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Excuse me, but I can’t agree with your position here.Is a woman not allowed to realize itself through motherhood?

Of course. And according to Joanne KKK Rowling, that’s the only way you can be a woman; if you can produce children. Women are the ones with the large gametes! That’s the definition of woman, nothing else. Screw all cis-women who don’t fit the mold.

You’re not allowed to be too feminine, but also if you don’t adhere to white-feminine beauty standards you’re also bad.

Also Molly was smart and fierce (remember fight with Bellatrix Lestrange?

I do! “NOT MY DAUGHTER YOU DON’T!”

No matter what, Molly is nothing but a mother. There’s no character there beyond that.

And I personally know such girls.It’s perfectly normal for a girl to be like that.Also her persona and stance evoke respect in the reader, as well as a sense that she is being treated unfairly.

You’ve missed my point. My point is, there are many ways of being a person, and many ways of being a girl or a woman. Rowling doesn’t believe that, and the narrative she pushes explicitly defines what is and isn’t from her perspective, an acceptable way of being a woman. She very clearly values men over women.

Ember Green did an excellent video essay that touches on this topic.

Goblins didn’t strike me as jews exactly because they were friends with Harry Potter’s world Hitler.A big nose and banking isn’t enough.

There’s a Wikipedia entry on Jewish sterotypes. You could turn it into a drinking game, if you’d like to die of alcohol poisoning.

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Viceversa@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

And according to Joanne KKK Rowling, that’s the only way you can be a woman; if you can produce children.

Harry Potter books don’t have that assertion to me. There are different positive female figures in the books.

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- wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  
  And according to Joanne KKK Rowling, that’s the only way you can be a woman; if you can produce children.
  
  Harry Potter books don’t have that assertion to me. There are different positive female figures in the books.
  
  Book: has one character whose main sense of identity is being a mother
  
  Critic: “THIS BOOK IS SAYING THE ONLY VALID WAY TO BE A WOMAN IS TO BE A MOTHER!!1!!1!1!1!”
  
  It’s obnoxiously close to this broader view in society:
  
  Woman: is a mother
  
  Society: "SO YOU THINK A WOMAN’S SOLE PURPOSE IS TO BE A MOTHER?!?!?!?!!?!
  
  Also, are we just going to ignore Professor McGonnagal (no clue how to spell her name) being childless and devoted to her career in academia in which she thrives and holds the respect of her peers and pupils?
  
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  - Dojan@pawb.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago
    
    Also, are we just going to ignore Professor McGonagall being childless and devoted to her career in academia in which she thrives and holds the respect of her peers and pupils?
    
    You know what, that’s fair. McGonagall is a mostly unproblematic character, I feel. There are some moments where I feel like she meted out very strange punishments, like sending the kids out into a dangerous forest they were prohibited from being in because it’s potentially lethal, or when she locked Neville out of the Gryffindor common room while a murderer was on the loose.
    
    That said, Caroline Easom did a video on the female characters that appear in the top 100 characters by mention in the books and there are some less savoury patterns in how Joanne portrays women.
    
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- Dojan@pawb.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  Sure. If it makes you feel better, then whatever.
  
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  - Viceversa@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
    That’s your argument? Ok.
    
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    Dojan@pawb.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
    There is no argument. You’re allowed to believe what you wish, wrong or not. I just don’t have the energy to waste on apologists and supporters of such heinous politics. Rowling’s politics are apparent in all of her writing, she’s always championed outdated eugenicist beliefs. If you choose to ignore that, that’s your prerogative and I don’t think anything I say or show you will convince you otherwise.
    
    Ergo, this conversation here is just a waste of time for the two of us.
    
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- Viceversa@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  Downvotes on the deleted comment?
  There wasn’t any vote on it before deletion.
  
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