s Tractor-Trailer Motorhome Team Ninja's Next Game Is Giving Me Sekiro PTSD You Should Get In on T-Mobile's $350 Million Settlement They Were Spotted Together At Atlanta's Airport Most posts are jokes, but the occasional “unjerk” posts are sincere, as was the case last Wednesday when moderator GrizzlyPeak72 posted a photo of Rowling and the game’s cover along with the text, “A friendly reminder from your modteam that this woman is a TERF and anyone who pledges to support her monetarily is also a transphobe.” That post alone elicited over 3,700 comments, and it was just the start. It’s also likely why the popular left-leaning subreddit r/GamingCircleJerk basically just exploded in anti- Hogwarts Legacy sentiment.Īs its name suggests, r/GamingCircleJerk is a “circlejerk” subreddit meant to be a tongue-in-cheek riff on r/Gaming. That bigotry is in the spotlight once again as the big-ticket Harry Potter game Hogwarts Legacy is due out soon. Rowling, has repeatedly proven herself to be the worst kind of anti-transgender bigot.

It’s so unfortunate, then, that the franchise’s creator, author J.K. The Harry Potter books, and the universe they spawned, are beloved by millions. A wizard stands among a background of fire.

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