TERF means trans-exclusive radical feminist. They don’t accept that trans women are women and pass laws making their lives worse. Recently notable examples are legal pressure for women to use bathrooms based on gender assigned at birth.
There are a couple reasons (that I know of) why JKR is considered bad by many left wing and liberal people. One is that she is a “trans exclusive radical feminist” or TERF. These are people that are feminist but anti trans, not liked by people pro trans rights. Second is that in Harry Potter there are many instances of racist tropes and/or ‘casual’ or ‘unintended’ racism. Her depiction of goblins has a lot of characteristics from antisemitic stereotypes, greedy, big nose, etc. There are very few POC in the Harry Potter story, and sometimes their implementation seems problematic, i.e. the seemingly only asian character being named Cho Chang. This meme in particular regards the seeming disconnect between the quote cited and her anti trans stance.
Can someone ELI5 about why exactly is JKR bad?
She’s a TERF/transphobe who uses her wealth to make life shitty for trans people.
She’s advocated for shit like people to go into bathrooms and take photos of trans women using them.
To clarify for ELI5:
TERF means trans-exclusive radical feminist. They don’t accept that trans women are women and pass laws making their lives worse. Recently notable examples are legal pressure for women to use bathrooms based on gender assigned at birth.
There are a couple reasons (that I know of) why JKR is considered bad by many left wing and liberal people. One is that she is a “trans exclusive radical feminist” or TERF. These are people that are feminist but anti trans, not liked by people pro trans rights. Second is that in Harry Potter there are many instances of racist tropes and/or ‘casual’ or ‘unintended’ racism. Her depiction of goblins has a lot of characteristics from antisemitic stereotypes, greedy, big nose, etc. There are very few POC in the Harry Potter story, and sometimes their implementation seems problematic, i.e. the seemingly only asian character being named Cho Chang. This meme in particular regards the seeming disconnect between the quote cited and her anti trans stance.