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Post by Deleted on Oct 7, 2022 16:46:43 GMT
I don't know, but I wasn't made to read it in high school. Of Mice and Men, To Kill A Mockingbird, Catcher in the Rye, sure.
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Post by Dgzter on Oct 7, 2022 17:44:22 GMT
Both the act itself and the reaction to that Rowling stunt is quite disturbing to be honest. There's a decent graphic going about of all the various legislation, policy shifts, and initiatives that have been undertaken by the Scottish Government, and specifically under Sturgeon's watch, to strengthen the rights of women, girls, and young children in society -- from the Free Period Products act, the Domestic Abuse act, the Forensic Medical Services bill, opposition to the Tory Rape Clause, etc.
And yet here is another prominent women, one with a truly global platform, and one who seemingly prides herself by highlighting and condemning the abuse of women across the globe, deliberately perpetuating falsehoods and using the worst kind of dog-whistle rhetoric to stoke up hatred against one individual, another woman who happens to be a public figure, prior to a planned demonstration. All because Sturgeon believes that it is abusive men and not trans-women who are the real threat to the safety of women and girls in society. A cursory glance at the replies reveals how frighteningly radicalized so many of Rowling's self-styled, #istandwith..., followers have become. It is Qanon-level stuff, at times. Terrifying.
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Post by Jambowayoh on Oct 8, 2022 14:33:25 GMT
These guys who totally aren't paedos and grooming seem to be really, really obsessed with teenage girls. It's almost like they're trying to tell us something.
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Post by darkling on Oct 8, 2022 16:24:27 GMT
On JK Rowling and the Potter books... It's a series that's always fascinated me because of the gulf between its good and bad aspects. I've only ever seen positive critique of the Potter series, presumably because so many people have a soft spot for the stories, understandably.
The world building is fantastic. It can't be overstated just how great it is - both in overall concept and in its minutae - and is definitely the big reason the franchise succeeded. Brilliant imagination from Rowling, the way she perfectly combines magic and the antiquated aspects of the British school system.
However, I don't think the individual books and films even contain very good storycraft, never mind her technical writing level. The overall story across all books, maybe, but not so much the individual stories.
What's Harry's arc in the Philosopher's Stone, for example? Harry is rushed off to magic school, where he's super famous, makes friends, wins the chess game, and saves the day. So... Where's the conflict? What does Harry learn? How does Harry change as a consequence of his choices?
She uses some good elements of storycraft, such as making you feel sorry for Harry by making him an abused orphan... but maybe she decided to keep it breezy, squarely focused on a younger audience, rather than a more involved character study.
It always frustrated me that JK didn't frame the story as a 'new kid in school' plot, initially making Harry an outcast, bullied by kids who are much better at magic than him. It just seems like a natural fit for the concept, and a natural arc for the protagonist to undertake, to rise above and prove himself, gaining the respect of his peers.
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Post by kal on Oct 9, 2022 6:52:57 GMT
Kanye goes ‘death con 3’ on JEWISH PEOPLE and their agenda. BTW I don’t want to hear a fucking word about his bipolar.
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Post by cubby on Oct 9, 2022 6:54:12 GMT
Death con 3?
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Post by kal on Oct 9, 2022 6:55:08 GMT
Prepare yourself for this, but I don’t think he’s very bright.
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Post by RadicalRex on Oct 9, 2022 7:08:38 GMT
Wat
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Post by kal on Oct 9, 2022 7:16:21 GMT
It’s the Louis Farrakhan flavour of antisemitism that’s pretty much exclusive to African Americans. You see quite a lot of this shit in certain hip hop circles. The theory is that modern Jewish people are in fact just Eastern Europeans who have misappropriated Jewishness for sympathy and power, and are in no way connected to the original Jews in the Bible (who would have been North African). A variant of this completely disproved theory is also quite popular for obvious reasons in anti-Zionist rhetoric.
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Post by RadicalRex on Oct 9, 2022 7:25:33 GMT
Oh my. Cheers for clearing that up
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Post by Bongo Heracles on Oct 9, 2022 7:56:23 GMT
Is that the thing that got his stupid arse thrown off Instagram?
And, yes. It’s not because he’s bipolar, trolling, playing 4D chess or ’operating at another level’, he’s just a regular old dickhead
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Post by kal on Oct 9, 2022 8:59:53 GMT
I don’t think it is the thing that got him chucked off IG. It’s the thing he posted in response when he came back to Twitter.
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Post by Jambowayoh on Oct 9, 2022 9:06:28 GMT
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Post by drhickman1983 on Oct 9, 2022 9:13:28 GMT
Whatever mental condition he has doesn't excuse him being a dickhead, so I'm not apologising for him but there is the sense that he's just losing his mind and that's making him more susceptible to whatever daft, abhorrent ideas he's obsessed with.
Plenty of folks like that but very few with his wealth and in a position.
We're in strange times where people are now able to air these views without immediately risky ruining their career. He'll lose some sponsors and partnerships but there will be a base who will still be fans - if anything that base will become even more fervent as losing partnerships or whatever plays into their lunatic conspiracies.
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Post by Bongo Heracles on Oct 9, 2022 9:38:10 GMT
It is funny just how ordinary it makes him. He worked so hard to cultivate this inscrutable genius image but in reality, he’s just another basic idiot, as susceptible to being brainwashed by the last moron he spoke to as anyone.
Just as divorced, just as easily persuaded and just as petty as any other American.
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Post by cubby on Oct 9, 2022 9:52:05 GMT
But he is clearly mentally unwell. And no one is willing to do the right thing and get him some proper help. Instead they're just letting him spiral presumably because they still get money out of him regardless.
Britney got put under a conservatorship by a judge for far less crazy shit.
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Post by Bongo Heracles on Oct 9, 2022 10:37:14 GMT
‘He’s rich and has enablers’ is also a bit handwavey, too. A family member is on benefits and still refuses to get help for very, very similar behaviour because, rich or poor, it’s still everyone else who is wrong.
And, let’s be honest, being bipolar doesn’t make you racist or say any of the other horrible shit he’s come out with
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Post by geefe on Oct 9, 2022 10:39:49 GMT
He likes fish dicks
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Post by Bongo Heracles on Oct 9, 2022 10:43:10 GMT
I think that may have actually been the thing that broke his brain
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Post by kal on Oct 9, 2022 11:01:07 GMT
But he is clearly mentally unwell. And no one is willing to do the right thing and get him some proper help. Instead they're just letting him spiral presumably because they still get money out of him regardless. Britney got put under a conservatorship by a judge for far less crazy shit. It’s not about ‘crazy shit’. When people’s mental health becomes a legal issue it’s when they are a danger to themselves or others. Britney was VERY much in that category. I won’t pretend to know Kanye’s medical history regarding that sort of thing, but certainly all the ‘crazy shit’ he publically says and does amounts to dickheadness. Egotistical attention seeking drama loving publicity feeding dickheadness. None of these traits relate to being bipolar and the only danger he is to himself is disappearing up his own arsehole.
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Post by RumMonkey on Oct 9, 2022 12:24:20 GMT
And his music is really fucking crap now to go along with being a massive dick head.
Early years he just seemed the arrogant artist type, not sure when that facade changed.
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Post by Bongo Heracles on Oct 9, 2022 12:34:32 GMT
If I released an album called ‘Brenda’ and opened it with ‘Brenda Chant’, I hope people would stop and ask if I was OK rather than giving it a rating out of five stars.
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Post by Jambowayoh on Oct 9, 2022 12:49:56 GMT
And his music is really fucking crap now to go along with being a massive dick head. Early years he just seemed the arrogant artist type, not sure when that facade changed. It appears to be the same time when his mother died.
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Post by 😎 on Oct 9, 2022 14:05:02 GMT
White Lives Matter, massive anti semitism, doing interviews on Tucker Carlson.
But enough about Trump let’s talk about Kanye.
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Post by Bongo Heracles on Oct 9, 2022 14:18:51 GMT
He just changed his Twitter handle to ‘Yitler’
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Post by cubby on Oct 9, 2022 14:22:38 GMT
Ah he's got an album coming out.
For the next one he'll kill a few people just before it drops, presumably.
You guys all fell for his shit again.
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Post by 😎 on Oct 9, 2022 14:35:40 GMT
Yes, because here we are buying his albums.
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Post by kal on Oct 9, 2022 15:29:22 GMT
I don’t quite get it. Is antisemitism appealing to his fans? And does that make it ok?
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Post by elstoof on Oct 9, 2022 15:35:57 GMT
My friend is a fashion writer in the US and he’s been documenting this pretty closely, this latest thing is one of a long line of shockers so waving it away as promoting a new album is naive at best
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Post by cubby on Oct 9, 2022 15:46:32 GMT
It's uncanny how so many of these incidents coincide with a new album, though.
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