Bear Hunting

I was a massive Potterhead and it was so formative to me growing up, and I'll always be sad that JKR was so desperate to hate trans people that she poisoned her own legacy for so many. The only way I ever go back to Hogwarts is maybe once a year reading a HP fanfic, usually by a marginalised creator who is actively challenging the bigoted aspects of the canon. It gets her no money and so it is the one way I'm comfortable separating the art and the artist, but even that's harder and harder to do these days. Hogwarts isn't an escape anymore, and hasn't been for a long time.

TW for, well, transphobia, homophobia, anti-feminism, racism as talking points in the video

Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy

“It’s the 11th hour in terms of Earth breakdown, and I feel terrified for my kids, and terrified for humanity,” Kalmus continued. “World leaders are still expanding the fossil fuel industry as fast as they can, but this is insane. The science clearly indicates that everything we hold dear is at risk, including even civilization itself and the wonderful, beautiful, cosmically precious life on this planet. I actually don’t get how any scientist who understands this could possibly stay on the sidelines at this point.” ..."