To think JKRowling should be in the House of Lords

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She is probably the best selling living author writing in English

She has given a great deal of money to charity

She has conquered the disadvantages of being an unemployed single mother by her own efforts

She is a great role model for women and girls

She is a reactionary who is leaning to the right as she ages. She will not end well. Think Richard Dawkins.

No, but the best selling english author is Agatha Christie anyway

I know shes not living, but it didn't qualify her for the house of lords either

So? You don't happen to think she's a great writer but she is for many people and for many others a fabulous story teller.

OP was talking about best selling authors. She's 2nd by the way, only beaten by Danielle Steel. She's also 10th best selling author of all time. Quite an achievement don't you think? And well worthy of a spot in the HoL if it's something that she would consider.

the adulation of this woman on here is bizarre

It's weird, isn't it? She's not even someone that's on the radar of most people I know.

She is probably the best selling living author writing in English

I think Danielle Steel holds that title.

There are so many people in the HOL that don’t deserve to be there; Digby fucking Jones anyone? JKR would make a great addition, despite all the wailing and gnashing of teeth from the usual suspects.

I'd love to be as shit as she is.

Absolutely. Seeing women on here saying they'll vote Tory because of one issue when they disagree with them on every single other policy terrifies me.

Completely agree with @Hiphopopotamonster . Great post by @InPraiseOfBacchus , although my own views don't tie in with JKR's.

So womens rights and safeguarding of kids is right wing?

I love Harry Potter and respect all her charity stuff. I also think it's ok to discuss how feminism fits in with modern gender issues, however she is too much and too angry at a vulenrable community of people. Not sure why she chose that as her hill to die on.

These days, yes. That's what happens when the left ups and swings itself round 180 degrees.

Someone on here said that left wing misogynists are the worst and the right wing ones will at least hold the door for you.

Hear hear. 👏👏

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@Underanothersky · Today 11:05
She's not actually a great writer.
I'd love to be as shit as she is.

Easy ! Just copy someone else's (great) work.

Why wouldn't a single mother who became a bestselling author and donated her way out of billionairehood (but still pays all of her taxes) not be adulated? Role model to us all.

@Pugalicious so whose great work did JK Rowling copy then?

we should take a very dim view of her claim to speak for all women

Well I've personally never heard her claim that but , if you discount "women who are biologically men, " which groups of women do you feel she's missing out?

You often get this claim from er… ‘less successful’ YA authors who have gladly played the pronoun game, and yet can’t sell their terrible fanfic books. It’s not uncommon to see their like on twitter.

Easy ! Just copy someone else's (great) work.

go on then. List the copying rather than "using as inspiration" which every writer does except the very few truly exceptional and original ones.

She isn't "adulated" on here, how bizarre. She isn't, however, reviled for things that she hasn't actually said.

So while i'm interested to see these great lists of plagiarism, i won't hold my breath because they are as likely to be as forthcoming as the examples of actual transphobia that she apparently spouts.

I love the HP stories, even while i sometimes roll my eyes at the writing, the characters, the phrasing and the nominative determinism (sp?) that they are choc-full of. In the same way i loved the GRR (haha he even stole his bloody name) Martin Song of Ice and Fire books and countless others that are re-telling, re-hashes and mix-ups of other stories ancient and not so old.

I completely agree. The incessant fawning over her on this site makes me cringe.

Seeing women on here saying they'll vote Tory because of one issue when they disagree with them on every single other policy terrifies me

You should probably get your favoured party to abandon their insane misogynist positions that threaten the safety of women and girls, then.

I dont know if she should be or not, but i think the idea should be put out here, just so i can see people having tantrums at the mere thought of it.

Seeing women on here saying they'll vote Tory because of one issue when they disagree with them on every single other policy terrifies me

well, as a long-standing active member of the Labour Party I won’t ever vote for the Tories, but I won’t vote Labour either until they sort this out.

And who comes off worse in all those situations? women. And what party can definitively say that male bodied people are not women? And that they recognise that women and girls need special protections in law? Because if you can I’ll vote for them.

Ignoring this threat to the existential rights of biological women does not make your politics smarter. It further marginalises your poor, working class women and girls and makes healthcare unsafe.

can anyone give examples of the fawning?

Can I point you to the opening post and second reply on this thread.