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[–] Quill7513@slrpnk.net 4 points 21 hours ago

if you're looking for something else to recommend people, i'd point you to Verity Vox and the Curse of Foxfire

[–] fluffy@feddit.org 13 points 1 day ago (7 children)

Perfection is the enemy of good.

Most consumerism is problematic and you can blame most people for something, just take your time and you will find something: Are you drinking milk? Are you eating meat? Do you drink beer or smoke cigarettes? Do you use Social Networks like Instagram, Facebook or TikTok? Do you buy stuff on Amazon? Do you use ChatGPT? Do you drive a car even though you could travel by foot, train, bus or bike? Do you watch soccer? Do you watch porn? Congratulations, you are probably supporting something shitty.

That doesn’t mean you shouldn’t try to change things. But offending people for doing some of these things never helped. It often just achieves the opposite. Try to encourage others, show them alternatives. Etc.

[–] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Perfection is the enemy of good.

Transphobia isn't good.

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[–] Smoogs@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

Finding alternatives isn’t hard tho. There’s like a plethora of magic school books from 2012 onwards. alerting people isnt the problematic thing while we are literally in a wold of countless options and claiming you can’t find any is just you being difficult and lazy.

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[–] JustJack23@slrpnk.net 17 points 1 day ago (9 children)

They are not even good, why is everyone crazy about these books?

[–] Hazel@piefed.blahaj.zone 10 points 1 day ago

They came out at peak millennial, at the intersection of shared cultural experiences and early social media. Before the internet a book wouldn't go global like HP did, and after algorithmic feeds there haven't really been cultural experiences shared so broadly.

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[–] ImgurRefugee114@reddthat.com 17 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (7 children)

I'll shit on JK as much as anyone, but I gotta say, I know a lot of trans people who own Hogwarts Legacy on steam... Most aren't huge HP fans or even read the books.

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[–] cubism_pitta@lemmy.world 13 points 1 day ago (2 children)

My kids and I read Harry Potter a lot. We love it and it's been a good bonding experience.

We limit our consumption of Harry Potter though. We read the books, watch the old movies and occasionally (once a year) maybe, purchase a lego set.

I have explained to my kids that I would rather not support JK Rowling due to her stance on trans people and for the most part they are cool with things.

I am certainly still not helping but I believe my kids understand pretty well

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