Preface: don’t buy the wizard game; don’t play the wizard game; don’t stream the wizard game. JK Rowling is a transphobic bigot and as long as she owns the Harry Potter IP, consuming it is tacit endorsement of her worldview. Source. Choosing not to consume the game is a basic statement of solidarity with our […]
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