Can't imagine any 15 year olds enjoying philosophers stone but you seem to be right, according to the internet the character was 11 years old in the first book so that must be the target audience.
As a rule of thumb, I'd say each book is written for kids who are a couple of years younger than the age the protagonists are meant to be. The problem is that by the time she gets to Goblet of Fire she's reached the limit of her ability to write about and for 'older' audiences.
I either stopped after that one or don't remember anything from 5 and 6 if I did read those, so that tracks.
Loved all the Harry Potter books. My son & I were of the time where we'd wait in the bookstore at midnight for them to open the boxes when the latest book arrived. Rowling will be remembered with Charles Dickens, unless this campaign to cancel her succeeds.
Oooooooh, mate
Do you disagree?
Yeah, I've never read any book by Dickens. I started a couple. Language too flowery for my tastes -- but if you like it, that's great.
What's the 'woke narrative these days?'
That you should just agree that there are 50+ genders that people can currently identify as. That anything supporting the traditional way of life ( ie. Traditional roles of men and women and family and that both sexes have distinct biological and psychological differences) is sexist and bigoted. Look, I'm not saying either view is right or wrong but that's exactly my problem. Why should anyone get to decide what's right or wrong and cancel or insult anyone who doesn't agree with it?
Seems to be a way to attack women mainly.
What 50 genders are you talking about?
Someone cancel this bigot.
My bad, it's actually 73!
And if you don't know anything about that stuff, you get cancelled? Has this actually happened, or are you a cab driver who once talked to Stewart Lee?
I'm referring more to the current nature of social media tbh. If you challenge the idea that there are 73 genders, you will be met with a truckload of hate and insults rather than an actual debate on the subject. It's just the way the world is now, and thus why many content creators and media personalities can't speak their true mind on a lot of subjects. The ability to debate and have a discussion about things without getting overly emotional and personal is seemingly dwindling.
Where? When?
WTF, I consider myself progressive but so many of these are repetitive while others are just ridiculous. I defy anyone to explain these two so they make sense:
It happens very often on platforms such as twitter. There are also several videos on YouTube of people trying to debate the subject and being met by an angry hate mob who refuse to debate and just insult the person who made the statement. Just type 'There are only 2 genders' onto youtube or twitter and you'll see exactly what I mean. If I show you just one or two examples, you'll tell me it's too small a sample size.
Other things you can type into Youtube or Twitter, and you'll find loads of people just trying to debate the subject and being met by an angry hate mob who refuse to debate and just insult the person who made the statement:
We can change the subject if that's what you want, do you prefer to talk about denying the existence of non-binary people rather than the 50+ genders thing?
How was that changing the subject? It was literally answering what you were talking about. I don't think non-binary is a gender myself and that's my own opinion. Whether you think it's a gender or not, neither opinion can be backed up by science. Science is relevant to sexes but gender is a socially constructed concept and you're free to believe in how many genders you choose to believe in. That's totally fine and I respect anyone with that opinion. I just don't like when I'm called sexist because I don't agree with it. Sexist would imply I discriminate against biological females, which is simply not true.
I agree that many may make fun of it and talk down on said people but is simply saying I don't agree with said gender labels belittling or policing their language in any way? They are free to label themselves as whatever they want and I am free to disagree. It makes no difference to how I view them as a person, which will be based on many different qualities that I respect in a human being, completely irrespective of their labelled gender.
Now you're just taking extreme conspiracy theories involving the loss of many lives and comparing them to not agreeing with how many genders other people think there are. I don't see your point. Sorry.
Of course it's two different subjects. You were saying that people are getting cancelled for not accepting 50+ genders, but what you're saying now is that they're getting cancelled if they're saying that non-binary people aren't non-binary. Those are obviously different things.How was that changing the subject? It was literally answering what you were talking about.I don't think non-binary is a gender myself and that's my own opinion. Whether you think it's a gender or not, neither opinion can be backed up by science. Science is relevant to sexes but gender is a socially constructed concept and you're free to believe in how many genders you choose to believe in. That's totally fine and I respect anyone with that opinion. I just don't like when I'm called sexist because I don't agree with it. Sexist would imply I discriminate against biological females, which is simply not true.
I don't deny the 'existence' of non-binary people. I just don't agree that the label they assigned themselves to, exists. That's completely different. I can respect and admire someone who labels themselves as non-binary without agreeing with that particular label. Is this concept so hard to understand?
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Ok, so let's go back a bit because you are confusing yourself. When I said that if you challenge the idea that there aren't 73 genders, you'll be met with insults and backlash, you replied with( your exact words): ' Where? When?' To which I replied that you could search twitter or youtube for many examples of people who get harassed and insulted for having the opinion that there are only 2 genders. Your next reply implied that I changed the subject here but I directly answered your question of 'Where? When?'. So I must ask you again, where did I change the subject?
This isn't debate class, you're not getting points for naming fallacies and I'm not trying to 'win'. I'm just pointing out how your phrasing could easily be used for things that you too would consider outside of normal or acceptable speech.
Because saying that there are only 2 genders obviously isn't the same thing as saying that there aren't 73 genders. Lets say that I claim that you cannot say there are less than ten million genders without getting called an idiot, and when you doubt that I point you to an instance where I was called an idiot for saying that there is only one gender. Is saying that there is only one gender the same thing as saying there aren't ten million genders?
I didn't ask if you agreed that they shouldn't get harassed or insulted, I know that already. I asked if the fact that this happens shows that you can't agree with the "woke narrative" without getting cancelled.
I'm aware this isn't debate class and I'm not getting any points. I'm simply replying to other posts of differing opinions, which is literally the definition of a debate. I don't think any side 'wins' here. I think its just an interesting discussion. What's wrong with that?
Ok I see your point here. It's not exactly the same thing but it's generally the most common argument that's used on the other side of the debate to there being more than two genders, whatever number that may be.
Reread. I mean, they’re ok. But with all the books out there to read , I can’t imagine a scenario where reading a Harry Potter book for the second time will ever be the best option.
do you know anyone in real life who actually thinks this?
Ok I agree that was an exaggeration but then below in other replies I also further explained my view on why I think cancelling anyone who believes there are two genders, is wrong. Again, it's just my opinion and I'm not saying I'm correct or incorrect in my views but I do think it makes for an interesting discussion.
But if, as I think I saw you say in another post, you accept that gender is a social construct, saying you don't agree with gender identities other than man and woman doesn't make a lot of sense. If you're signed up to gender being a social construct, you should be quite comfortable with the idea that concepts of gender will differ between different cultures and social groupings. We see this even between and within cultures who sign up to binary gender (for example, the social expectations placed upon men and women in one culture, or amongst members of a particular generation within a culture, will differ wildly from the what is expected of them in another culture, or by a different generation within that same culture). Going beyond that, there are various examples from across the world of societies where gender identities other than man and woman existed for a very long time, or where they used to exist before being scrubbed out by (usually religious) people whose world view they didn't fit into.
