"I’ve met so many queer and trans kids and young people who had a huge amount of identification with Potter on that and so seeing them hurt on that day, I wanted them to know that not everybody in the franchise felt that way," he (Radcliffe) wrote. "And that was really important.”
Does anyone know why she's extremely active in the transphobic rhetoric? Is she just bored now that she has all the money one could hope for? It's strange to me.
As far as I can make sense of the "why", she's been deeply affected by past abuse and has been an avid supporter of abused women for most of her life. And when she got push back in milder comments of hers about concerns on trans individuals in what she sees as exclusively cisgendered women's spaces, she chose to take it as an attack on the groups she values instead of a chance to adapt. Since then she's just dug in further and further. I'd like to think that one day she'll be able to see the common ground, but it seems unlikely at this point.
And fwiw, none of this is meant as a defense of her actions. Just an explanation.
Some people get a little success and think that that justifies being a condescending and cruel alleged expert on everything in the world, free from consequences.
See: The creator of Dilbert, Elon Musk, Shia LaBeauf, Andrew Tate, etc.
"vulnerable women reliant on single-sex spaces" deserve help, and safe spaces, but that does not require abusing other vulnerable people. Casting all LGBTQ+ folks as potential predators is not okay.
Maybe, we could all install some privacy effective bathroom stall doors and all feel safer while we poop.
And let's legally mandate them. Folks installing an entire new business facility can afford a more expensive door. We don't have to keep sucking at this.
I was at a relatively large chain bar this weekend and that's how it was - one long normal halfway for the bathrooms with rows of normal doors on each side for "stalls". They also used those toilets that have the sink in the top.
It was AWESOME, especially as a lady in a bar setting. Felt much more public and protected in the ways that matter (well lit shared hallway with lots of visibility and traffic) and private and secure in the ways that mattered. Especially with the sink and mirror also in the room, it was so nice to take a second to freshen up without trying to get out of there ASAP or worrying about dealing with some belligerent drunk wandering into the wrong bathroom on accident (BTW, much larger issue than "fake" trans women).
Loved it. 10/10 no notes. Everyone should do this.
Edit to add - it was also really nice from a disability standpoint, I think! Partner recently injured himself in an awkward manner, and it was MUCH less awkward helping him get situated in that setup - there was just the one shared handicap stall and it was right at the front, and no one batted an eye at me helping him all the way to it. No awkward walk past the urinals, haha.
On that note I also think that would be a killer setup with kids - no taking your "slightly-too-young-to-be-alone daughter" into the men's room, no following her into the women's room, and vice-versa. Good stuff.
but you see, only one group can be vulnerable at a time, and this time it's women, so trans people have to be the ones we exclude and accuse of being the oppressors this time around, sorry
I just felt that her character has always been to advocate for the most vulnerable members of society. The problem is that there’s a disagreement over who’s the most vulnerable. -Evanna Lynch
This in itself wouldn't be a problem though, right? You can be an advocate to one group and not want to "cancel" another. But she goes all in on the Anti-Trans-Rights narrative and is less public about just women's rights.
Yes, its a polite way to say shes wrong and misguided but believes shes doing the right thing. Some have referred to her as like an aunt that's wrong. This would track. They dont want to be overly critical of someone whose work gave them their careers, but they dont agree with her or support her. Like an old racist famy member.
I this k their comments are all quite measured. It is clear who they support but they are not inflammatory. Bigots and terfs like JK crave attention but dont argue in good faith. Saying they are wrong and moving on is the best thing to do. Youre not going to change their mind, so dont give them a platform to poison others.