Transphobic Christmas lights

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Can't believe more people aren't up in arms about the transphobic Harry Potter Oxford Street lights.

Apparently a mere 10,000 people have sent emails to London Mayor Sir Sadiq Khan demanding that he ‘pull the plug on transphobia’ and cancel the themed lights.

The Good Law Project, who are always at the forefront of good sense and well-rounded thinking are quite rightly outraged that trans folk can't possibly feel Christmassy when inanimate twinkly Christmas lights are mocking their right to feel festive.

Down with this sort of thing.

What a load of bollocks

Pretty sure the “has Christmas become too consumerist” boat sailed in about 1980, hardly anything to do with this.

i did wonder..

I’m going to go up just to see them!

My DCs born early 80s went to a church primary school. The HP books were banned as was Halloween which amused me. The diocese was, however, deadly serious.

Is this in the running for Christmas number 1 or are we defrosting Mariah Carey again?

I heard on the grapevine there will be an under wraps set of lights on Oxford St on international women’s day next year that she’s funded with her billions which are green, white and purple and read “trans women are men” and “women don’t have penises.” It’s very hush hush apparently.

/s

Would totally buy! And someone could maybe make with one of those AI song thingies

Yawn

Or before Trading Standards and the Advertising Council step in

I think they are referring to the JKR Women's fund she set up. The brief is " to provide financial support for legal actions concerning women's sex-based rights and single-sex spaces" so to be (grudgingly) fair I can see why that could be described as funding anti trans causes without the usual levels of hyperbole.

If women's rights are anti trans, what does that tell us about trans?

Excellent swiftly

You're lucky she hasn't reported you to the university authorities.

Academia is almost entirely in thrall to genderism - that's why she assumed you'd have the same opinions as her.

The scary thing is that she may well be teaching children in the near future.

I’m not so sure. It’s progressive. There was a point (was it the noughties?) when the highlight of some people’s Christmas became the release of their favourite supermarket tv advert. Similarly, at some point traditional Christmas lights got co-opted by big brands to promote products.

Why on earth would that woman report that poster @costanza to the university authorities? She simply refused to remove a perfectly decent and valid display.

@CostanzaG should not be responding to the bullying from that woman.

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Because that’s what these people often do. It’s happened before.

Yes, but in current year that’s been a thing for quite some time. Nothing to do with JKR.

I’d probably report the fact that undergraduate level students are doing projects on Harry Potter. I’m guessing this wasn’t Oxbridge.

It's all very tedious now isn't it? Some people have been saying it's 'too consumerist' for about 40 years LOL!

The simple fact is that it's only 'too consumerist' if you allow it to be.

DH and I do not. We always have a quiet, simple, frugal Christmas. We don't drink alcohol, we don't eat much crap, and we only buy for 4 relatives, and 4 friends. (1 of his, 1 joint friend, and 2 friends of mine.) And each other of course. We send about 20 Christmas cards between us. Mostly to neighbours, very close family, and a handful of people at work.

This is bizarre. I mean if JKR was switching the lights on in person I could understand their point but the Harry Potter characters and stories are not transphobic.

It's teacher training. Training people to teach under 18s.

So of course Harry Potter would be relevant.

She said teacher training. Childrens literature is a very appropriate topic for a trainee teacher.

A local Primary has a whole terms work based around it in Yr5, covering literature, Science, drama, technology, art, even a bit of history and geography

I agree, but that slightly overlooks the pressure put on everyone, especially parents, to buy into the consumerfest. We’re pushed into it everywhere we turn.

And I partially misread the post - it was a colleague not a student who asked Constanza to remove the Harry Potter themed bit of work.

Still, it reinforces the point about academia is in thrall to genderism. And it's scary that this colleague will be influencing those who will be teaching children in future.