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and naturally what first came across as pandering for no good reason turned quickly into full on TERF bullshit. what was a real eye opener for me (not a surprise really, but still) was her novel under her male pen name (which, again, is nothing unheard of but context matters) with the trans woman who conveniently serves as a vehicle for all of Rowling's hatred towards trans women. I'm still not sure if she purposely outed herself with that pile of transphobic crap, or if she thought she could get away with it.

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If you asked the kids if they liked the books, it was either a short reply (they wanted to start reading!) or a stream of conscious run on of the parts and characters they liked. The parents were sometimes reading along with the kids. It was the adults without kids reading the books that was the headscratcher. I did attribute that to the fact that British authors don't write down to their readers the way that American writers tend to do (Yup, I read some kids books. One has to be familiar with the merchandise. Just not HP.). And I blame that writing down on the publishers.

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