Lolita was never meant by Nabokov to be interpreted as a "love story". It is about the delusions of lust and how it can drive the behavior of a predator to completely ignore what they are doing to their victim. The entire thing is from the perspective of the abuser and it should be blindingly obvious that HH is the most unreliable of narrators there has ever been. Anyone who interprets it as a love story should be on a list.

@aubreyleonae4108

24 күн бұрын

👍👍I've never been able to bring myself watch that film. It makes me sick to even read your comment.

@bookgirlny8511

24 күн бұрын

“I loved you. I was a pentapod monster, but I loved you.” - Humbert Humbert, Ch 32 One of the greatest, funniest, beautiful and most disturbing novels I’ve ever read.

@SarastistheSerpent

24 күн бұрын

@@aubreyleonae4108it’s a beautifully written book, but yeah, it’s incredibly disturbing and Nabakov made it explicitly clear that it is _not_ a love story, and in fact the unreliable, rose tinted narrations of a malignant predator

@zorubark

24 күн бұрын

​@@aubreyleonae4108The book is good because it's anti predator, the movies are bad because they sexualize the little girl(Dolores)

@DorianMatt

24 күн бұрын

LITERALLY. i am a survivor of repeat childhood + adult SA, and Lolita is one of my most beloved novels of all time FOR THIS VERY REASON. The excuses that Humbert makes, all the ways he tries to dress up and justify his predation and horrific abuse of an already vulnerable child IS LARGELY THE POINT OF THE BOOK!!!! At times the flowery prose lulls the reader into an entirely false sense of security-not dissimilar from how victims of CSA are groomed to see their abusers as a refuge…as the only one who truly understands, as someplace/someone special….only to one day be kicked in the gut and keeled over by the realization that what you’ve endured was some of the most revolting, abhorrent circumstances of abuse that any one human could experience. AND IT DOES NOT LEAVE YOU. It sticks to you and leaves you feeling suffocated, isolated, just plain *wrong* for so long after the direct abuse has stopped. The lasting import of Lolita is in how Nabokov so succinctly illustrates what these insidious forms of manipulation look like. How an offending pedophile goes about sequestering away their victim(s) and making it all seem so normal. Because to the child IT IS NORMAL. *THAT* is the gap that Nabokov was trying to bridge and draw public attention to. Anyone who calls for the banning or even limited availability of the book Lolita…..not only does that tell me the likelihood that they’ve actually read the book in full is next to zero, but it makes me question their intentions in a *serious* way. As in: Why don’t you want people have an awareness of how child predation actually works?? Why would you rather that the general public remains oblivious???

The story of "Lolita" is worse the more you get into the book. "Lolita" is what the protagonist chooses to call the object of his obsession, a girl named Dolores Haze, but when most people think of the story, they believe her name is Lolita (the Stanley Kubrick adaptation actually uses the name Lolita for the girl). The protagonist learns that Dolores's single mother has a crush on him, so he married her to have access to the girl. Then after her mother's death (which the protagonist does not explain to the girl), the protagonist takes the child on a road trip. He drugs her, finally forces himself on her, and makes her dependent on him because she has noone else, so she cooperates with her assaulter. It's horrific all the way down.

@bookgirlny8511

24 күн бұрын

“I loved you. I was a pentapod monster, but I loved you.” - Humbert Humbert, Ch 32 One of the greatest, funniest, beautiful, heartbreaking and most disturbing novels I’ve ever read. It is a great book. But not a “love story,” unless you’re a pervert yourself.

@bookgirlny8511

24 күн бұрын

…the vacuum of my soul managed to suck in every detail of her bright beauty. Ch 10 Wow!

@dinosaysrawr

24 күн бұрын

Dolores? Like Umbridge, eh?

@nancyjay790

24 күн бұрын

@@dinosaysrawr It translates to "woman of sorrows".

@KariIzumi1

23 күн бұрын

​@@dinosaysrawr!!!!!

"At the hotel we had separate rooms, but in the middle of the night she came sobbing into mine, and we made it up very gently. You see, she had absolutely nowhere else to go." -Lolita. The single most chilling line in all of literature.

@user-gi8pk9uc7q

23 күн бұрын

Ugh, I HATE Humbert so much, he is a horrible person!

@Remedy462

9 күн бұрын

​@@user-gi8pk9uc7q I have not been able to read Lolita a second time all the way through because Humbert Humbert eventually gets under my skin and makes my blood intolerably boil so much so that I want to drag him out of the book and irreparably hurt him. His predation, his misogyny, his abuse, his pretension, his selfism, his manipulation, his narcissism, his apathy, his joy of revulsion, etc, etc. He is truly a genius, abominable creation to make me react so vehemently and primitively.

@user-gi8pk9uc7q

9 күн бұрын

@@Remedy462He's AWFUL, I agree!

David Tennant just keeps getting better and better.

@aubreyleonae4108

24 күн бұрын

Who ? 😉

@hydrogen3266

24 күн бұрын

I’m so glad he continues to be one of my favorite famous people. He almost always seems to be right. He did an interview 15 years ago or so and he outright said he was a socialist, on top of consistently being an ally

@bookgirlny8511

24 күн бұрын

I ❤ D Tennant

@FunkyLittlePoptart

24 күн бұрын

I've now gotten to the point where Ten is so good, I have to assume he's a serial killer. After Neil's recent outing as the worst kind of predator I can no longer feel safe thinking any man is okay.

@ElizabethMidfordHatesCops

24 күн бұрын

Long live the David Tennant

it's insane to see an adult woman saying this about Lolita. I was eighteen when I read it and I loved it because I recognised men I knew in Humbert Humbert. I thought it was a brilliant character study of a predator and abuser Also if you read it when you were young and didn't realise it was about abuse it's ok. society already normalises men's predatory behaviour towards girls and young women

@curiousnerdkitteh

24 күн бұрын

It often glorifies it.

@lilpetz500

23 күн бұрын

Especially as well to hear a grown woman, who famously tries to claim glory as a feminist icon, who is actively trying to claim innocent people transitioning are "trying to gr00m kids!!" Trying to spin this sympathy call about how as a young an impressionable girl struggling with misogyny, she mightve been convinced to be trans too!...while also holding the idea that a young girl convinced to please her abuser in a story, is a romance. That's 2 strikes against her knowing how any of this works.... She established that she indeed, knows about the vulnerability of young girls, subjugation of women, the concept of teaching them to accept horrific treatment young. So she can't exactly claim ignorance and "a senior moment" when she happens to be mirroring the particularly disgusting conservative's takes...like, she knowingly considers Humbert's actions loving, yet trans education harmful. She's got this all backwards, and needs to be deplatformed, fast.

@EmoBearRights

23 күн бұрын

You'd think someone who was abused would recognise that wouldn't you?

@saltydinonuggies1841

22 күн бұрын

@@EmoBearRightsnot necessarily. Our brains tend to normalize our own abuse as well in order to protect us. It’s often safer to continue existing in what we already know than to try and change and risk things breaking and getting worse. So our brains convince us what’s happening or happened to us is perfectly normal or fine (or “not that bad”). Not excusing jk at all here. Just explaining from the perspective of someone who’s been through abuse themselves and had some iffy perspectives on abuse in media in the past.

I grew up in the UK under Section 28 and the homophobic rhetoric around the AIDS crisis. It took me decades to fully understand and come to terms with who I am. Not 'teaching gender ideology' (i.e. not acknowledging that trans people actually exist) will not stop people being trans (because of course these are the people who subscribe to the completely debunked social contagion myth), it just increases bigotry, stigma, shame, depression and self-unaliving, the same way Section 28 did.

@BelRigh

24 күн бұрын

Hugs to you from a survivor of those years from across the pond... I remember when it was the BiGuys that were being excluded from the greater community (tbh, it wasn't un deserved, there were a LOT of creepers amongst us...)

@Leszek.Rzepecki

24 күн бұрын

Hi, I'm just about to turn 69, and I grew up as a closeted cis gay man - my first vote was for Margaret Thatcher's Tory party, and I've regretted it ever since. Not that it made any difference, I lived in a safe Labour constituency at the time, but I still feel guilty about what I consider a lack of good judgement. I didn't actually come out till I was 28 and working in the US, as far from home as I could get. Trans folk have my support. They've been on the side of gay rights since the movement started. I do not trust Starmer an inch. He's a sleazy operator who is in it for his own benefit, and doesn't give a toss about anyone else. He'll be no improvement on the Tories.

@daved2352

24 күн бұрын

Yeah I was born in 85 so ALL of my schooling took place under Section 28 and it took me till 2019 to realise that I'm not a hundred percent straight. Weirdly a Lesbian I'd only met twice called me out as having Bi vibes in 2010 and I still didn't realise myself.

The Lolita comment is horrible. She needs to be on a list for that

@aubreyleonae4108

24 күн бұрын

She should probably be on several lists. 🤐 💜

@xx-sof-xx

24 күн бұрын

she also said she made radcliffe read lolita because it was such a great book, but i don't know how old he was at that point. it's just weird af when you have *that* interpretation of lolita to push it onto someone whom you've known since they were like 10 or something. her alliteration naming in harry potter is also speculated to be inspired by nabokov's writing. it's just weird to choose nabokov as inspiration for books for preteens idk man

@fishbiter9409

24 күн бұрын

@@xx-sof-xx People should mention this more often.

@nicholasrodinos4701

24 күн бұрын

She'll probably be on the Colleen Ballinger list of celebrity women who "really love kids"

@shaylasometimes

23 күн бұрын

Her name should be on a list in a Death Note

David Tennant is AMAZING!!! As a non-binary person, I can't love him enough! Screw you JK. NEVER going to support anything you ever do. Your politics completely ruined the Potter universe for me.

@aubreyleonae4108

24 күн бұрын

I'm glad I've never seen a movie or read a book by her. I don't know your age, but as an older nonbinary person... I'm so proud of everyone of you courageous young people, and as envious that I wasn't able to grow up in a time when even the ideas existed or were accessible to me to help me. It's so hard to understand the contradictions in mind and body and be forced into molds and roles that make no sense as a child. That is the time help is needed the very most, perhaps that is why these sadistic narcissists go after children and the parents of them so unrelentingly. 😡 Never, never, never give up ! Never stop fighting. 😠

@bookgirlny8511

24 күн бұрын

👏👏👏😘

@Leszek.Rzepecki

24 күн бұрын

Well, I must admit, all my Dr. Whos are my favourite! But David Tennant has a unique talent.

@Helena_Finch

24 күн бұрын

My dad showed me all the movies when I was a kid - so glad he pirated them

@leswallace2426

5 күн бұрын

Now you're living in your own fantasy world where 'trans rights' don't have repercussions for female safety and the health of vulnerable children being railroaded into life changing treatment.

oh wow. Rowling not understanding Lolita. a lot of people reading Lolita don't seem to know how to read critically, but I wouldn't have guessed she was that well read...

All of the doctors are LGBT+ friendly but none of them quite so much as David.

@404maxnotfound

24 күн бұрын

Tbf Ncuti gatwa is queer(and trans supportive) and you can't really get much more lgbt+ friendly then that. However, David is def top second.

@ElizabethMidfordHatesCops

24 күн бұрын

Not Hartnell.

@fishbiter9409

24 күн бұрын

@@404maxnotfound I dunno I know some rather homophobic queer people so there's no guarantee on that.

His role as the 10th Doctor clearly overshadowed his role as Barty Crouch Jr. because Doctor Who is what most people know him from.

@ElizabethMidfordHatesCops

24 күн бұрын

Honestly learning he was in Harry Potter was how I tried to lure my friends into watching Doctor Who. Just going "Here kitty kitty kitty....that's it.....this villain is in this....wanna watch?" It never worked. But I tried.

@alisonponce8337

24 күн бұрын

I did notice him in The Goblet of Fire and knew when he became the Doctor that I'd seen him before. Talent can't be denied.

@eliasmg9144

22 күн бұрын

In a weird way, it's kind of poetic. Jk's most famous rival is the one actor that barely had anything to do with the Harry Potter movies. He can say whatever he wants, and since he barely appeared in the movies, no one can use the "you should be grateful to rowling, she made your entire career" criticism because it's obviously not true.

Peter Capaldi is a trans ally, as well! He says he learned a lot about the community when he played a trans woman in the 90s. (He wouldn't accept a similar role these days, because he doesn't think it's okay anymore. We stan.) So there's one more Doctor who supports us existing.

@Sgt.Simmoisabigdumbpoopoohead

31 минут бұрын

*[NAME SOUNDALIKE SPOTTED]*

My question is: What's the *other* book that brings Rowling to tears? Mein Kampf?

@genericname108

23 күн бұрын

That’s definitely it

I refuse to belive rowling actually read lolita, it's most likely she just named one of the most controversial books as a fav to seem cool. An incredibly written book that forces you to face your preconceptions on narrators? Yes. An incredible love story? Hell no

@404maxnotfound

24 күн бұрын

Yeah considering how poorly some of her books are written I don't think she actually reads.

@coralink

24 күн бұрын

@@404maxnotfound She can't even read tweets correctly let alone books

@bookgirlny8511

24 күн бұрын

Loved this book!! Everyone should read it. “I loved you. I was a pentapod monster, but I loved you.” - Humbert Humbert, Ch 32 One of the greatest, funniest, beautiful and most disturbing novels I’ve ever read.

@SarastistheSerpent

24 күн бұрын

Yeah, Lolita is a lot of things, but it is absolutely *not* a love story. While I acknowledge that the book is beautifully written (Nabakov’s prose is gorgeous), it is explicitly intended to be the rose tinted, unreliably narrated ruminations of a disturbed and manipulative predator.

@countjondi9672

24 күн бұрын

I think her media literacy is just that poor. I have never read Lolita, but If i wanted to sound smart by pretending ive read it I would describe it in terms of psychological trauma and as a horrific, yet fascinating insight in the mind of a pedophile.... I think JKR has read it... But read it as a love story because the meaning of the text (no matter how obvious) went over her head.

They never talk about trans men ever! A trans man was forced to compete with cis women in wrestling, he won easily and he said i always want to compete with cis men but wasn't allowed.

@elbruces

9 күн бұрын

Whenever they do mention trans men, it's condescending AF. Like, "those poor little silly darlings have been fooled by the patriarchy and just think if they transition they can gain male privilege." Whereas they see all trans women as creepy rapists enacting some kind of crossover Bosom Buddies / Silence of the Lambs thing. The difference between how they talk about them is alarmingly sexist in itself.

“The human race might be clever and bright and brilliant, it's also savage and venal and relentless. All the anger out there on the street - the lies, the righteousness - that's human, that's you. That's who you are. Using your intelligence to be stupid. Poisoning the world. And hating each other? You've never needed any help with that. But today, something else is using your worst attributes, playing with you like toys.” - David Tennant as the 14th doctor. I thought the quote fit

Saw a 'think' piece on her Lolita comments, and it was very much in the vein of "These kids today, no reading comprehension, blah blah blah...." But it was going on as if the controversy was over Nabokov's INTENT, and almost completely sidestepped the fact that, no, OBVIOUSLY, the controversy is over Rowling's INTERPRETATION. They used Nabokov as a shield for Rowling. Big time ick. And just for ironic fun, attacked the reading comprehension of an entire generation, while apparently failing to comprehend the initial tweet calling out Rowling.

@warheadsnation

24 күн бұрын

The problem is the child-exploitation comprehension of the previous two generations. Such that being trans already makes you suspect as a child molestor, but not being an advocate of hetero adult-child relationships (as already seen in the US Republican Party).

Holy cow when I saw the thumbnail I had a mini heart attack thinking maybe DT, my KING, did something transphobic. Relief!

She can’t have read Lolita because it literally starts with a disclaimer from a fictional character telling us not to trust Humbert Humbert (the pedo) and that this (the novel) is the diary of a mad man. Yes, the writing is beautiful but Humbert literally murders her mum and kidnaps her. Lolita is the antithesis of romance.

Lolita’s only a tragic love story in as much as, like, the tragedy is that Humbert thinks it’s a love story… but like sheesh JK

@hughcaldwell1034

24 күн бұрын

That's very excellently put. A lot of people say that it's not about love, but lust, and I disagree with that because there's clearly more to it than simple intercourse with HH. But it is a book about objectification dressed up as love. I think we need to start recognising romantic objectification, not just sexual, because that's what is at the core of Lolita. But people don't like to think of it that way because of this notion of romance as the "higher" love.

I’ll take Doctor Who over Harry Potter any day, despite one of the 10th Doctor episodes titled The Shakespeare Code involving some Harry Potter references. And David Tennant in that episode really said “Good old JK!” Well, at least he seems to regret that now. That was back in 2007 I believe. 😅

@404maxnotfound

24 күн бұрын

TBF. The Shakespeare Code probably would piss off jk considering the whole fact shakespeare actively flirts with david tenant's doctor.

@paulhammond6978

24 күн бұрын

You'd have to be clairvoyant to know what JK would do back in 2007 - the reference is also around the Doctor telling Martha that "the 7th book is amazing" as the episode was filmed and broadcast before the Deathly Hallows came out. In context, it's just a contemporary culture reference that would presumably appeal to the shows younger fans.

@cfor8129

24 күн бұрын

That was before JKR became radicalised! Though funnily enough, the writer of that episode is now a transphobe.

Anyone on the opposite side from David Tennant is on the wrong side.

@jesusisasocialist

24 күн бұрын

You fall out with the Doctor you do it at your own peril

as a queer transmasc nonbinary person who has been sexually assulted by many cis women as well as cis men (interestingly no trans people, huh weird), it's interesting to me that they talk about how its bad to have to change in front of trans women like it cant possibly be equally as bad to change in front of cis women- being naked in front of anyone is uncomfortable

@Reader-Yomi

24 күн бұрын

Sorry for what happened to you Invalidzero

@Invalidzero.

24 күн бұрын

@@Reader-Yomi

@robo1513

22 күн бұрын

i think the solution for that is just don't have open change rooms, just make them all single stalled.

@Invalidzero.

22 күн бұрын

@@robo1513 exactly

_The Pedocon Theory is as much of a theory as the Theory of Gravity..._

@tjenadonn6158

24 күн бұрын

Every right wing accusation is a confession. There are no exceptions.

@Helena_Finch

24 күн бұрын

Think you meant theory, but it rings true either way

@PuppyFromTheAlt

24 күн бұрын

@@Helena_Finch Oops. I'll fix it.

By itself it's already a medium funny Onion headline, "Woman thinks Lolita is a love story and is also loudly opposed to child sexual assault." Put JK Rowling's face next to it and its immediately hilarious.

He was one of the best Doctors. Giving how he is now defending the oppressed, I ❤️ him even more

@bookgirlny8511

24 күн бұрын

He’s great in every he does

@13jasonvoorhees

24 күн бұрын

Technically speaking, he was three of the best Doctors, if you count 10, Metacrisis and 14

@jessicatymczak5852

24 күн бұрын

@@13jasonvoorhees Who knew 😉

@1sleepyguy42o

24 күн бұрын

As a trans guy I always loved the modern doctor who series and David always gave me major gender envy, it's awesome to see him support us

@jessicatymczak5852

24 күн бұрын

@@1sleepyguy42o i have been watching Doctor Who since I was a child, seen all the episodes from the first doctor to the last (except the new session). I think David and Matt Smith are my favorite new ones. I also loved the River Song character, she is awesome.

Rowling's framing of "Lolita" and likely ignorance of the author's traumatic childhood experience that spurred the creation of the story shows that Rowling is just a misandrist, not a feminist.

@dinosaysrawr

24 күн бұрын

The rather blatant misogyny of the HP books would suggest as much! What I can't parse is why a misandrist or a feminist would like *Lolita* of all books, and why they'd gush about it openly to others.

@enravotaboyadjiev7466

24 күн бұрын

Usually terfism is just misandry but with a focus on trans people

@SorarikoMotone

24 күн бұрын

@@dinosaysrawr because she's stupid. lack of critical thinking is quite common with her types

@Montesama314

23 күн бұрын

@dinosaysrawr It's almost like being anti-queer and condoning or participating in PDF have some weird connection. The "pedocon theory", as some on the internet call it.

@AD-qq9bk

23 күн бұрын

​@@dinosaysrawr finally I don't feel alone. People never seem to notice the misogyny in the books and they don't try to even think about the examples I give to them.

Imagine lashing out like this against a wonderful man like David Tenant…. One of the most popular doctors 💀

she did NOT just call "Lolita" a LOVE story..whaaat 🤢

💙 In Oregon I have a non binary, well technically, no designation male or female on my drivers license. For now... Be active now, this November may be a battle for our lives. 💙💙💙

@RaptieFeathers

23 күн бұрын

Hi! Since you're in Oregon, are you aware of how we just got a bunch of really awesome protections and access to care and stuff here? Long story very short: Any medical procedures that sometime who is trans or gender diverse is now covered under insurance. This includes things like voice training, therapy, hair removal, any sorts of surgeries (bottom, top, facial, body contouring, etc.) I've been going through OHSU for my services, and I suggest you check out the section on their site for trans care. Even if you yourself may not need it, let other people you know know. =) Oregon has been working overtime to protect itself in case of any federal shenanigans, and we're specifically set up as a refuge that not even the federal government can override. This includes people who may be here illegally

The UK Equality Act does already allow for exceptions for some spaces to exclude trans women - I think the point at issue is that Kemi Badenoch was about to introduce changes to the Equality Act to specifically remove trans people from it altogether, and this has been a campaign issue during the Election. So I think Rachel Reeves answer in that article is basically explaining what I just said (seems like it's something that came in during the Blair government). Given that we now have a Labour government these culture war issues will hopefully die down - But Rowling is a former Labour supporter, who has vocally attacked Keir Starmer on her fears that Labour will not "protect women" (by attacking trans women's rights). Best case scenario, Labour people meeting with Rowling is just a PR stunt to make her stop criticising them - but I think it's a mistake. Oh. OK - the fact that Rowling has already used this statement as an excuse to promote the agenda of the hate groups she likes the same way they had an in to Badenoch and Hillary Cass shows why this is a mistake that just legitimises these kind of groups.

I KNEW the Doctor would know what to say 😃

I went to school in the UK in the 70's and 80's, and nothing was ever really mentioned about gay and transgender people, either in school or out of it. There was a little gay representation on TV, but not much, and it was always played up for comedic value. This resulted in me having no real idea of my true identity, just knowing that I was some how different to other people,. which in turn let to me being bullied a lot and having to bury my feeling to survive. Once I left school, it literally took me decade, and a near life ending experience for me to realise and come to terms with the fact that I am transgender. Things have improved since, and I am now 4 months on oestrogen. All this is me saying that I know what it is like, not having the information available to discover you true self, and burying your feeling for decades, and I would not wish that on even my worst enemy.

David Tennant is more of a celebrity in my life than roweling

Rowling needs to be on a list.

David is a total G

Transphobes love to complain about GRCs even though they are incredibly difficult to obtain and have no impact on a trans person's rights with regards to accessing gender-segregated spaces. I haven't been able to get my GRC yet but I have had my gender updated from M to F on my driver's licence, passport, medical record etc. and even with none of those things I would still be allowed to use a women's bathroom without any issue. I don't know what world these people live in where they think you have to show ID or a birth certificate to use a toilet or changing room but it isn't this one...

@katywalker8322

24 күн бұрын

Plus, plenty of cis women would find themselves kicked out of women’s spaces if the transphobes get their way excluding trans women

I did it for the cat.

This video is one minute younger than a Humanist Report video discussing the same thing! Hi Luxander! 🤟🏽🏳️‍⚧️ I'd say you could try to move to Spokane Washington where I am, but we have like NO housing. And only apartment towers run by religious organizations ARE cheap enough to rent.

@LuxanderReal

24 күн бұрын

I'm moving to OR since there's a little bit more room there

@jurassicsmackdown6359

24 күн бұрын

​@@LuxanderRealWELCOME TO THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST WE ARE SO HAPPY TO HAVE YOU:D

@voltijuice8576

24 күн бұрын

@@LuxanderRealAw, I thought you were coming our way, assumed that you were already in the PNW!

@voltijuice8576

24 күн бұрын

WTF? i am being high and silly, I’ve heard you mention where you are from dozens of times. Suddenly I’m like “Woohoo they are leaving the PNW and coming to the East coast!” Then a few minutes later I’m eating ice cream and realized my brain malfunctioned. The ice cream cured me!

It's also likely that Dolores Haze was based on a real girl named Florence Horner, who was kidnapped and abused by a man who posed as her father.

I wonder, has JK actually said anything about her old statement on Lolita and the controversies surrounding it? I mean, since people will have been screaming “it’s a story about a predator abusing a minor” in her ears from all sides, she has 3 options: 1. Make a statement correcting herself and salvaging her image of trying to protect young girls 2. Double down on her reading of the story and look like an even bigger creep than she already does 3. Try to ignore it and continue with her tirade as she does with a lot of her tweets when someone tries to correct her.

Terf brain AND l*licon apologia. How fun. Also, I think I knew Tennant as Barty Crouch before the Doctor role. Dude looked manic.

I appreciate the segments! i've missed so many streams it suuuucks.

JK went into a world of fantasy & never left, to re join reality.

Another great, but disturbing quote: “… the vacuum of my soul managed to suck in every detail of her bright beauty.” Lolita, Ch 10

4:44 My cat's name is Matthew, all I can imagine is my cat calling in lol

The thing about Jowling and her ilk acting like there's no such thing as a female convicted sex offender was really helpful to hear, cause I've been getting on people for this for a while but it sometimes feels like I'm alone shouting into a void with the topic

I really love David Tennant. He’s my favorite Doctor too.

Now those are three names I never imagine would come together

Whats truly wild is the Lolita quote was supposedly from an interview back in 2001 ☠️

Ok that does it. I stopped this because when you do the "like and subscribe" thing while cuddling your cat I ALWAYS end up laughing. It's the good kind of laughing that comes from something suddenly being wonderful and happy. Most KZread people do this, but yours is so great its incredible. I really do, every single time without fail, and sometimes it in the middle of talking about really grim stuff. As I type this I have a huge smile on my face.... Please never stop doing that ok?

Tennant NEVER mentioned Bad-Enoughs skin color, but she immediately makes it about HIS skin color and imagined racism. What does that say about her prejudices and priorities.

There is very little evidence to suggest that Nabokov was the victim of child abuse. Needs pointing out.

I don't disagree with the video but one point; getting a grc, you don't have to literally go in front of a panel, it's your paperwork ( evidence you have to accumulate) that goes to the panel. I still think it unnecessary. Especially when you already have two gender doctors signing off on it. And on top of that you need to pay a lawyer to co sign your form. But, yeah, just though I'd clarify that. P.s. Labour fucking suck.

HOLY CHRIST! Rowling needs an intervention. Like, I don’t…. What?! Agh! I want to set my hair on fire 😮

Warner Bros considering buying Harry Potter from Joanne? My initial gut reaction is "that isn't the solution I would have wished for." I'd prefer the franchise to just be left to die, but I suppose that's never going to happen so long as fans keep throwing money at it. Still, I feel like Joanne receiving money from people's purchases is less of a problem for trans people than you'd think. She's already so rich that she'll probably never not be rich; she can't really be hurt financially at this point. I see people supporting Harry Potter more of an issue because it keeps her famous, keeps people defending her, and encourages people who don't know better to give her the benefit of the doubt. Warner Bros buying her out might help ease the consciences of consumers who want to enjoy Harry Potter without financially supporting a transphobe, but if it's just going to let them consume it even harder then...it feels like a win for them and for Warner Bros, but not for trans people?

JK Rowling speaking stupid things about books she either didn't read or hasn't understood, to seem more high-class and educated than she really is? New, didn't know.

I wonder if trying to buy out JK will work? She may refuse all offers and turn it into another PR stunt. "Oh no, they're coming for me again. I'm so oppressed!"

Your hair is amazing ❤

I can confirm I have no gender recognition certificate because it's like £200, but last time I had surgery (not gender related) I was on a male ward and I'm ASFAB, honestly didn't care either way, infact women would probably complain if I wasn't

never put it together that "that book by nabokov" in the polices "dont stand so close to me" was lolita

I SAW THE TITLE AND WAS WORRIED DAVID TENNANT DID SOMETHING. I CAN'T HANDLE LOSING THAT HERO.

@odinlindeberg4624

24 күн бұрын

He's already proven himself against Linehan, so I wasn't worried

Wow... the Lolita comment... talk about a fall from grace. How does she keep getting worse and worse? That's quite the accomplishment... my god

💜 I love your kitty 🐱. I have one just like it. My first black cat and I will always have a black cat. 🐱 She just told me, "You better ! Don't make me come back here." 😉😊

Honestly, from what I've heard, Laborists just look like Tories 2. They have the same austerity politics, same culture wars

The gender recognition panal sounds like Umbridge in the last book.

Matt Smith is not dumb. He might be uninformed but he's not dumb.

Just wanted to say hi I'm a new viewer ❤

Sorry David Tennant IS and always will be the Doctor 😂😂😂 Same for Christopher Ecclesson Math Smith Peter Calpaldi ❤😂 I forgot Jodie Whittaker and Ncuti Gatwa

@pathevermore3683

24 күн бұрын

Tom baker!

@t_ylr

24 күн бұрын

I just learned Christopher Ecclesson's name a couple years ago. Every time I saw him in something I would just call him Dr Who 😂

@ElizabethMidfordHatesCops

24 күн бұрын

I think the same could be said for nearly every person who played the Doctor. I think the only people who are more famous from other things would be Peter Cushing, Rowan Atkinson, and Richard E. Grant. Same could be argued for Paul McGann and John Hurt, but I only knkw John Hurt from Doctor Who and Paul McGann is my boy. I know factually Paul McGann is more famous for Withnail and I, but to me he is simply the Doctor.

David Tennant is one of those few celebrities who seems to get cooler with every story I hear about him. Meanwhile, the antagonist of this story has entered the: “F*’s sake, what now!?” Stage whenever she comes up.

On the other hand, while WB buying slavery-apologetic young wizard fanfic from obscenely rich bigot is in the category of "ultimate showdown of freaks" for me, it can set a dangerous precedent for literature (not that the same happens in the comic world for years), so I'm not going for the popcorn this time.

As someone who follows British politics far more than anyone who hasn't lived in the UK should, yes. Badenoch absolutely believes that. Indeed, she believes it means she's immune to *ALL* protest of any sort, and that anyone who questions any of her politics is doing so because they're racist.

Delilah Bon is also a Singer that is for Trans Rights

I didnt know just how vocal he was about supporting trans people until right around when I learned how bigoted JKR was. I wasnt on Twitter, and while there were some sus things in her books, i was a little kid and set those feelings aside because i didnt understand or know how to interpret areas I felt were wrong. But as an adult, even without Twitter I began to see her harm and it made me pretty depressed, as it was around the same time other childhood authors of mine were also coming out as TERFs. I was down. But then came David Tennant. He always struck me as being an ally, but it was so reassuring to see how vocal he was, even though he doesnt use social media much. His nb kid is only a bit younger than me, and its nice to see him accept them so wholeheartedly and strongly.

Great video, would just disagree with one thing. There really is not that much evidence to suggest Nabokov was sexually assaulted as a child, it is mostly something people have made up in order to explain why paedophilia comes up in his books so often. Personally, I think it's a bit insensitive to be making those claims when he personally never said that happened. Personally, I think(especially from looking at his other books like Ada and the poem he wrote before properly becoming an author) that it is much more likely he had pedophilic desires but also knew that they were evil and wrong. But, I also have minimal evidence for that claim, so I'm not going to express it as though it were a fact, because again, we just don't know.

Humbert Humbert destroys Dolores' life. He does not love her. He only loves himself.

unfortunately, as someone who did a degree in Eng Lit, her opinions on Lolita are not uncommon

She was burbling so much trash that Elon Musk told her to shut it so she had to double down and go full creep. I'm honestly thinking she's rage baiting for relevance at this point.

@catsncrows

23 күн бұрын

@@TwisterTornado She stated it originally in 2000 but she hasn't to my knowledge retracted it. I'd have to further research to see if she's stuck with it

You are so correct, it is disappointing that the Labour Party is so right-wing. I get that Americans have many issues with the Democrats and the Biden/Harris ticket, but at least Biden and Harris are not frantically adopting as many Republican policies as they can.

great video and great comments here; there must be something really, really wrong with this jk.person to perceive nabokov´s novel is such a way. (imo kubric´s movie distorts and is unacceptable) it must be devastating for millions of people who grew up with her books, felt empowered on their own journey thru life AND MADE HER RICH on the way. just to see for years now, their very own hero bullies so many of them.

Considering that Rowling created one of the greatest Trans characters in history, her hatred of trans people is puzzling. Harry Potter grows up thinking he's a Muggle. Odd things happen to him that seem magical, but he's always told "there's no such thing as magic!" Yet, he knows he's different. Not until Hagrid tells him, "You're a wizard, Harry!", does he finally gets to the truth. He's trans. I'm not, but I imagine that same sort of dysphoria must occur to trans people, who KNOW they are somehow different. Harry is a Trans hero!!

well... When you believe women are children... Yeah, makes sense.

It will be such a bore WHEN THE STARS GO TO WAR

@Walleyedwosaik

24 күн бұрын

WDYM that sounds cool as hell

Cis-women aren't sex offenders? JK just joined the Ghislane Maxwell Fan Club.

David Tenant is a good and decent human being and played a great Doctor, but Peter Capaldi was the Best Doctor. This is objective fact, the only one true fact in a subjective category of opinion. It is known.😁

When people have to fight the doctor to be transphobic, you know you lost in life. hopefully that's the wake-up call to be a better person

I just recently started Jessica Jones and the related shows (very late, I know, lol). I was kinda struggling to get into JJ. But after all this stuff recently, I wanna go watch David Tennant be a bad boy 🤗

@NickUncommon

24 күн бұрын

Then dont forget him in "the Samaritan"

@commie_maybe

24 күн бұрын

@@NickUncommon ooh. That looks interesting. Thanks for the recommendation. 👍

Never read her books, don't think I'd like her. But David, I'd follow him into any police box.

Hey Luxander! Loved your takes. Noticed your pronouns - it, it's, is interesting! I struggle with They them.. I am Agender. Any advice? Thanks! What does it mean to you? LLAP (Personally , I'm for abolishing pronouns at present. But, one battle at a time! x Have you listened to The Police, 'Don't stand so close to me'? It...has aged like Casu martzu. I live in the UK and Starmer has Massive Human rights rep as a lawyer and gentleman. I hope that he can change this. TERF has NO PLACE talking to government and Keir won't brook it. I hope he has playing central because, frankly, HE has to. He doesn't believe it. He's a human right lawyer first, a politician second IMO. I will be utterly heartbroken if this is not the case. I did now know about section 28. I have law degree. I am 37. I was so mentally ill in school I had no idea this was happening. I will fix this. I promise. Even if it FUCKING kills me. THANK YOU. I will follow your work. ./bow

I don't love the idea of celebrities telling the public their young children are transgender (for a few reasons). If their kids want the public to know this about them, they can share it themselves when they're older.

@zachreads

23 күн бұрын

It's just education, the whole point is that nobody can be told what gender they are or should be. Turn your example around, if societal pressure could force ppl to be cis there would be no trans ppl. All blocking education and gender affirming care does is make ppl hide and be miserable, again to be clear the whole point is cis or trans nobody can tell someone what gender they are.

Do young HP fans get to visit her at her castle? 'Cuz, if so, that's giving off serious Neverland Ranch vibes.

JK said this 25 years ago apparently, it feels a little weird to pull that card now. No? I mean I also feel we should be ruthless and dig up every blade of hers we can drive through her heart, so 🤷🏻

@ct5625

24 күн бұрын

This is a woman who reposts tweets specifically to target other accounts, knowing her new following of outright neo-Nazis will go after them mercilessly on a platform that harbors and nurtures the most vile specimens in society. I think we should be dragging her book reports from secondary school, whatever it takes to bring that loathsome cretin down a peg.

Damn I thought this was about Lolita fashion

I am german and I was not prepared for the "well there's always the jews" line xD

10:18 of this is true ngl I might get into it just to spite her

Good! Buy her out! The trans bartender in Hogwarts Legacy was put there in spite of Rowling. Harry Potter has transcended Rowling and maybe we'll get some stories not filled with excessively massive plot holes

Nice video. Thank you for creating it. You hit the proverbial nail on the head when you stated that these are the people who are creating the problems and then blame others for it. A quick example is religious indoctrination of children. They literally traumatize children with the concepts of religion and scar them for life. Causing all kinds of unhealthy and aberant behavior. They literally create the behavior they claim to be against. You also create a person who cant self reflect enough to understand what happened to them and why they behave the way they do. They offset this internal pain and suffering by focusing on zealotry. For example Rowlings unceasing occupation with trans people. They literally are so afraid of whats inside themselves they create the same in others. Even if it kills them. They dont care they are so afraid. This is just one example. There are many others. Keep up the good work. I hope you find the happiness you deserve.

I was never a fan of her, but I have always wanted to read the Harry Potter books and then watch the movies. I'm glad I know nothing of her work and now I'm absolutely certain I never will.

@ct5625

24 күн бұрын

To be honest, it's over-hyped nonsense. And with what she's become now it's not possible to see the good v evil allegory in the same way. People naively assumed the author was on the side of the good guys, but it's now more likely she wrote it in sympathy for the bad guys. It's like reading Orwell's Animal Farm, thinking you get the message, and then discovering he was actually writing it in sympathy for Napoleon.

@aubreyleonae4108

24 күн бұрын

@@ct5625 Interesting, thank you for the response. 🤗

@alisonponce8337

24 күн бұрын

I am old, so I read the books and saw the movies before we knew what she was. They are lovely and wonderful. In the case of the movies, the actors shouldn't be punished for her hatred. Many have criticized her and supported trans rights. I never thought of her while reading the books and watching the movies. She doesn't matter.

i just wanna make some corrections; i don't think it's actually known if david has a non-binary kid. entirely possible, but shouldn't be stated as fact. two, there's also no evidence of nabokov being assaulted by an uncle. it's also entirely possible, but it's mostly speculation.

@TheCagedCorvid

24 күн бұрын

He has actually said it in interviews, and even at that award ceremony stated on camera that he has skin in the game. It's confirmed and, as far as I knew, common knowledge.

@IT_217

24 күн бұрын

I don't know if they've ever made a statement to explicitly confirm it but Georgia Tennant has used they/them when referring to one of their kids (while using gendered pronouns for their other kids, so I don't think it's privacy matter or anything).

@silly6517

24 күн бұрын

@@TheCagedCorvid i've tried to find an interview where he's said it, but never have. i think someone assumed and it got thrown around as truth, when we just don't know and both he and georgia are pretty private about the kids.

@TheCagedCorvid

24 күн бұрын

@silly6517 why are you trying to cast doubt on this?

@silly6517

24 күн бұрын

@@TheCagedCorvid i'd just rather not treat speculation about a kid, especially one not in the public eye, as fact

8:41 HOLY- Like, no!