2026-08-10 06:52 UTC
The best alternative to supporting vicious transphobia by buying Harry Potter is to read Ursula K Le Guin's Earthsea books, which are magical, good-hearted, beautifully written, and rooted in anthropology. Please don't buy anything Harry Potter. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earthsea
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@mossman@social.vivaldi.net 2026-08-10 08:53
@timwaterman@mas.to I second this - completely drawn into other worlds by her books as a kid. Same for Octavia E. Butler, whose name I had forgotten until the internet reminded me yesterday, coincidentally
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@oheso@ieji.de 2026-08-10 11:05
@timwaterman@mas.to ... and unlike the HP novels, they are beautifully written.