Episode 151: Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Online Harassment For A Virtuous Cause

Jesse Singal provides an update to the update to his San Francisco party for Blocked and Reported Primos, as well as his struggle to plan it.Katie Herzog gets introduced to gaming through the new Harry Potter game, Hogwarts Legacy. The controversy over JK Rowling’s views on gender issues have now spilled over from Twitter to the gaming press, Discord, and Twitch. Streamers are afraid to play it, servers are being raided, and writers are refusing to review it.Plus, not-so-famous actor Armond Hammer discusses tying up women, eating their ribs, and stealing their toes, which then gets turned into an NFT.And here’s the link to the Blocked & Reported store, for those who asked:https://shop.gutentogltd.com/collections/barpodSF PartySan Francisco party updateUpdate to the updateHogwarts LegacyHogwarts Legacy on Steamhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/990080/Hogwarts_Legacy/Rowling’s “middle-aged moment”https://inews.co.uk/news/uk/jk-rowling-liked-transphobic-tweet-in-middle-aged-moment-137860Rowling’s essay on why she speaks out on sex and gender issueshttps://www.jkrowling.com/opinions/j-k-rowling-writes-about-her-reasons-for-speaking-out-on-sex-and-gender-issues/American polling on transgender issueshttps://www.pewresearch.org/social-trends/2022/06/28/americans-complex-views-on-gender-identity-and-transgender-issues/British polling on transgender issueshttps://yougov.co.uk/topics/society/articles-reports/2022/07/20/where-does-british-public-stand-transgender-rightsAja Romano on Rowling’s “people who menstruate” tweethttps://www.vox.com/culture/21285396/jk-rowling-transphobic-backlash-harry-potterAxios: “Hogwarts Legacy game launch becomes referendum on J.K. Rowling”https://www.axios.com/2023/02/06/hogwarts-legacy-jk-rowling-launchPatrick Klepek, writer for Vice’s Waypoint, on the coverage of Hogwarts LegacyThe Gamer refuses to review Hogwarts Legacyhttps://www.thegamer.com/thegamer-stance-hogwarts-legacy-harry-potter/Morgan Park of PC Gamer is “haunted by JK Rowling”https://www.pcgamer.com/hogwarts-legacy-review/Hasan Piker (HasanAbi) on being afraid to play the gamehttps://livestreamfails.com/clip/150055Twitch chat harasses a woman (Shelby of Girlfriend Reviews) to tears for playing Hogwarts Legacyhttps://www.dexerto.com/hogwarts-legacy/twitch-chat-berates-streamer-to-tears-for-playing-hogwarts-legacy-on-launch-day-2053952/Dexerto reports on a site featuring a tracker to see if streamers have played the gameThe official Hogwarts Legacy Discord server was put on a 5-minute chat timer after large-scale raidingArmie Hammer Breaks His Silencehttps://airmail.news/issues/2023-2-4/armie-hammer-breaks-his-silence“The Fall of Armie Hammer: A Family Saga of Sex, Money, Drugs, and Betrayal”https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2021/03/the-fall-of-armie-hammer-a-family-saga-of-sex-money-drugs-and-betrayalPage Six: “Armie Hammer’s DMs call into question the timeline of his suicide story”https://pagesix.com/2023/02/08/armie-hammers-dms-call-into-question-timeline-of-suicide-story/ This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe