Trans-owned bookshop invites customers to vandalise JK Rowling's Harry Potter novels

They probably ordered a batch in just for their current BS.

I remember JKR tweeting, in response to an organised burning of her books, that when a copy of one of her books is burnt, the royalties she received for it somehow magically disappears from her bank balance.... 😁

Encouraging the defacing of a book, any book, is not the act of bibliophiles. They shouldn't be in the book business.

Don't tell 'em, Pike!

Great idea! Do Roald Dahl next! They can raise money for local Jewish people. Although Dahl was antisemitic and there's still that $1m waiting to be claimed if anyone can provide evidence of JKR being transphobic. You'd think Lithgow would be all over that.

I'm actually reminded of the time that tras sent porn and threats when JKR did that twitter thing for children's drawings. If they had to get people to deface the book, why not be positive? Get them to write nice things about transpeople instead of nasty stuff about women.

Libraries are transphobic. There might be undefaced JK Rowling books in the building. And what if someone was reading Helen Joyce? Far too risky. Books can only be acquired in a purely affirmatory environment, or they might become tainted.

I truly don't get the hate for JK. She has never been hateful towards Trans people so what's behind it..could it be that they fear her because she is articulate and able to clearly and rationally state concerns over men using female spaces?

So if 10 people turn up to vandalise a book they will have raised the princely sum of £2.50 🤣🤣

Is it 25p per page or 25p for as many pages as you like? If it’s the latter, they are not doing right (write?) by the 5 people they are raising money for.

They want to "raise money for five local trans people.". This is hilarious. Who are these five and why do they need money raising for them by defacing books over anyone else? To buy dresses and make up?

Has anyone told them about libraries? No need to ‘pay it forward’, you just join up and borrow. Simples.

Kind of them to buy one of Jo’s books.

I wonder if they will open this up to any other books where they don’t like the authors? Probably not.
These stunts only serve to cement JKR as the iconic voice in this discussion. There’s no one else as relevant or debated.

Facilitating the abuse of a woman to make money. Great look there queer bookshop guys and gals!

Much Progressive, Very Feminism, Wow.

What an odd and bitter wee stunt.

The Bookish Type told PinkNews: 'We came up with this idea a few weeks ago as a silly and cathartic way to raise money for five local trans people. way to get national publicity for our bookshop and turn our mates into lifelong healthcare patients who might end up with horrible side effects but we ignore that cos this makes us feel good.

Fixed!

Pathetic and typical of the trans loons.

It isn't a normal bookshop.

We’re a community bookshop so we aim to actively support and work with the local queer community. Here are some of the things that we do:
a Pay It Forward scheme which is a way of making queer books available to those who can’t afford them.
run Queer History Tours around Leeds so that everyone can learn about the rich LGBTIQA+ history of our city.
hold Second Hand Sundays where we sell pre-loved queer books to raise money for local grassroots LGBTIQA+ groups.
a community noticeboard where we promote local LGBTIQA+ events and groups.
offer discounts to members of local queer book groups.

https://thebookishtype.co.uk/pages/about-us

Presumably the book itself has already been bought by the store, so JKR is also profiting from this. The lovely irony there.

I hope she embraces this opportunity, as @JellySaurus points out, free speech is right up her Diagon Alley.

If they only knew about the level of dross, banal, unimportant conversations I engage in on a daily basis as a person and this certainly fits well into that category, they would see that is not something to aspire too.

What are they actually achieving?
They have got us talking about them. Again.

Ooh aren’t the men in wigs and dresses just so edgy and special. What a stunning and brave thing to do

I’m sure JKR devastated 😂

Wouldn't it be a shame if local terven wrote positive messages about JKR in the book.

@FlirtsWithRhinosThey are only defacing one, which they will then auction.

She has the chance to do something really funny here... 😂

Sums up how pathetic and petty these people are.

They are only defacing one, which they will then auction.

As an art stunt I don't have an issue with principal of defacing a single book to make a political point. I don't think books are precious objects that can't be touched or anything.

I just think in this case it's a dull, trivial and un-thought-through exercise which is far more likely to produce pages of spitten dummies and rage-against-mummy than anything insightful or touching.