April 28, 2025, 1:55pm
We already knew Pedro Pescal, gimlet-eyed prima of The Last of Us and respective buzzy action franchises, was a sweetheart. His Hollywood estimation stays stainless successful a oversea of divas. His small sister Lux is “incredibly proud” of him.
And it would look he has beautiful decent sensation successful books.
Though I didn’t request different logic to rush this order to nan framers, I’m happy to study one. Last week, Pascal responded to nan transition of nan ironically named, anti-trans UK Equality Act pinch immoderate prime fire. His target? The multimillionaire children’s book writer turned dislike sponge, Joanne Rowling.
Rowling, a female who has celebrated inter-species transfiguration connected nan page while refusing to wrap her caput astir gender arsenic a concept, backed nan “gender-critical” run that successfully ousted trans group from protection nether nan Equality Act.
After nan act’s passage, nan master TERF celebrated her triumph pinch a callow “Mischief Managed” wink connected her socials. You know, for illustration Voldemort might.
A swift clap backmost followed, including calls to boycott nan upcoming Harry Potter series, which is slated to alert onto HBO successful 2026. Pascal responded to 1 specified notice, via an Instagram station from nan activist/writer Tariq Ra’ouf. Expressing support for a Boy-Who-Lived-boycott, he said of Rowling’s supervillainy, “Awful disgusting SH*T is precisely right. Heinous LOSER behavior.”
It’s nice—if unluckily rare—for a personage to guidelines connected nan correct broadside of history these days. So we applaud Pedro’s allegiance. But nan different header present is that precocious seventh grader insults are backmost pinch a vengeance. I’m calling it, y’all. Let this beryllium nan summertime erstwhile each enemies to gender-expansive feminism and basal quality authorities are Heinous Losers, aft Mr. Pascal’s coin.
If you don’t support trans folks, I’m sorry—and General Acacius thinks you should leave.
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