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Hurray! Another San Francisco bookstore is following Booksmith's example and pulling Harry Potter books.

From the SF Chronicle:

Fabulosa Books followed suit on Wednesday, June 25.

The queer Castro bookstore shared a picture of a whiteboard to its Instagram account with the message, “We are no longer buying + selling books by J.K. Rowling as she is devoting her life to nastiness.”

The caption thanks Booksmith for “setting a good example.”

https://www.sfchronicle.com/entertainment/article/san-francisco-bookstore-removes-harry-potter-20392417.php or https://archive.vn/Udyth

"When the author of a book states that all sales of those books will contribute to an anti-trans fund, the only way we can choose not to participate is by not selling the books any longer. "

- bookstore on why they've stopped selling titles by author .

https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-pop-culture/san-francisco-bookstore-stops-selling-jk-rowling-titles-due-harry-pott-rcna215255

"STEPHEN Fry has said JK Rowling has been 'radicalised by TERFs' as he hit out at the Harry Potter author’s 'cruel' comments about transgender people.

The TV presenter and comic described the bestselling writer, whose net worth reportedly stands at ÂŁ945 million, as a 'lost cause' because of her views.

Fry has historically been wary of wading into the transgender debate but has now come out to say he disagrees 'profoundly' with Rowling’s views.

He narrated the audiobooks for the whole Harry Potter series and said he was 'sorry' about his rift with Rowling over the issue.

Fry told The Show People podcast last week that he previously enjoyed Rowling’s company but said her gender critical views had 'completely altered the way she talks and engages with the world now'."

https://uk.news.yahoo.com/stephen-fry-says-jk-rowling-112005444.html

The new Harry Potter show is upon us, and while there's debate as to how much JK Rowling is involved in the running of the show, the fact remains: it's her IP. It makes money, she makes money.

If you watch it, if you buy HP merch, if you visit the HP park attractions, if you make others curious to watch it, etc., you are funding this TERF's persecution of trans people.

So, don't.

https://www.advocate.com/news/jk-rowling-anti-trans-organization

"The actor Pedro Pascal has attacked author JK Rowling on X, calling her a “heinous loser”.

Pascal responded to a comment reporting the words of activist Tariq Ra’ouf in an Instagram video, in which he urged people to boycott Rowling’s work.

“It has become our mission as the general public to make sure that every single thing that’s Harry Potter related fails … because that awful disgusting shit, that has consequences.”

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/apr/25/pedro-pascal-calls-jk-rowling-harry-potter-supreme-court-gender-ruling

"Nostalgic fury" -- Judith Butler (and the response to is gold): "I see a kind of restoration fantasy at play in many right-wing movements in the U.S. People want to go back to the idea of being a white country or the idea of the patriarchal family, the principle that marriages are for heterosexuals. I call it a nostalgic fury for an impossible past."

https://english.elpais.com/culture/2024-12-15/judith-butler-philosopher-if-you-sacrifice-a-minority-like-trans-people-you-are-operating-within-a-fascist-logic.html




Britain's oldest tree says fuck you to JK Rowling and, after being a male for thousands of years, began producing female fruit.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/britain-s-oldest-tree-the-fortingall-yew-is-undergoing-a-sex-change-a6717796.html

"The Harry Potter author responded, misgendering Willoughby: “India didn’t become a woman. India is cosplaying a misogynistic male fantasy of what a woman is.”"

"In response to the backlash, Rowling doubled down on her remarks, using the term “trans-identified males” to mean trans women – once again misgendering trans women."

Jesus Christ she is VILE

https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/03/05/jk-rowling-misgenders-india-willoughby-anti-trans-comments-online/