Here is your Water Cooler Chat For This Week!
“Honey, the kids are on books.”
- Jalon’s Mama. Who is secretly hilarious.
We want to make it very clear, we do not separate the art from the artist —
Especially when they do so much harm to so many people.
Like this lady does. 1
Read: A timeline of JK Rowling’s anti-trans shift
If I wrote a generational book series and could afford a castle in Scotland, you would never see a social media post about anything I was thinking.
If I won at life, I would be gallivanting in the Scottish hills in a hand made sweater, cute hat with pomp pomps, with the fluffiest sheep. But that’s me.
I would just post about different anniversaries2, real and fictional, and supporting the children (who are almost 40!!!!) who made the film series a hit….and minding my rich ass business.
Hell, I might even write a whole new series…since I have time and endless money.
I would visit local libraries and do free readings3, and engaging with new generations discovering my magical work. I would pretend that the millions of tattoos of my characters or quotes would embarrass me, but secretly love it.
I would NOT be out here being a dick.
But that’s me, personally.
Anywho…. lost a constant revenue stream from me. I wasn’t lying. I have different versions of this book series.
The OG version, the Illustrated version, a Pop-Up version, and a House Color version. AND I gifted them every year.4
What an idiot. Wait…I know someone who can do this line better…hold on……
Thank you, Twin.
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Tomorrow is Harry Potter’s birthday. So, one could say this is very timely. And you are welcome.
You know, like the lovely Drag Queen library readings they keep trying to stop for some reason.
I will never get over how dumb she really is for dying on this stupid hill. Trans women are women. And you live in a castle where you wrote about flying on broomsticks. Which is not real. Like…………………
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