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Seattle museum removes J.K. Rowling items from exhibit on the fantasy genre and "Harry Potter", cites "racial stereotypes, fat shaming, lack of LGBTQIA+ representation, and bigotry" in the books (www.mopop.org)

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[–] Cypher 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Trying to ignore the most successful modern fantasy series, and the most successful by far by a female author, is a very political choice for a museum to make.

They can like it or not but Harry Potter absolutely made history.

I wonder if they would remove HP Lovecraft’s books because he was a racist which absolutely shows in his novels.

[–] jerome -1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm fine with this. J.K is a hateful cunt.

[–] HappycamperNZ 9 points 1 year ago

Im not sure. No objection to your JK thing, but you don't need to represent lgbt in everything. The books were written at a time where there wasn't a big movement and active representation, and there is nothing wrong with that.

I don't recall the fat shaming, but disagree with the bigotry and the racial stereotypes I see are "rich white man is a prick".