Edinburgh Harry Potter Tour

I was discussing all things HP with my beautician last week, and she very tentatively said "what do you think of all this about J K Rowling now that she's apparently transphobic?"

I obviously replied and said I thought it was all utter rubbish and I was firmly on the side of common sense, only for her to reply in relief that she felt the same way. She is not a twitter user, mumsnetter and has very little idea about the trans ideology and how women's rights are being destroyed, but she thought it was lunacy that Rowling was being trashed for objecting to using the word "women" when discussing periods.

There is a very large world outside of Twitter and social media, and most of those, if told what would happening, would think it was bloody insane.

DD is a newly indoctrinated Potterhead, we are taking her to Harry Potter studios for her birthday in a few months and I might just take some JKR stickers with me

There's also an article in The Skinny this week about shows to see at The Edinburgh Fringe - the journalist is promoting a Harry Potter themed show and talks about JK being out of style now - she can speak for herself.

Their attitude is hardly a surprise given that the film editor tried to cancel poet Jenny Lindsay.

Please let us not play that game. For all we know the tours themselves might be great.

From the home page of that website :

'Take a trip down the real life Diagon Alley'

..... Now in her recent - absolutely terrific, worth a listen - interview with Simon Armitage on radio 4, jkr said that she's always seeing people claim, this is the real Diagon alley, that is where jkr got her inspiration for Diagon alley..... But it's not really based on anywhere, it's in her imagination....

So they obviously don't pay much attention to ANYTHING she says....

Where did they post this shite?

It's at www.pottertrail.com/home.

Although Warner Bros could use their intellectual property to cause them real mischief, that won't happen because WB went for a politically expedient position last year:

variety.com/2020/film/news/jk-rowling-warner-bros-1234631061/

Tale as old as time. Misogynists make profit off the work of women while moaning about women.

Woman speaks up for the rights of women. Misogynists harass and shame woman for speaking.

Where did they post this shite?

If I were JKR, I'd book myself a place on the tour under (probably under R. Galbraith for shits and giggles) and watch them fucking squirm when I turned up.

Haha so would I.

Huge Harry Potter fan here. Absolutely support JK Rowling as does anyone who's actually read and understood her books.

^As our listeners posters will know, unless they've taken refuge at the bottom of a garden pond or somewhere similar, you know who's Stonewalls strategy of remaining in the shadows is creating a nice little climate of panic.^

So many ideological capture quotes.
Will just be reserving my money for Harry Potter companies that either support JK or keep their beak out.

Oh, for goodness sake...I didn't understand who was offended when J K Rowling made her famous remark about people who menstruate and I still don't. Was it transwomen who are jealous because they don't have wombs or transmen because they menstruate and believe that they're men? Totally confused. And, whatever way I look at it, I can't see that it expressed hate, just reality for most people. Can J K Rowling take away their licensing for doing the tours, or something?

It's this outfit: www.pottertrail.com/home. They go out of their way to avoid leading with "Harry Potter" in their branding but have slipped in a few mentions on their website.

Warner Bros hold a large number of UK trade and service marks for the words "Harry Potter", for example:

trademarks.ipo.gov.uk/ipo-tmcase/page/Results/1/UK00901433952

I wonder what they might think of a tour company using their intellectual property for a free ride while seeking to diminish its value.

How utterly pathetic. Exploiting a woman's work for financial gain, rubbishing her name by spreading nonsense about her and disregarding all the good she has done for kids and women for what exactly? The tour say they do not discriminate but only reference trans and non-binary people. So would a woman who does not believe in gender identity ideology taking her kids not be discriminated against or made to feel uncomfortable? Harry Potter is still a best selling book series without the need for any pointless disclaimers from the publishers. The Warner Bros Studio was at capacity when I visited recently, as was the Fantastic Beasts exhibition at NHM. People still love JKR and her work regardless of the virtue signalling nonsense of parasites. I don't know why anyone who wanted to go on a Harry Potter tour would choose one so casually dismissive of the author. Perhaps the publisher could put on an official tour instead?

Personally if i were JKR I’d sue the fuck out of everyone

If I were JKR, I'd book myself a place on the tour under (probably under R. Galbraith for shits and giggles) and watch them fucking squirm when I turned up.

So, reading it properly, they are still happy to exploit her work, pay themselves and fund an agenda that backs child abuse through treatment without parental consent.

Whilst denigrating her for sticking up for women.

Shame on them.

As for Spacey I say no to child abusers all round.

Once you sexually abuse/rape/kill you are no longer entitled to be considered good in my universe.

But shes obviously a lovely person and wouldn’t dream of it

A difficult time to be a Harry Potter fan? Nowhere near as difficult as it is to be a woman right now. I can't believe this shite.

Good pick up weevils.

And how hypocritical of that business. If you can’t see the hypocrisy, that says much about you.

I've reported it too soz

Fixed it.

Soz OP

Nooo it is me, I was referring to the spacey shite. And I misread the OP as being TRA aaarrrggghhh it was the terrific

Reported

Please note spelling. Chikenyhead is not the regular and informed poster, that would be @Chickenyhead. Who does not need this kind of shit.