#terves perhaps

[morninkim]

genuinely stumped as to what anon hate i could have the potential to get nowadays beyond being normal and having good taste.

[zapsoda]

Holy Shit. I Wonder Why. I Really Wonder. It is a mystery to me!

"its common use nowadays" ah yes its common use nowadays, its common use by ignorant WESTERNERS who are using words they DONT KNOW THE MEANING OF

[blackmoldmp3]

read a bad atlantic article where this lady was like ‘this book on how institutional sexism in medicine has fucked up menstruation care and research etc was good but the use of inclusive language was troubling’ beloved someone’s periods don’t automatically stop when they identify with a diff gender like they still need care and they still face challenges trying to access that care……

[genderqueerdykes]

Could you explain what being detrans is to me? I can’t find anything besides terf bullshit on the matter. I’m probably looking at it incorrectly but I genuinely don’t understand how someone could fake their gender for years and randomly decide to switch back, from my perspective as someone who’s known their (trans)gender identity since toddlerhood.

hello! yes i can!

detrans people are not "faking" their gender during the time they are transitioning. generally speaking, what happens is a person who thought transition was right for them finds out it is not. not every person who wants to transition or takes HRT finds out that it's right for them- there's no way to predict the changes that come with HRT, even if you're familiar with its effects. hormones affect everyone differently, and maybe someone starts undergoing HRT only to find out that it does not give them the effects its looking for.

many people socially transition and find that they do not being addressed the way they thought they would. many folks find that dressing, sounding and acting certain ways just aren't for them. again, nobody can predict what will happen during transition, and nobody can predict exactly how they would feel if they are seen or addressed by a certain way. sometimes transitioning to a gender that doesn't suit them makes them find an appreciation for another gender that they perhaps previously felt dysphoric or neutral about

many detrans people are actually still trans- many of which being nonbinary, genderqueer, genderfluid, multigender, and more. there are so many reasons why someone may transition, some people even detransition to avoid transphobia. some people transition in very transphobic areas and find the pressure too much, and go back to being stealth or closeted. try not to assume that the person is "faking" anything- it feels real to them at the time. just because someone changes their mind does not mean they were faking anything

identity can and does change. i didn't know i was trans until i was 18 or 19 year old. not everyone figures out they're trans during childhood. i had to be told what the word transgender even was at my local college's pride group. i had never heard it before. this doesn't make me any less of a trans person, nor anyone else. detrans people are human just like anyone else. just because someone doesn't figure out their identity right away doesn't mean they're faking anything. just because someone changes their mind after finding out something wasn't right for them doesn't mean they were faking

there is nothing wrong with being detrans. the terves you see online are a small, vocal minority. in reality, i know many detrans people who are still trans or gender non conforming, way more than i've ever met who have detransitioned and become hateful towards trans folk. the topic deserves to be approached with grace, kindness and respect- it may be worth reading into these subreddits, as opposed to using tumblr for this one. these two subs do not allow transphobia, terf or gender critical ideologies:

r/detransition_support

r/actual_detrans

[osmanthusoolong]

Both retiredpawg and gender-nonconformity-club are terves, so their positivity is perhaps not so positive or worth circulating

[torillatavataan]

Terve, your blog is a fun cultural insight to suomi and it is greatly appreciated. I am planning a 2 week trip around finland to wild camp, stay at camp grounds, and stay in hotels. Can you discuss camping on public land? How does one know that the land is public and not private? How do i find roads or areas off main roads to stay the night? Also, do gas stations and cafes in finland refill your clean coffee thermos instead of giving a disposable cup? Are there water fountains and ice machines and such at gas stations to fill reusable water bottles? How do I make a friend to discuss details of my trip and get the most finnish experience possible? :)

Terve! I'm really sorry it's taken me a while to get back to you on this.

I'm personally not someone who does camping, so I had to do some research (and I was busy otherwise, and preparing the Independence Day queue took priority). Perhaps one of my followers can give you more practical advice, too.

Most land is privately owned in Finland, but we have a concept called "everyman's rights" which means you have the right to roam and enjoy nature within some limitations and responsibilities regardless of who owns the land.

Everyone is allowed to:

walk, ski, cycle, or horseback ride freely (except very near homes and other private buildings or through farm fields and nursery plantations which could easily be damaged)

camp out temporarily a reasonable distance from homes

pick wild berries, mushrooms and flowers, as long as they are not protected species

fish with a simple rod and line

use boats, swim or bathe in inland waters and the sea

walk, ski, or drive a motor vehicle or fish on frozen lakes, rivers, and the sea

all the above can be restricted or forbidden in national parks and other nature reserves during certain seasons or year-round to protect sensitive areas and threatened species of plants or animals. Please pay close attention to any restrictions.

It’s NOT allowed to:

disturb people or damage property

disturb reindeer, game, breeding birds, their nests or young

let pets off leash

cut down or damage trees

collect moss, lichen, or fallen trees from other people's property

light open campfires without permission, except in an emergency

disturb people's privacy by camping too near them or making too much noise

leave litter

drive motor vehicles off road without the landowner's permission

hunt without the relevant permits

fish with nets, traps, or a reel and lure without the relevant permits

This pdf by the Ministry of Environment goes into more detail.

If you want to sleep in the car, there are rest stops on major roads where one could stay. They sometimes have info boards, tables, and dry toilets. But usually just a large bin. As long as you are not bothering anyone and your car is legally parked, you can sleep in your car anywhere you like. Generally speaking for one to two days. As far as the law is concerned, it is always preferable you stop and sleep instead of driving while half asleep. You are also allowed to park for rest/sleep on small private forest roads near the main road for safety.

If you are in a city/residential area, the police might check on you, but generally they'll just want to know you're ok because a concerned citizen called them. They might ask you to move somewhere else if the concerned citizen is somehow inconvenienced by you (maybe you're just too close to their property for their comfort). In that case, the police can advise where you could go instead.

A caravan has more restrictions. If you see a sign saying "leiriytyminen kielletty" (camping prohibited), you'll have to go somewhere else if you want to park a caravan and take out barbecues and lawn chairs. Camping prohibited does not mean you are not allowed to stop for the duration of sleep.

I actually don't know about the coffee cup, but my gut instinct is that yes, they can and will do this for you if they're not super busy and you ask nicely.

There may be public water fountains, but any tap will give you drinkable water. Tap water is safe to drink everywhere in Finland unless specifically advised otherwise. Cafés and petrol stations will probably be happy to fill in your bottle, too, if you ask.

Ice machines are pretty rare in Finland as far as I know. I've only seen them in some hotels for guest use and at restaurants/bars behind the counter or in the kitchen. Your typical Finn will make their own ice cubes in the freezer should they need them. Some supermarkets do sell them though.

I'm not a camper, so hopefully my followers can help you with making friends with like-minded Finns. From the top of my head, I think Reddit's r/Finland might be a place to start. You could also look for camping-related forums.

For a Finnish experience, definitely swim in a lake! Especially if it's summer time. If there's no one around, ditch the swimsuit. :) Also try the sauna. Maybe sleep in laavu or autiotupa.

Remember to have mosquito repellent and a sleep mask. There are a lot of mosquitos in Finland in summer, and if you're not used to the midnight sun, you might find it difficult to sleep without a mask.

[whataliethatwas]

At the beginning of A Conspiracy of Kings, Sophos’s tutor, Terve, periodically gives him various combat situations and picks apart Sophos’s answers.  Sophos privately thinks this: 

"Why would anyone attack an unimportant villa, I had asked at the time, and if it was important enough to be attacked, why wouldn't it be defended?"

This is foreshadowing the next act of the play, yes, but at the same time - what is the answer?  Sophos is the heir to Sounis, and although he is presumably on the way out with Sounis scheming to marry and get his own heir, this plan is far from fruition and the succession aside from Sophos is nowhere near secured.  Why is Sophos’s villa so apparently underdefended?  The attack and capture of Sophos is unexpected and with the country at war perhaps there aren’t a lot of spare guardsmen around, but it just seems so odd that the heir to the throne was so easily captured by a force that is not described as particularly large.  Was this lack of defense intentional, or a casual omission on the part of an overconfident king who was willing to keep to the letter of his agreement with Sophos’s father, even though he fully expected the agreement to become null with his own marriage? 

[genderhoax]

I'm childfree and your post brought up lots of good points. But the tags lmao. "Oh dont be a dick to children!!! Except trans children on the internet fuck em I guess" buh???

Anyway in the same light of the childfree movement putting more attention on accepting childless women instead of belittling or accusing children of the crime of existing, perhaps the radfem circle should focus more on empowering women than belittling trans people for existing :/ never asked to have gender dysphoria or anything, I'm just trying to live over here

By children, I assume you mean teenagers and not literal 10 yearolds. I understand where you are coming from, anon. I (personally) don’t care if someone id as trans or use neopronouns or is mogai, I just don’t like when someone is homophobic and misogynistic, because them it’s past their identity and is something that can cause harm. But because rad/gender critical circles and trans/queer circles disagree on what is homophobic/misogynistic, a lot of clash happens.

But yes, there are these called “rudefems” that go on trans/queer/nb tags to bully people who are just minding their business, and I don’t endorse this kind of behaviour. If someone is not saying anything harmful or not calling for a discussion, leave them be. A lot of people have these wrong views that all “radfems/terves” hate and want trans people to die, but radical feminism at its core was never trans exclusionary, it is just male exclusionary. Anyone who is a female but id a transman/non binary is welcome to it. But then again, because rad/gender critical circles and trans/queer circles disagree on what is a man/a woman, shit happens.

I am not gonna play the “no true scotsman” card and say that these “rudefems” are not true radfems, if they say they’re and they share the same belifs and do feminist actvism, who am I to say they’re not? In the same light, I wish the transactvism would not say that trans woman who commit violent and sex crimes are actually “men pretendng to be”. If it all it takes to be trans, is to say you are, who’s gonna say these people are not actually trans? I’ve seen a lot of people in the trans comunnities saying Yaniv is not actually trans, but he says he is all the time, so who are you to say he’s not?

Radfems in general are just angry at men and that transactvism give a pass for these men to be predetory and a lot of them direct this anger to random teenagers who are just minding their bussinesses. Which is not good lol

You said you have dysphoria, well so do a bunch of radfems. They don’t hate people with gender dysphoria, they just think you should seek other options of treatmant other than transition. There are bunch of people who detransition too, and they usually can only talk about their experiences in rad/gender critical circles, they say they get shut up in the trans circles, and are seen as traitor. Even if they still have gender dysphoria.

In general, I just wish trans/queer comunities would acknowledge that trans and lgb people have different needs and goals, and that biological sex is an undeniable reality. It used to be like that but then the internet happened and now if you don’t call a woman an “uterus bearer” you get cancelled or whatever, I think my “masterpost” tag have the general issues I have if you want to check.

I (personally) just don’t like men in general specially men who use actvism to be predatory. I don’t care if someone id as trans, this doesn’t exempt them from criticism. And if someone wants to discuss and is saying vile things, they gonna hear, even if they’re 15. I mean, if you can’t take the heat, get out of the kitchen. 

[rusocialpod]

What’s the first word you learn in any language? “Hello”, of course! “Hello” is the way you’ll meet new people, make new friends, and start conversations. Even if you’re not aiming for fluency in a language, just learning this one little word will endear you to any native speakers you meet at home or abroad. The interesting thing about international greetings is just how different they can be. In some cultures, people wish one another a good day. In others, they wish each other peace, good health, or blessings. There are certainly a lot more interesting ways around the world to greet others than the simple “hello” used in English! I’ve researched greetings in different languages around the world to find a variety of ways to say “hello” in other cultures. I included the literal translations of these international greetings in English. Some are cute, some are inspiring, and some are surprising! They all give clues to what’s (perhaps subconsciously) seen as important in different cultures. Why not learn how to say hello in these (and other!) languages? You’ll give the next native speaker you meet a pleasant surprise, and you might make a new friend. If you’ve ever wondered “How to say ‘hello’ in French”, “ How to say ‘hello’ in German” or even “How to say hello in Yiddish”, read on. “Good Day” In many languages, especially European languages, the standard way to greet someone formally is to wish them a good day. Here are some languages whose formal version of “Hello” translates as “Good day”: Romanian: Buna ziua French: Bonjour German: Guten tag Yiddish: ?? ???? ???? (a gutn tog) Dutch: Goede dag Swedish: God dag “Peace” Wishing a person peace is a beautiful way to begin a conversation. Many Arabic-influenced languages (as well as others), use “Peace” or “Peace be with you” for “Hello”: Arabic: ?????? ????? (al salaam aliykhum) Korean: ????? (an-nyeong-ha-se-yo) Hebrew: ???? (shalom) Azeri (Azerbaijani): Salam Chechen: ???????? I??????? or ????? (assalamu aliykhum or salam) Hawaiian: Aloha (this is the word for “peace”, “affection”, “compassion”, or “mercy”) “Good Health” The historical reasons behind a “good health” greeting are obvious. In ancient times, disease and injury were a constant threat and were often difficult to treat. So it became standard practice in many languages for people to wish good health upon one another each time they met. Russian: ???????????? (zdrastvuytye; comes from ?????? ????? meaning “I wish you health”) Maori: Kia ora (“Be healthy”) Lao: ??????? (sabaai dee; “you well”, an abbreviation of “Are you well?”) Fijian: Bula (“Life” or “Alive”) Mandarin: ?? (ni hao; “you well”, an abbreviation of ‘ni hao má’: “Are you well?”) Estonian: Tere or Tervist (derived from “terve”, meaning “healthy”) “Blessings” Language and religion are often bedfellows. Theravada Buddhist chants are usually conducted in the Pali language. Roman Catholic mass used to be spoken entirely in Latin. Muslims around the world, no matter what their first language, say their prayers in Arabic. No wonder, then, that this mingling led to religious expressions getting mixed into everyday speech, including, of course, in saying “hello”: Irish: Dia dhuit (“God be with you”) Tibetan: ???????????????? (tashi delek; often translated as “Blessings and good luck”) Burmese: ?????????? (mingalaba; “It is a blessing”) Hindi (and several other Indian and South Asian dialects): ?????? (namaste; “I bow to you”) “Happiness” Goodness and happiness are most people’s goals in life, so of course, wishing such fortune upon one’s friends became the customary greeting in some languages. Icelandic: Komdu sæll (“Come happy”) Thai: ?????? (sàwàtdee; from the Sanskrit word “swasti” - which you might recognise as the root of the Sanskrit word “swastika” - meaning “good” or “auspicious”) “What’s New?” In some languages, the conventional way to say “hi” is to get right down to business and ask “How are you doing?” or “What’s new?”. These days, however, greetings like this are more correctly interpreted as “hello” and not an actual request for detailed information. Kiswahili: Habari yako? (“Your news?”) Ojibwe: Aaniin (this is the word for “what” or “how”, an abbreviation of “How are you?” or “What’s up?”) French: Ça va? (“It goes?”) British English: Alright? Other Greetings It’s a diverse world! Not all greetings fit into a neat category. Here are a few languages with more unusual ways to say “Hello”: Sesotho: Lumela (this is the word for “believe” or “agree”) Georgian: ????????? (gamarjoba; “Victory”) Zulu: Sawubona (“We see you”) Yapese: Mogethin (“Say a word”) Slovak and Czech: Ahoj! (ahoy; from the English phrase, “Ship ahoy!”, which is ironic since both of these countries are landlocked) English: Hello (Last but not least! “Hello” comes from the French words “ho” and “là”, meaning “oh!” (or “whoa!”) and “there”, respectively) Did I miss any interesting ways to say “Hello” in other languages? Let me know your favourite international greetings in the comments! The post International Greetings: How to Say “Hello” in 29 Languages appeared first on Fluent in 3 months - Language Hacking and Travel Tips.

[kineticpenguin]

You are, of course, 100% correct. I also had a less technical reason to be annoyed with them, however:

These are Tervs. Tervs don't even know how to hate, they just hope you have a treat to share (or forget about in a convenient location) or will perhaps take them on a walk

Saw someone on twitter pluralize TERF as "terves" and lemme tell you, rarely have I ever felt the need to shove a nerd into a locker more strongly

[k-she-rambles]

Asdfgjkl

Terve the tutor

Often in his cups, perhaps suprisingly clever but not necessarily bright, fondly derided by those who know him...

[helinmuudla]

olen tükike ennast jälle leidnud. terve elu me kogume killukesi endast. vahest võtavad inimesed killu meist enestega kaasa, sest me sobitume nende pildil olevasse tühikku, mille keegi teine on sinna ammusest ajast jätnud. me täidame tühimikke teiste hingedes. me oleme mosaiigid, mis päikese paistel sillerdavad, luues valguskiirte murdumisel vikerkaari ja päikesejänkusi. perhaps, me polegi täielikud ning pühendame enda elud puuduolevate kildude leidmiseks. või ehk on see nii vaid katkiste hingedega. ehk tõesti olime me kõik sündides kaunid kui kirikuvitraažid, kuni tuli keegi, kes astus meile peale, lõi tuhandeks killuks, mis ei tahtnud esialgu kuidagigi kokku sobituda enam. aga aja möödudes, me vaikselt paneme seda puslet kokku, taasavastades enda igat tahku. ja võibolla, võibolla ühel päeval.. ma olen jälle täielik. ja veel ilusam kui sündides. elukunstnik või kunstiteos, mille elu on loonud? esimene eeldaks, et kontroll on meie kätes. aga kogu creditit elule ka anda ei tundu paslik. seega ütleme, et see on collaboration. 

[lasersquid]

i could tell a fun story about academic team/quiz bowl/decathlon. however; i will instead remind everyone that some incels got bored one day and decided to start lurking on feminist boards with the goal of redpilling them, and the end result is that they created the least intellectually sound social movement of the millennium, including one of the best selling writers alive.

and this is all very funny, but i have an agenda here, so i'm gonna push it. terves are being used as auxiliaries to advance a global far right power grab under the guise of 'protecting children' and 'real feminism' when it is -in truth- exactly the regressive, hateful ideology feminism seeks to overcome. terves shouldn't be trusted to walk to the mailbox without detailed instructions and a safety harness, they were the dumbest people on the internet.

until today, when neil gaiman announced he was doing a nft.

good morning: tumblrinas, tumblrinos, and tumblrnbys; and welcome to day zero of the new war. are you strong enough to pull your hero back from the precipice he has leapt over? perhaps there is still time? i hope there is. crypto isn't just deeply misogynistic, it's actively destroying the environment. blorbo from my shows lives there. maybe yours does too.

fuck terfs, save the planet.

Terfs saying the jeopardy lady has an advantage over "real women" because men can push buttons faster is so fucking funny

[maryellentracyclitty]

people can’t just give you a mental disorder? they can be a stressor within behavior but one person is not usually the CAUSE of the malfunctioning of the human brain! perhaps, instead of saying that “people like you give us these disorders” you shouldn’t minimalize the stressor of societal oppression. i just don’t think it’s fair to yourself or members of the community to downplay such an important issue for the sake of a response to a post?

the entirety of TERFdom is what creates the sociatal oppression of trans women and literally gets trans women murdered.. i am not downplaying it by calling out terves for causing the environment that is hostile to cute trans girls like me..

[learnspanishfans]

International Greetings: How to Say “Hello” in 29 Languages

What’s the first word you learn in any language? “Hello”, of course! “Hello” is the way you’ll meet new people, make new friends, and start conversations. Even if you’re not aiming for fluency in a language, just learning this one little word will endear you to any native speakers you meet at home or abroad. The interesting thing about international greetings is just how different they can be. In some cultures, people wish one another a good day. In others, they wish each other peace, good health, or blessings. There are certainly a lot more interesting ways around the world to greet others than the simple “hello” used in English! I’ve researched greetings in different languages around the world to find a variety of ways to say “hello” in other cultures. I included the literal translations of these international greetings in English. Some are cute, some are inspiring, and some are surprising! They all give clues to what’s (perhaps subconsciously) seen as important in different cultures. Why not learn how to say hello in these (and other!) languages? You’ll give the next native speaker you meet a pleasant surprise, and you might make a new friend. If you’ve ever wondered “How to say ‘hello’ in French”, “ How to say ‘hello’ in German” or even “How to say hello in Yiddish”, read on.

“Good Day”

In many languages, especially European languages, the standard way to greet someone formally is to wish them a good day. Here are some languages whose formal version of “Hello” translates as “Good day”:

Romanian: Bună ziua

French: Bonjour

German: Guten tag

Yiddish: אַ גוטן טאָג (a gutn tog)

Dutch: Goede dag

Swedish: God dag

“Peace”

Wishing a person peace is a beautiful way to begin a conversation. Many Arabic-influenced languages (as well as others), use “Peace” or “Peace be with you” for “Hello”:

Arabic: السلام عليكم (al salaam aliykhum)

Korean: 안녕하세요 (an-nyeong-ha-se-yo)

Hebrew: שלום (shalom)

Azeri (Azerbaijani): Salam

Chechen: Ассаламу Iалайкум or Салам (assalamu aliykhum or salam)

Hawaiian: Aloha (this is the word for “peace”, “affection”, “compassion”, or “mercy”)

“Good Health”

The historical reasons behind a “good health” greeting are obvious. In ancient times, disease and injury were a constant threat and were often difficult to treat. So it became standard practice in many languages for people to wish good health upon one another each time they met.

Russian: здравст��уйте (zdrastvuytye; comes from здрава желаю meaning “I wish you health”)

Maori: Kia ora (“Be healthy”)

Lao: ສະບາຍດີ (sabǎai děe; “you well”, an abbreviation of “Are you well?”)

Fijian: Bula (“Life” or “Alive”)

Mandarin: 你好 (nǐ hǎo; “you well”, an abbreviation of ‘nǐ hǎo má’: “Are you well?”)

Estonian: Tere or Tervist (derived from “terve”, meaning “healthy”)

“Blessings”

Language and religion are often bedfellows. Theravada Buddhist chants are usually conducted in the Pali language. Roman Catholic mass used to be spoken entirely in Latin. Muslims around the world, no matter what their first language, say their prayers in Arabic. No wonder, then, that this mingling led to religious expressions getting mixed into everyday speech, including, of course, in saying “hello”:

Irish: Dia dhuit (“God be with you”)

Tibetan: བཀྲ་ཤིས་བདེ་ལེགས (tashi delek; often translated as “Blessings and good luck”)

Burmese: မင်္ဂလာပါ။ (mingalaba; “It is a blessing”)

Hindi (and several other Indian and South Asian dialects): नमस्ते (namaste; “I bow to you”)

“Happiness”

Goodness and happiness are most people’s goals in life, so of course, wishing such fortune upon one’s friends became the customary greeting in some languages.

Icelandic: Komdu sæll (“Come happy”)

Thai: สวัสดี (sàwàtdee; from the Sanskrit word “swasti” - which you might recognise as the root of the Sanskrit word “swastika” - meaning “good” or “auspicious”)

“What’s New?”

In some languages, the conventional way to say “hi” is to get right down to business and ask “How are you doing?” or “What’s new?”. These days, however, greetings like this are more correctly interpreted as “hello” and not an actual request for detailed information.

Kiswahili: Habari yako? (“Your news?”)

Ojibwe: Aaniin (this is the word for “what” or “how”, an abbreviation of “How are you?” or “What’s up?”)

French: Ça va? (“It goes?”)

British English: Alright?

Other Greetings

It’s a diverse world! Not all greetings fit into a neat category. Here are a few languages with more unusual ways to say “Hello”:

Sesotho: Lumela (this is the word for “believe” or “agree”)

Georgian: გამარჯობა (gamarjoba; “Victory”)

Zulu: Sawubona (“We see you”)

Yapese: Mogethin (“Say a word”)

Slovak and Czech: Ahoj! (ahoy; from the English phrase, “Ship ahoy!”, which is ironic since both of these countries are landlocked)

English: Hello (Last but not least! “Hello” comes from the French words “ho” and “là”, meaning “oh!” (or “whoa!”) and “there”, respectively)

Did I miss any interesting ways to say “Hello” in other languages? Let me know your favourite international greetings in the comments!

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[dwagom]

@iamfuckingtrash i think she promoted some store that had a thing that said feminazi

now that you bring it up, i do think she's been testing the water for a while. and, like, recently i have started thinking that perhaps she's been a cryptofascist not since recently, but for at least two-and-a-half decades already, and that her latching on to terves isn't so much a drastic change, but the product of a decades-long search to find some kind of channel by which to become an open fascist in a frog-boiling kind of way and still be welcome in polite society (mostly among right-wing conservatives ofc).

some of the themes and images from her books that were initially taken as merely mishandled and incoherent errors made in good faith by someone who was at the time univocally considered by the public to be a standard-bearer for liberal democracy in children's literature in fact show a chillingly cohesive fascist worldview as a drive behind her main series if you choose to treat her current behaviour as a carefully-timed expression of a personal ideology that was waiting for the moment even before she started writing any books, and that it was not the product of a recent and sudden turn

if you re-examine her writing, starting with the premise that this woman always had fascist leanings and a specific vision of how she wants to see the british society structured in terms of hierarchy, class, hereditary status, enforcement of lines of division, and ethnicity, but could never really open her mouth about it until right-wing populist forces swelled enough for the environment to be safe enough for her to start offing the mask, then you will see that it makes much more sense treating this woman as somebody who was a cryptofascist for a very long time. and if you go back to trying to look at her as someone who's into human rights and democracy, and not the proponent of a class hierarchy that rules with an iron fist over the lowborn and those who don't walk the straight-and-narrow, you will have to compartmentalise and wilfully ignore certain glaring facts that were also ignored when the series' popularity was at its peak: back then, it was unthinkable that an author of books that cozy and pretty could in any way be a far-right ideologue. today, if you wanted to replicate those views after the fascination had died down and it became just another series of books, you'd have to take a sharpie and black parts of the text out. which is to say that the implications are undeniably present, that they're part of the totality of her political thought, but that they were ignored because the broader culture of intellectual complacency of the years worked doubly to her benefit -- not only was it unthinkable to accuse a household name and friend to children of secretly being a far-right ideologue (or at least unthinkable without looking like you've lost your mind), but there was also the perception that the far-right was doubly defeated: first in WWII, then at the fukuyaman "end of history" (which is a whole other kind of wacko right-wing ideology), meaning that even if you got people (we shall assume that they're progressives) to believe you about the opinions that she had (unlikely), you'd be told by your listeners that you're way too strung up, you should relax, you'd hear that her opinions are of no concern and have been forever defanged

my contribution to the 2022 big-thing bingo-card: joke rowling goes full mask-off, proudly announces herself a fascist