Lindsay, Why Are You So Obsessed with JK Rowling?

This is such a bloated video. Either make a video specifically addressing JKR, or make a video about trans representation in media. Blending both topics together just makes this seem like a weird grudge video specifically addressed to JKR that she is never going to watch.

Here are some of my thoughts on the points she makes:

1) Trans people never deny biology.

This one is straight up untrue. Just look at Chase Strangio, ACLU lawyer, who tweeted: "Women and girls who are trans are biological women and girls." Not only do TRAs deny biology when they assert that trans people can change sex, they also deny biology when they say that puberty blockers are fully reversible (they aren't) and that sex is a spectrum (it isn't). Puberty blockers seem to have long term effects on bone density, they might affect brain development negatively, and they almost always lead to cross sex hormones. The existence of intersex conditions does not mean that there are more than two gametes in mammals, hence, sex is binary in mammals.

2) Transphobics like JKR hide behind the shield of "think of the children".

Every single person, including trans activists, should be concerned about the experimental nature of trans "healthcare" in children. When the consequences of this treatment range from sterility, to loss of sexual function, to a whole range of other health consequences that these kids and their parents are often not warned about, people have a right to be a little bit concerned (see Scott Newgent's essays in Quillette and Newsweek.) Especially when you consider that most gender dysphoric children will desist if allowed to progress through puberty, it is beyond cruel to sentence them to a life of medicalization just to validate the self-righteousness of someone like Lindsay Ellis.

3) JKR is concerned about trans people in bathrooms which is a ridiculous thing to be concerned about.

Self-ID laws open up female segregated spaces to be used by anyone who self identifies as female. This will absolutely lead to more sexual assaults on women and girls in bathrooms. This is evidenced by the study that showed that sexual assaults are higher in shared changing rooms than in sex segregated ones. It is worth noting that the social taboo of men going into women's spaces has kept some women and girls safe from harm, so even though there are some predators who will disregard the bathroom sign, most likely will not. Moreover, we are not only talking about bathrooms, we are also talking about rape crisis centers, prisons, changing rooms, etc. Personally, I think it is kind of fucked up to make a female rape/domestic violence victim, who is often times also marginalized by class or race, share a dorm room or shower area with a "woman" with a penis.

4) JKR is concerned about how this affects her charities for some reason.

Yeah, because disease (especially autoimmune diseases) manifests differently in males vs females. Again, this requires that you recognize that biology matters.

Admittedly I couldn't get through the whole thing because Ellis does what most TRAs do when confronted with criticism of their ideology - over the top mocking and deflection. Which I kind of get since mocking things you don't like is fun and cathartic, but this video has almost no substance. Even when the voice actors are doing their ridiculous impressions of JKR I found myself thinking that those quotes were the most thoughtful and reasonable in the entire video.

Holy shit, Lindsey if you lurk here, let it go. This is obviously the horse you wanna die on and you're never going to change the majority of women's minds on the "Transwomen are women" dogma. You've been had by a group of pseudo intellectual middle class and wealthy transvestites, plain and simple. No one cares if they want to be transvestites but we will not sit quietly while they attempt to erode women's rights just the get their nut off. You're using the same tired ass arguments as Contrapoints, Olly and literally thousands of other trans rights activists and its all still bullshit.

How else is she going to manage to sell her book but to constantly bring up a famous author.

And why are you still friends with Contra?

Yeah, I'm done watching her. Apparently she has nothing else to talk about at this point.

Somebody on the site related to a tropical fruit/person from New Zealand said something along the lines of "with every video like this from breadtube, N more new TERFs peak and get their wings." I have to remind myself of that. Drawing more attention to Rowling--one of the kindest, most articulate faces of GC--will only be good for feminism at the end of the day.

Although not surprising, I have found Lindsay's quite severe responses to this debate and Joanne in particular disappointing. In other areas, she exhibits quite interesting nuance (her Death of the Author video, anyone? where she discusses separating the art from the artist but then turns around in her JK video and essentially says you have a moral obligation not to consume her work anymore, and if you do, to accept you're supporting ""bigotry"")

I was, and I guess still am, quite a fan of Lindsay's output - but her takes on this have made me see her in a new light. Unsurprising given the state of the debate in the US in particular, but still. Having not watched the video yet, my response to her choice of video thumbnail was "You know why that story exists, Lindsay? Because it happened and it happens. That's a real thing that happens."

The irony of the voices calling for "normalisation" and "acceptance" - a big part of the whole thing is that it's transgressive (pun intended). It's supposed to be "edgy" to be male and present like a woman - that's, the point. Or at least, that's my understanding of it for quite a lot of them. Why are people erasing their paraphilia?

Yup, unsubscribed and stopped watching her for this exact reason. Let it end!

I’m counting down until she comes out as trans.

Lol someone in the comments said that HIM from Powerpuff girls was twansphobic.

I like deep dive analytical videos but Lindsay Elis has a Tumblr type of personality so I could never get into her.

I only listened to the first 20 mins. But, how come they don't want to be confused with transvestites, yet still say that their portrayal affects them?

The tone felt so off. I haven't watched her in a few years, but it seemed like there were more jokes than substance.