NYT cancels JK Rowling

[Rosiesmydog]

unherd.com/thepost/the-new-york-times-erases-jk-rowling/

She who shall not be named 😡😡😡😡

Just beyond pathetic. I hope the New York Times goes bust. How can a supposedly liberal paper came to this rubbish?

It’s all over Twitter right now. People cancelling their subs. TRAs screaming kill the terf…🙄

You have to live a comment that includes your favourite short stories, film subtitles...

We Can Remember It For You, Wholesale 🙂

I really must buy the complete boxset of harry potter books I keep meaning to, its only £40.

What happened? I can't see the article.

NY Times is visibly and painfully in the camp that women with concerns about issues affecting girls and women, that conflict with the trans lobby agenda, are ‘transphobic’.

@VelvetChairGirl

I really must buy the complete boxset of harry potter books I keep meaning to, its only £40.

Great idea😁 For anyone who wants to support her you can also join kindle unlimited free trial 2 months and reread HP books and extra short stories. Happy to put page-reads in her pocket.

Ah crap, I started reading the NYT over lockdown and found a lot of good articles in it. Another one to ditch.

This is the gist of it.
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[The New York Times advert] features a person named “Lianna” who tells us all the things that Lianna is (the idea being that these can also be found in the pages of the NYT). For instance, “Lianna is a Harmony of Flavors… a Week in Crossword Land… the Joy of Getting Lost.”

Good to know. There’s some identity stuff in there too, for instance Lianna is “Breaking the Binary… Queer Love in Color… Heritage in Rich Hues.” It would appear that the Grey Lady is seeking a younger, more diverse, subscriber base.

Lianna delivers her list in a relaxed, almost wistful, tone of voice, but there’s a shift to a sterner cadence when we’re informed that Lianna is also “Imagining Harry Potter without its Creator.” This item of information is considered so important that it also features in the much shorter subway advertisement.
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Lots of things to imagine. Including the NYT without paywall. Just install the NoScript extension in your browser and you're all set

Is this surprising? I thought they have been all signed up to identity politics for some time?

Risible. Utterly risible.

Lianna is also “Imagining Harry Potter without its Creator.

Wow... that's a bit like imagining a newspaper with no news, or no editorials isn't it? An empty void.

as someone on the twitter thread said, it is funny that the NYT doesn'T imagine certain films without Roman Polanski / Woody Allen /Harvey Weinstein.
Funny indeed

The literal existence of JKR really fucks with their little heads, doesn't it?

Just a thought…isn’t Wordle a NYT thing now? Perhaps we should stop playing that!

@Brefugee

as someone on the twitter thread said, it is funny that the NYT doesn'T imagine certain films without Roman Polanski / Woody Allen /Harvey Weinstein. Funny indeed

Indeed. When I think of all the Polanski apologism we’ve had to witness for decades, on behalf of someone who anally raped a child - BUT a woman who expresses an opinion - just an opinion - that biological sex exists, is subject to these neurotic toddler tantrums of anger - I actually despair.

Sweet 😂😂

@Porcupineintherough

Ah crap, I started reading the NYT over lockdown and found a lot of good articles in it. Another one to ditch.

Me too.

I am so pissed off with them/this. I was enjoying their recipe section!

Should have known though as their lack of diligence on Donald Trump (he was their beat in NY), their latest response to BLM movement along with many other things have been ringing alarms for a while.

I think I am going to swing to The Times, and go for good magazing reads.

The NYT can fuck off.
I stand with JKR.

A shockingly shit paper anyway.

Lianna is also “Imagining Harry Potter without its Creator.”

Lianna is many things:

sadly lacking in critical thinking
Puffed up by her self-importance
Not very bright.

Why would she want to advertise these things?

I stand with JKR too.

We have Covid here - 4 of us. We are having a Harry Potter marathon. It soothes us!

Thank you JKR. I have daughters and I thank you from the bottom of my heart!

@ABitBesotted

A shockingly shit paper anyway.

Why though?

They have some great writters and some excellent journalism.

I am conflicted!

Tbh I've always managed to enjoy various art forms without thinking of their creators at all - never know the director's name, rarely the author's, or anything about the artist beyond theirs. What I want to know is why Lianna's opinion on any if this is worth reporting any more than mine would be. Why is Lianna news?