Honestly agreed, the well has been poisoned and I can't go back. It's even worse, because so many little instances of mean-spirited characterization and lazy stereotyping become obvious when you take off the rose colored glasses.
@bitchlasagna1
4 ай бұрын
I still love Harry Potter just because of the security and calm it has given me both as a child and adult. That being said, rereading these stories as an adult there’s so many little micro aggressions that I now pick up on which definitely leave me reading the stories differently, even if the feelings of comfort are the same
@sustainaxenia
4 ай бұрын
Yes, I feel you, no warm fuzzy feeling of nostalgia is worth closing my eyes on the problematic portrayal of house elves and goblins, among other stuff. I had to reinvent by identity in relation to my Harry Potter experience a little bit but it’s nothing comparing to what marginalized communities have to go through on a daily basis because of Rowling’s hate
@Leiasart
4 ай бұрын
Sadly I feel the same. Even if I could seperate author from artwork, I just can't see HP the same anymore, like there's NO room for benefit of the doubt. The bigotry is literally intertwined with the books (the whole houseelf thing, the gringotts thing...)
@sustainaxenia
4 ай бұрын
I feel the same, as a kid I was oblivious of the race and nationality stereotypes baked into the books, but now, once you see them, you can’t unsee them, you know? So it’s forever ruined for me, maybe until Rowling passes sway and there are new films and film series that are made. Who knows?
@supernova622
4 ай бұрын
I read the books as an adult, and there were so many things that made me raise my eyebrow, but i can be a bit of an insufferable killjoy sometimes lol when i got to SPEW, i felt so confused about why Hermione was the butt of the punchline? But so many progressive friends loved the series, and it was fun to be part of the fandom. I gave Joanne way too much leeway.
@sustainaxenia
4 ай бұрын
Indeed, I think it takes a fresh look to see all the problematic stuff. The more I learned about racism and slavery, the more appalling some of Rowling’s metaphors became. I think many of us grew up progressive reading these books because there are still some good things in the books - love and friendship and being talented even if you are from a Muggle family, you know? I choose to keep these lessons in my heart but still call out Jo for all her bullshit
@paulhammond6978
4 ай бұрын
J K Rowling is probably based on the way that D C Fontana hid her identity in an earlier age when it was thought women writing science fiction stories would not be accepted. (Fontana was a screen writer, most famously on Star Trek). Sexless pseudonyms for woman writers to avoid their writing being judged according to sexist standards go back a long way - the Bronte sisters were first published under the names of "Currer, Ellis and Acton Bell", and George Eliot is still more famous under her pen name than her real name Mary Ann Evans. When I first started looking at KZitem regularly, a couple of years back, it seemed that virtually every trans or queer content creator was having to make their "I can't read Harry Potter any more" videos due to realising that Rowling was not an ally. So many marginalised folks had identified with Harry, the outsider living under the stairs in his Aunt and Uncle's house, with a big secret identity that was going to change his life.
@itsmarthai
4 ай бұрын
Hi Xenia! Thank you for posting this video and spreading information about the differences between sex, gender, and sexual identity. Love your makeup! Just a heads up, I think the article where Hermione is a TERF was a joke back when, I remember reading it before, but largely, JK wasn't owning up to it until 2020 with her "T*RF Wars" post. Which is why it took a while to so many people to realize she was being bigoted. I subbed, I look forward to watching more of your videos :)
@sustainaxenia
4 ай бұрын
Hi Martha, thanks for your comment! You are 100% right, the article I shared the screenshot of definitely was very sarcastic, but I only caught up on it now (I guess the dry British humour was just lost on me 😀) Thanks so much for subscribing, I appreciate your support. Would you please check out my Community tab? I’ve posted a survey to help shape the future of my channel. Please let me know what kind of videos you would like me to make in the future!
@mariaeduardadasilvaantunes5661
4 ай бұрын
that's why I'm only keeping the stuff I already bought and not buying any new official merch that gives JKR revenue, and will probably not reread the books, only sit with my headcanons forever
@sustainaxenia
4 ай бұрын
I heard fan fiction is pretty good, there is a podcast Fanatical Fix and Where to Find Them dedicated to this, check it out if you’re interested: www.fanaticalfics.com/
@Susanmugen
4 ай бұрын
Some can seperate the artist from the art, some can't. No judgement whichever camp you fall into. I think worth noting that the 2019 "hermionie is a terf tweet" was satire (the onion) at the time. Making fun of Rowling's habbit of changing canon years later and her toxic transphobic views simultaneously. Being SO believable at the time, many news outlets reported the satirical article as fact. She's actually said things SO much worse since then. Signaling support on Twitter for the Taliban's views on womanhood. Denial of Nazi war crimes while refusing to deny her views on trans people differ from that of the Nazis. The books written under the name Robert Galbraith. She just gets worse over time. Worse and worse. Billions of dollars can't buy her sanity or a healthy hobby. If you can hang a painting by Adolph Hitler in your living room and not think of mass Graves, good for you. If you can play a Harry Potter video game and not think of Rowling's denial of Nazi war crimes, cool. But not everyone can seperate the art from the artist. It's a bummer to have something nice tarnished so heavily. What was believeable satire article in 2019 is not even as bad as her worst stuff of 2023 and 2024. It's sad
@sustainaxenia
4 ай бұрын
She’s indeed getting worse every day, finally unraveling her true nature. I can’t even imagine how people who started in Harry Potter films feel like - some of them spent their childhood on the set and are only known to the public at “that kid from Harry Potter”, so their whole legacy as an actor is tarnished. I heard HBO are making an HP series, it astonishes me so many people are actually going to star there and watch these.
@squawkietalkie56
4 ай бұрын
love the makeup and tattoos!
@sustainaxenia
4 ай бұрын
Thank you!
@sustainaxenia
4 ай бұрын
Hi everyone, thanks for watching! Let me know if you had similar experience with Harry Potter in the comments below.
@ghosttea3802
4 ай бұрын
this is of topic but i love your tattoos
@sustainaxenia
4 ай бұрын
Thank you so much!
@frosty_kamoshika
4 ай бұрын
J.K Rowling is awful, but the Beaverton article you cite at 2:30 is a satire website, it's not something JKR actually said.
@sustainaxenia
4 ай бұрын
Thank you, it really went over my head, until someone pointed it out in the comments. Not a native English speaker, also not good with sarcasm :) I decided to keep it as is, since it WAS the piece of news I heard way back, not knowing it was just an amalgam of Rowling's views put into a satirical article.
@edamamame4U
4 ай бұрын
Thank you for this video- it was very well-done. I used to love the Harry Potter books growing up as they helped me through extremely difficult times. I thought that Hogwarts was a loving, tolerant, and accepting place, however, I learned that is not the case. As a member of the LGBTQIA+ community, J.K. Rowling's vitriol and hate-speech against the trans community has ruined the books for me. Her hatred against the trans community should not be tolerated. Sadly, J.K. Rowling seems to never face any consequences for her hatred. (There should also be no debate whether asexuality and demisexuality are part of the LGBTQ+ community as these people have no heteronormative experiences. As an asexual woman is hurts me so much when people say I don't belong in the LGBT+ community). I truly hope that more people realize how harmful J.K. Rowling's beliefs are and start to boycott her books.
@thing_under_the_stairs
4 ай бұрын
Speaking as an elder queer and a transmasc dude, I welcome asexuals into our community! Two of my closest friends ever are asexual, and none of us have ever considered them to be "straight" - they'd have to have sexual desires to be straight! (Ok, one of them is trans too, but that's beside the point.) Asexuality is not culturally prescribed heterosexuality, it's not a societal norm, and so you belong under the rainbow flag with the rest of us.
@sustainaxenia
4 ай бұрын
Thank you so much for your kind words! As a bisexual, I also sometimes feel excluded from the community, even though B is literally in the LGBTQIA+ :)
@thing_under_the_stairs
4 ай бұрын
@@sustainaxenia The fact that biphobia and bi erasure even exist in our community makes me so angry! It seems like so many people forget that they might have gone through a phase of questioning, or that some of our queer icons (Freddie Mercury anyone?) were/are bi too! Nevermind that people I know often seem to forget that I'm bi/pansexual too, because somehow my gender nonconformity makes me more "genuinely" queer in their minds, which is ridiculous, imo. I'm always going to stand by my position that there should be no hierarchy of queerness, and everybody who isn't cis-het should be welcome in our rainbow.
@sustainaxenia
4 ай бұрын
I couldn’t agree more! Same goes for being gender queer, one doesn’t have to be presenting super androgynously to be non-binary, there’s no uniformity in the spectrum, which is why it’s a rainbow, a prism of colours 🌈
@thing_under_the_stairs
4 ай бұрын
@@sustainaxenia Exactly! Hell, I've even been accused of not being "trans enough" before, because I haven't medically modified my body, partly due to complications of chronic illness, partly because my gender is semi-fluid, and I like having options. Just because I present as masc doesn't mean that my AFAB enby pal who loves pink and glitter isn't just as valid! For people who use the colour spectrum as our symbol, there are a lot of LGBTQ+ people who think in black and white too often, it seems. I'm old enough to remember the AIDS crisis, and we need to come together again, like the community did back then. Less arguing on the internet and more hanging out together in person, where we can make real bonds again.
@brianflowers1498
4 ай бұрын
I thought this was about HP Lovecraft. I was interested and clicked to realize it’s about Harry Potter???
@sustainaxenia
4 ай бұрын
Sorry for catfishing you like that 😀 In my defence, the book I am holding in the thumbnail says “Harry Potter” 😀
@pianoraves
4 ай бұрын
Of the first source you cited I was immediately skeptical, and now look at that, it's a satire article.
@pianoraves
4 ай бұрын
And look at that, now I'm in a rabbithole
@sustainaxenia
4 ай бұрын
Satire, as any artform, has place to be my source. It holds a mirror to the society, plus I swear other sources list the real quotes, tweets and articles by Rowling, please check them out.
@sustainaxenia
4 ай бұрын
Hehe happened to me, too, enjoy the wild ride
@pianoraves
4 ай бұрын
@@sustainaxenia Well as long as you present it as such, and then provide actual evidence. I mean it doesnt matter now cause you're not a large creator and most people who see the video are probably already convinced of Rowling's transphobia, but generally you might wanna consider that people might see this and think bad things and dismiss your point.
@sustainaxenia
4 ай бұрын
Good point, thank you! To be honest, the satire of the article went over my head - I’m bad at catching sarcasm in real life, let alone written word. I will try to rearrange the sources to add more valid articles.
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