Owl Post Edition: J.K. Rowling and Transphobia with Jackson Bird

Harry Potter and the Sacred Text

Vanessa Zoltan, Casper ter Kuile & Ariana Nedelman

Religion & Spirituality, Books, Jk Rowling, Sprituality, Sacred, Sacred Reading, Philosophy, Harry Potter, Arts, Reading, Society & Culture

4.7 • 6.8K Ratings

🗓️ 16 July 2020

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

Today’s owl post episode is in response to J.K. Rowling’s recent and vehement transphobia. We’re joined by our friend Jackson Bird to talk about why it’s important to condemn Rowling, and what we’re thinking about in terms of the future of this podcast.

We are so grateful to the dozens of trans and non-binary people who sent in voicemails for this episode. Thanks to Alicia, Ariel, Cody, Drew, and Lin for the beautiful contributions you can hear in this episode. You can find a playlist that highlights the other voicemails we received here. Thanks also to the coalition of trans and non-binary listeners who emailed us and asked for this episode.

Next week, we’re reading Chapter 12, Magic is Might through the theme of Truth. Some resources we encourage you to check out related to the topic of this episode:

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0:00.0	Hi everybody, before we start today's episode, we want to let you know about a Harry Potter-themed pilgrimage
0:06.0	that we are going to be doing in the north of England and Matt.
0:09.0	Can I tell you the most exciting thing about this pilgrimage in my opinion?
0:13.0	That it's a Harry Potter pilgrimage in the north of England?
0:15.0	I can't imagine what more exciting thing there could be than the things you've already said.
0:19.0	Well, there's going to be a hike where we hike all day.
0:23.0	And at the end of the hike, we will take a steam engine train back to our hotel.
0:29.0	Oh my gosh, you're taking the Hogwarts Express?
0:31.0	Yes, we are going to be boarding it in a place that looks a lot like Scotland, near Hogwarts.
0:36.0	It's going to look more, I think, like Hogsmeade station than it is going to look like Platform 93-quarters.
0:42.0	Okay.
0:43.0	But it is going to be great fun.
0:44.0	We are going to be talking about Deathly Hallows, carrying the book around in our backpacks
0:49.0	as we go on these amazing hikes and talk about what it means to be a person who wanders around the world.
0:55.0	My co-faculty on this trip is the incredible Colette Potts.
0:58.0	You might have heard of her, Matt.
1:00.0	Everyone, this pilgrimage is August 31st, 3 September 3rd.
1:04.0	Go to readingandwalkingwith.com to learn more.
1:20.0	Hello, Harry Potter and the Sacred Text Team.
1:23.0	This is Alicia calling from Maine.
1:26.0	And thanks so much for the amazing podcast.
1:28.0	I think it's really gotten me through a lot of tough times.
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