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Trans women are women, and Trans men are men. 

We have to start by being honest. Being in Harry Potter fandom sustains the visibility of the IP. That’s just the truth. Even if you’re not spending money. Even if you’re just reading fic, or making playlists. You are still part of the reason WB thinks this franchise has cultural power.  We think we’re just vibing in fandom, but they’re watching (and there’s this odd sense that this is somehow an underground movement). The WB marketing execs measure every post, and what they see is market potential. That’s why the official WB TikTok teases Wolfstar (and teasing is the operative word because in places where openly queer relationships are illegal they need to have plausible deniability so they can still flog merch there),  they know there’s a market here, and they want to tap into it.

I say all this as someone who came back to fandom during the pandemic while I was looking in the abyss of my soul via EMDR, and who escaped to the HP universe during some of the worst years of my life. I’ve made friends here, and this space has been so nourishing for me. 

But none of that changes the truth: this is a morally grey space, and pretending it’s not is intellectually dishonest.

Just to add nuance, being here doesn’t make you evil (it doesn’t mean you support JKR’s views), but it does mean you need to hold that discomfort. And that work goes way beyond having “fuck JKR” in your bio or writing x character a wearing  eyeliner (your shipping opinions are not activism and your reimagined canon isn’t a shield). 

Because if you’re still here (and I include myself in this) you need to ask yourself: what am I doing in real life? Not to "offset" the guilt, not as performative atonement, but as a reflection of the values you claim to hold . Are you standing up for trans people in your personal life? Are you donating, sharing resources, pushing back in your workplace or your family? In the UK are you lobbying your MP to challenge the high court decision? There’s a myriad of real-life things you can be doing. 

You don’t have to leave fandom. But you don’t get to pretend it’s harmless, either.

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“I don’t want to be a burden” you’re more like a relief, a gift, a blessing actually

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usamericans, do you remember in the incredibles when syndrome made the robot go haywire just so he could swoop in and 'save the day'

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AAHHHHHHHHHHHH EEEEK IM SO EXCITED!!!!!!!!!!

Hotch girlies… my book comes out in February. He’s a lawyer turned fbi agent and she’s a court stenographer and they support each other(and get revenge) after finding out their spouses cheated together!

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AND ITS GONNA BE ON KINDLE UNLIMITED?!?!?!?!! OMG

Hotch girlies… my book comes out in February. He’s a lawyer turned fbi agent and she’s a court stenographer and they support each other(and get revenge) after finding out their spouses cheated together!

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you can tell a lot about someone based on their phone background. it shows what’s most important to them

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what’s the first song on ur wrapped playlist that starts with the first letter of ur name

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trans women are the best

incase it wasn’t clear - i am and my blog is anti-terf 👍

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Kate, Viscountess Bridgerton doesn’t need to wear her wedding ring because Anthony, Viscount Bridgerton, never leaves her alone long enough for anyone to wonder whether or not she’s married

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just discovered spotify’s ‘daylist’ playlists and the names are so funny. pls reblog and put your daylist name in the tags !!!

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PLEASE DANI’S SMILE IM SOBBING I LOVE THIS SO MUCH @captainshyguy YOU ARE AMAZING!!!!!!!

as u all know from my unhinged rb spree a while back i watched ted lasso with my bro and liked it a lot! here's some of my faves

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YOU hates terfs

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“I got it”

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i’m so glad we now all have the shared trauma of finding out

soooooo how are the people who didn’t read the books feeling rn

-spoilers below-

you don’t know how funny it was seeing all the “in a world of boys, he’s a gentleman” edits for luke