hellofrond

Firstly, thank you for drawing attention to such an important issue and speaking out, and so sorry that you had to go through this. Also super thank you for being such an amazing part of the HP fandom and doing so much for so many positive causes.

My question is regarding the NYPost article that was written about this that you linked (Harry Potter and the Deathly Wacko). In the article, she's called a "wack job", and although clearly your stalker is unbalanced and needs psychological help, I can't help but side-eye this. I feel as though the language is dismissive ("she's just a crazy person of course this is how crazy people act") as well as being kind of demonizing to people who have mental illnesses and are called "wacko" derogatorily.

Since you've actually been the victim of her, I think you have a unique position to speak on this. Do you think cases such as yours might be handled better if people stopped using words like "wacko" when discussing these cases? Do you think this language even really matters when it comes down to it? I feel like dismissing her as a "wacko" does some harm, but I could be completely wrong here.

I'm worried I might be too sensitive in my interpretation of words like "wacko", "psycho", etc., because my best friend in elementary school was bullied a lot by being called words like "wacko" since she was autistic and really she wouldn't hurt a fly. I'm sorry if this question is maybe off topic or derailing, I just feel like your opinion on this would be valuable and this seems like a unique opportunity to ask for it, and would really appreciate it if you would let me know your thoughts.

I'm just curious, but are regular morticians like you involved in autopsies for cases of murder or foul-play, or is that all handled by some separate group with the police?