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Podcast: Culture Hang
Episode: J.K. Rowling: 'TERF wars', Transphobia & the Harry Potter Fandom in 2021
Description: Content Warning: discussions of transphobic views
This week we look at the terrible transphobic TERF views of a once beloved children's author and millionaire, J.K. Rowling. We discuss her transphobic tweets, her 3000+ word essay 'TERF wars' that outlined the extent of her harmful views last year and the up to date outcomes of publicly transphobic women being endorsed. We also discuss the strange Draco simping and the embarrassing attempts for attention from Tom Felton and Cassandra Clare's chaotic fanfic beginnings before her mainstream fame. Pop culture moments of the week include more Kardashian nonsense, Trisha Paytas...