Scores of actresses turn down roles in play critical of JK Rowling’s gender views.

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https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/06/13/scores-actresses-turn-down-roles-play-critical-jk-rowling

"The stage production, which is set to debut at the Edinburgh Fringe, has already caused outrage over a working title which labelled the gender-critical Harry Potter author a c----."

"The production is yet to cast any of the female roles, including that of Rowling herself."

"Actors have been found for male leads, who will portray Harry Potter cast members Rupert Grint and Daniel Radcliffe."

Any actress taking part would be committing career suicide.

Thank goodness I'd swallowed my coffee before I read the replies that followed:

To answer the earlier question, no. I have never protested a venue or anything similar and I’m as GC as they come.

Funny that they always revert back to the “both sides are as bad as each other” or “trans people just don’t feel safe around GCs”. Because I have never - and I mean NEVER seen a gender critical person threaten or harass anyone. TRAs mind, oh they’re all there with their pictures of guns and guillotines, and their “Kill TERFs” placards.

Both sides, my left foot.

Kaplan trained as a lawyer before taking an MFA

Master of Fuck All?

Oh, it’s an elephant.

On a small screen in dim light I thought the Sorting Hat had gone on holiday.

😂

No to in person protest.

Much love to JKR, some of the twitter conversations are hilarious. Still waiting to see where she said she "hates trans people" though.

I think my brain has worked out what I was trying to do before.
I ask for your participation in a second poll please.

Have you ever donated money to a legal crowdfunder/gofundme/etc.... for a gender critical person's legal fees for legal representation related to a gender critical legal challenge?

Please answer :
funding poll, NO or YES
If you answer yes please consider saying how many donations. Amount is irrelevant, one pound, a million pounds, counts as one donation.

my answer - funding poll YES, 3 times

First poll: no. They're welcome to their events just as we should be for ours. Yet like many of us I've been screamed at by angry blokes just because I was attending an LWS.

Second poll: yes. Twice so far, wish I'd done more. This is what's making a real difference imho.

Yes to several.

poll #1: no
poll #2: yes, twice

Yes to several. It's maybe the best thing I can do to help.

Yes, I have donated to crowdfunders.

Poll #2
Yes.

poll #1: no
poll #2: yes, at least half a dozen

poll #2: yes

EmpressaurusDeiGatti · 17/06/2024 21:18

I was stroking a kitten when I read that, & laughed so loudly that it made him jump.

Blofeld? Is that you?

poll #1: no
poll #2: yes, at least 15

Donated to several crowdfunders, yes. Is that the literal violence?

poll 1 no, I write emails and fill in consultations though.

poll 2 I have a monthly donation budget so more than one.

poll #1: No
poll #2: Yes, not sure but over 10. Could even be over 20 as I regularly donate more than once to a single crowdfund.

Funding Yes. 5, I think and FWS.

I'm seeing a pattern here.
But so far from a small self selecting mumsnet sample :
100% no gender critical protesting in person.
100% donating to support gender critical legal causes.

My donations were to crowfunding for legal representation for employment tribunals with a gender critial element. Maya Forstater type stuff.

It appears at first glance that mumsnet don't appear in person to protest, but instead donate to legal cases where the outcome is relevant to protecting their legal rights as women.
You won't have angry mumsnetters turn up to your JKR parody farce, but if you get into legal hot water, expect mumsnetters to bung in a few quid each en masse. Considering how well those gender critical sex based rights legal challenges have gone, this seems a very effective way to protest.

Funding - Yes - 3, I think. One re. the census, one for a woman who was in prison with a male rapist and one for Sarah Summers - her case is so important.

Protesting other people's events - no.
Crowd funding - yes, a few times.