Alioth Fox (but you can call me Daddy~) on Nostr: I agree *to an extent,* but I am one who very much believes that all literature is ...

I agree *to an extent,* but I am one who very much believes that all literature is worthy of analysis and examination, and *not just* for a "look at how awful this aspect of our culture is" perspective.

I think it's a mistake to take a work of literature and say "this needs to be relegated to the dustbin of history" as if its problematic elements make it completely unfit for consumption, because the truth is that doing that really paves the way to purity-testing literature and having to make sure everything we read/watch/hear is squeaky-clean and unproblematic. There is *value* in Harry Potter beyond merely examining its problems. The most problematic literature you can think of is not monolithic in its awfulness.

None of that is me sticking up for JKR or for people who still play into the hype of it! Fuck JKR and fuck anyone who still can't detach themselves from Harry Potter. But for me, that has nothing to do with the literature itself and everything to do with the fact that contributing to that hype (even if not with money!) directly contributes to the material harm that the author is doing. It's inarguable that Harry Potter is a historically significant work of literature, but the problem is that its history isn't finished being written yet.