The Witch Trials of JK Rowling

And saying and doing the right things are more important than what anyone else may think.

It is irritating to see JKR's position characterised as being I don't care about my legacy when her position is more how I lead my life is more important than my legacy.

Haven’t listened to it yet, it’s on my list for tomorrow while I work from home!

The BBC are covering it in a surprisingly balanced article. It’s currently the #1 trending item on BBC News website:

JK Rowling dismisses backlash over trans comments: 'I don't care about my legacy' www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-64729304

I am loving this podcast. I have always admired Jo so, so much and followed basically everything she has done. I'm actually quite sad that I don't feel comfortable to publically express that admiration in the current climate.

I think she is a fundamentally decent person, highly intelligent and excellent observational skills. The reason people disagree with what she's saying is that most people do not see the misogyny inherent in our society, they do not see the patterns of male violence and they do not understand how highly violent and volatile men act and the lengths they will go to (or perhaps, they do, but think it is a tiny, miniscule minority of men and do not realise the scale of it), which is why they dismiss the need for true single sex communities/services, see gatekeeping over sex change documentation as "unfair" (when really, surely it would protect trans people too) and don't understand/see the need for accurate reporting about crime figures (and other things such as medical failure etc) broken down by sex.

This is a misunderstanding doing the TRA rounds. Robert Galbraith HEATH was the eugenicist.

It's not a misunderstanding. It's deliberate. They can't find any dirt on JKR so they invent and spread lies about her. Never underestimate how vile these people are or the lengths they will go to.

A really interesting and considered listen, joining some interesting dots so far. All the better for its impartial stance, as it's a hell of a lot more professional that that nasty hatchet job from CNN.

Not really sure what this is about but listening now! Hopefully it'll be good

CNN: What to know about J.K. Rowling’s new podcast and history of harmful anti-trans comments

Daily Wire: CNN Responds To ‘Witch Trials Of J.K. Rowling’ Podcast By Burning The Author At The Digital Stake

I've just finished episode two, and found it to be a wonderfully engaging listen. The first episode is harrowing, and the similarities drawn between evangelical groups, and the current attacks by TRAs in episode two are vivid. I'm looking forward to more.

I've just listened to Chapter 1. I had no idea that JK's first husband tried to take the manuscript of the first HP book hostage.

I've been listening to this today. A really excellent interesting podcast so far.

I can't imagine why people don't think that the far greater likelihood is that she deliberately named herself after a eugenicist.

Totes plausible.

I was thinking about this when I drove past a very large Estate agent sign today with Galbraith plastered all over it. They are well known commercial property agents of long standing and as such their signs appear stuck on buildings all around central Scotland. I couldn't help wondering if she'd been subliminally prompted.

"So JK chooses a very common surname and a very common first name and then gets linked to a person with the same very common firstname and very common surname."

Actually not even that. Robert Heath was never known as Robert Galbraith. Galbraith was his middle name.

I'm not 10, I'm just not very good at drawing newts. I need a better newt really.

Really worth a listen, can't wait for more episodes.

Thought I'd tidy my bedroom, and I discovered a t shirt sketch I'd made back in lockdown. The company never got back to me about making it for me....booo
Shame they are normally great at one offs. Oh well. It turned up today and how apt!

Very very interesting podcast. I was completely absorbed.

What I found ironic was the legal win by parents to insist that children had the right to information (ie books in school libraries) was over Harry Potter books. And that Harry Potter win set a precedent in protecting LGBT books being banned.

I think I explained that right.

I meant to include a link to listen:

podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-witch-trials-of-j-k-rowling/id1671691064

Google is your friend:

The surname Galbraith is the 20,692nd most commonly occurring family name globally, held by approximately 1 in 275,834 people. This surname is primarily found in The Americas, where 57 percent of Galbraith are found; 56 percent are found in North America and 56 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

So JK chooses a very common surname and a very common first name and then gets linked to a person with the same very common firstname and very common surname.

According to Wikipedia (I know...):
Rowling later said she enjoyed working as Robert Galbraith,.a name she took from Robert F. Kennedy, a personal hero, and Ella Galbraith, a name she invented for herself in childhood.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._K._Rowling#Adult_fiction_and_Robert_Galbraith

I can't help wondering if there might also have been a hat tip to the liberal economist JK Galbraith.

Robert Galbraith - the famous geneticist so famous that no one has actually ever heard of him.

There's some great listennig in those two programmes.

Assuming the narrative we're getting is correct, I had no idea the Columbine school shootings had affected the US in the ways set out.

There's nearly two hours so far. If anyone is interested but pushed for time I'd suggest listening to the last 9 minutes of episode 2. It's effectively the JKR manifesto. When you compare it to what we get from the genderists, mixed in with their hatred and rejection of reality, you can start to think that maybe compassion and reality will actually win in the end.

Me too 🙌🏽🙌🏽