For the first time in almost four years, many have been allowing themselves to ponder “what ifs” that don’t involve the horrifying, near certainty that Donald Trump wins a second term. Indeed, the numbers are such that politicos, pundits, and ordinary citizens have been asking what happens if he loses by a large margin in…
Month: July 2020
JK Rowling is an Unwitting Tool of the Religious Right
When JK Rowling tweeted that transition-related care for transgender teens is a form of gay conversion therapy, most LGB people who don’t follow the fights inspired by Trans Exclusionary Radical Feminists (TERFs) were mystified. It made zero sense to them, because they actually know transgender people. They know that conversion therapy for gays attempts to change…
The Ministry Decree for the Education of Lycanthropes
(The following is a transcript of remarks delivered by Senior Undersecretary to the Minister for Magic Dolores Jane Umbridge to the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry Board of Governors on August 8th, 1997, one week after Voldemort overthrew the Ministry and replaced its senior members) Good evening. It’s wonderful that you could all come…