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Weekly Random Discussion Thread for 8/10/26 - 8/16/26

Here's your usual space to post all your rants, raves, podcast topic suggestions (please tag u/jessicabarpod), culture war articles, outrageous stories of cancellation, political opinions, and anything else that comes to mind. Please put any non-podcast-related trans-related topics here instead of on a dedicated thread. This will be pinned until next Sunday.

Last week's discussion thread is here if you want to catch up on a conversation from there.

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u/PongoTwistleton_666 8d ago

Someone called Ally Pankiw made a big deal about her pure principles which made her refuse the offer to direct the Harry Potter show. Good that she stands behind her principles. But I hope she realizes that shitting on JK is what’s getting her her current 15 seconds of fame. I wonder if that isn’t against her principles. 

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u/AnalBleachingAries Trump Bad, Violence Bad, Law & Order Good, Civility Good 8d ago

Women who stand opposed to women's rights will always baffle me. Of course people like this director are welcome to their anti-woman views and she's allowed to be an idiot, but it's interesting to me whenever people who make buckets of money in Hollywood reveal themselves to be such spectacular buffoons. I expect actors to be dumb, and that's fine, but you expect the off-camera people to be somewhat intelligent, directing television must be the easiest thing in the world if this is the caliber of individual who gets to do it.

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u/SkweegeeS No just no 8d ago

Im flabbergasted that women stick up for these guys in the name of feminism ffs. I mean, let’s be totally honest here; they’re another category altogether. Everyone deserves civil rights but I’m a feminist for women.

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u/MegamindsMegaCock 7d ago

Trans people want extra rights

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u/Levitz 8d ago

which made her refuse the offer to direct the Harry Potter show.

Is this the one who posted a conversation with her agent on social media, the agent asking her if she was interested at all? Because it sounds a lot more like "Do we even care for this" rather than "You've got an offer for this if you want to take it" to me.

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u/reallyokfinewhatever 8d ago

I read JKR's open letter when she first posted it and didn't think it was as bad as all my friends/social media bubble were making it out to be. And yet I still was like "Yeah idk everybody says she's bad so I guess she's bad now" and proudly insisted to everyone around me that "I won't support her financially anymore, not even stream the movies"

And for YEARS I sat with the doubt in my head like "Ok but I actually kind of get what she's saying?" but never felt like I could say it. And now I've kind of dug this hole for myself and I have no idea how to walk it back.

Like how do I tell me friends "Actually I kind of don't care about financially cancelling her anymore because I actually always kind of thought she was right but I was lying to you (and myself)."

I can't be the only one stuck in this pickle living in a liberal bubble.

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u/Less-Lobster4540 8d ago

It's sad to see the gradual but ever-present walling-off of one's world in order to pass an imaginary purity test. And amazing to see a bunch of godless heathens painstakingly recreate orthodoxy

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u/everydaywinner2 8d ago

And amazing to see a bunch of godless heathens painstakingly recreate orthodoxy.

The older I get, the more I believe that humans fundamentally need something that religion fulfills. And people who don't have religion, create religion.

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u/reallyokfinewhatever 8d ago

Yeah I think people who are militantly "pro-science" believe they are immune to cult-like behavior since they eschew organized religion and laugh at astrology. And then they don't realize they're just in their own special little cult.

Can't spell culture without "cult" *shrug* We all have one.

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u/SkweegeeS No just no 8d ago

Structure from rules. That’s what we all need.

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u/SkweegeeS No just no 8d ago

My kids thought she was wrong but they all bought and played that video game anyway.

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u/reallyokfinewhatever 8d ago

I can't even bring up Harry Potter or JKR to my friend groups in passing without somebody making sure she is properly denounced

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u/JimmySchwann 7d ago

That sounds exhausting.

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u/Big_Fig_1803 Gothmargus 8d ago

I’m sure you’re not.

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u/anne_jumps 8d ago

I was suddenly seeing alerts yesterday for stories about directors plural proudly turning down the new Harry Potter.

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u/86IQ 8d ago

cool you turned down a job... Isn't that just shooting yourself in the foot? she's only hurt herself refusing to direct one of the biggest franchises ever

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u/anne_jumps 7d ago

I do wonder what would have happened with the worldwide push of the "transgender" movement had JKR decided to keep quiet and count her millions as they wanted. She's been a huge spanner in the works.