equivalent exchange.

I said it in the tags of a post but honestly, I feel like I need to make my own post because while we're doing the whole "stop supporting jkr!" thing I need everyone to remember that not only is she blatantly transphobic (and specifically transmisogynistic), but that she and her books are incredibly racist and antisemitic.

Appropriating Indigenous American cultures for her American wizard school. Making all of the bankers in her books hook-nosed goblins. Naming the ONLY East Asian character in the books "Cho Chang" and putting her in the "smart people house". The way that she treats the Patil Twins, the only two other Asians, and the only South Asians in the series. The way that she treats ALL her characters of color. JKR's racism has always been there. People just seem to gloss over it for some reason and to be honest, I'm getting really frustrated and tired of constantly adding that racism is a problem in the notes of these posts. And this is literally just based on Harry Potter! The rest of her stuff surely has even more problems!

I don't want to downplay her transphobia. That's a huge issue that, I, especially as a trans person, cannot emphasize enough! But as a person of color, I feel like I need to remind y'all that it's just the tip of the iceberg.

I think OP of this post I rbed about JKR's racism specifically against Indigenous Americans put it perfectly. This has made it painfully obvious that people are white before they are queer.

It's not that hard just to acknowledge her racism alongside her transphobia. If you're making a post about her remember that she's shitty in so many other ways, and she's always been shitty.

I know this is long but I'm rambling, so...

tl;dr JKR is racist as well as transphobic. Just acknowledge that in your pleas for people to stop supporting her. Please. It's literally so easy. anyways jkr's a piece of shit and I hope she burns in hell!!

- sincerely, a trans poc who's tired of this shit

I did a deep dive into her non-white wizarding schools for a presentation I did and oh boy

-the japanese school is in iwo jima (wow), they have color-coded robes like karate belts, the name of the school is grammatically incorrect with her "canon" pronunciation butchering the words

-the african school is in Uganda but it's named after the capital of Burkina Faso and on her maps it's located in the Congo and when you're invited to the school, you get a rock sent to you

-african wizards dont have wands they just point at things and all of them can naturally turn into animals (YIKES)

-the brazilian school is hidden in the amazon rainforest and disguised as "a ruined stone temple" despite the fact that no masonry historically occurred in the rainforest, making a stone temple an absolutely obtrusive and terrible disguise

jk rowling is literally so fucking dumb and racist she can't be bothered with anything that doesn't have to do with white people

Holy shit I didn't even know about any of this. That is absurdly racist.

Just gotta get some more love for Suki out there!

oh look transparent picture to go with the song

growing stronger, growing together

Anyways the way Tumblr treats the Perks Of Being A Wallflower like it’s cringe and bad just because of the hipster craze over it in 2012 and ignoring the fact that it’s one of the few books/movies that shows the ugly side of teen mental illness and discusses sexual trauma in young boys (something only portrayed in shows like SVU) is in fact, bullshit, and I’ll never forgive y'all for taking the line “we accept the love we think we deserve” (a reference to toxic abusive relationships) and turning it into cringe culture. This is a book about a struggling depressed kid who I saw myself in as a teen, and yeah he and his friends could be annoying and pretentious but are you going to say you weren’t as a kid?

Alexa post tweet

do me a solid and just reblog this saying what time it is where you are and what you’re thinking about in the tags.

the child + ear droop

god will i ever stop thinking about the fact that annabeth admitted in mark of athena that she fell even more in love with percy the summer they all thought he was supposed to die at the hands of the prophecy and the whole summer they were still skirting around their feelings but neither of them would do anything because annabeth was scared of losing him just like she’s lost everyone in her life and percy didn’t want to let her down but then he did survive and he didn’t leave her and they started dating and she said it was the happiest four months of her life dating percy and then he was taken away from her just like she always thought he would and i can’t even imagine how she was feeling knowing the person she cared about more than anyone in the world was taken away from her and he might not remember her and her feelings just got stronger and stronger the longer they were apart but then they’re finally reunited and he’s telling her that the only person he remember, the only thing he remembered was her, and he’s telling her he wants to make plans for the future with her and despite the separation and anxiety and sadness and fear she had been feeling for the past six months, imagine how reassuring that felt for percy to say all those things to her and throughout all of mark of athena he just kept promising her he was going to come back and when she finally completes her quest to save the athena parthenos and the first thing he says to her is “it’s okay we’re together again” and she thinks to herself i love him for saying that because he knows her better than he knows anyone and then he still refuses to leave her and they fall into tartarus together and i think annabeth really knows how much percy loves her and knows her as person by the end of mark of athena because she’s always been a little worried and she tries to move past it but it takes a lot for her to trust but percy just proves time and time again that he doesn’t want to leave her, not if he can help it

do yall ever just….. remember TLO and weep

do y’all ever just SCREAM because Annabeth wanted to create something permanent, something memorable and unforgettable and when Hera took Percy’s memories, she couldn’t pry Annabeth from his head,,, what Annabeth built after all wasn’t a building or a temple but a friendship based in love and mutual trust so strong that not even the queen of the gods could tear the memory of that away from him

talking to a guy who works in tech about phones and mentioned how i didn’t like the new iphones or androids bc of the size and he was like “yeah i’ve noticed quite a few women feel like that idk why bc it’s so good having such a big screen” and i was like “it’s literally bc our hands are too small, i can’t reach across the screen” and he was shocked and had never thought about it and i had to explain to him how many things aren’t designed for women and he was truly astonished 🙄🙄

This speaks to me on a spiritual level.

I’d also like to add: THEY DONT FIT IN OUR POCKETS.

How many times have I almost flipped my damn phone out of my hand trying to reach the far left corner?  Too many. 

I started using my fiance’s old phone which has a fingerprint reader on the back which is high enough that I either hold it with my other hand or have to be really careful to use it to unlock the damn thing.  He couldn’t understand why I missed my old phone which had it at the bottom on the front where I could use my thumb instead of reaching for it. 

It makes you wonder just how many “clumsy women” stereotypes come from the world not being made to suit women.  Ever gotten into a car and struggling to sit up high enough?  Ever had a guy razz you for not being able to hold a basketball or football in one hand?  Handles for powertools you can barely wrap your fingers around and which require an extreme grip strength to handle properly?  

Male domination comes in a million forms, large and small. 

I recommend reading (if you haven't already) Invisible Women: Exposing Data Bias in a World Designed for Men by Caroline Criado-Perez

Not to be dramatic but this post made me have a legit ‘holy shit’ moment

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