“Harry Potter” author J.K. Rowling’s trans persecution feeds off her vast fortune. Rowling uses her estimated $1.2 billion net worth to directly fund anti-trans causes.

As executive producer of the upcoming Harry Potter HBO show, Rowling will make even more money that she can funnel into what she calls “women's and girls' sex-based rights.”

Early media criticism of the Harry Potter reboot is just starting to contend with Rowling’s commitment to erasing trans people from public life.

This week, Jessie Gender returns to the podcast to discuss HBO’s Harry Potter show with Katelyn and Christine. The three discuss the shortcomings of nostalgia with the HBO reboot and how media criticism must include J.K. Rowling’s trans obsession. It is not possible to separate this artist from her art.

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- Subscribe to YouTube’s Jessie Gender and Jessie Gender After Dark

- Stream Jessie Gender’s Frak This Podcast - A Battlestar Galactica journey

- Katelyn Burns for MS NOW: A new trans character doesn’t fix ‘Hogwarts Legacy’ transphobia

- Charles Pulliam-Moore for The Verge: There is no ethical consumption of HBO’s Harry Potter series

- Ryan Adamczeski for The Advocate: J.K. Rowling uses Harry Potter wealth to fund anti-transgender organization

- Samantha Riedel for Them: John Lithgow Says J.K. Rowling’s Trans Views Have Been “Twisted and Misrepresented”

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