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“Michael,” Harry Potter and the death of the problematic fave
Recently, one of my best friends asked me if I’d seen “Michael,” Antoine Fuqua’s Michael Jackson biopic that Salon’s movie critic Coleman Spilde hailed as “so damn weird.” This person knows me better...
View ArticleIs #MeToo moving into domestic violence?
Australian model Lucy McIntosh accused nightclub entrepreneur Mark Houston of domestic violence through a post on her Instagram Wednesday. Using the hashtag #MeToo, McIntosh published a picture of her...
View ArticleHarry Potter and the surprisingly poignant literary theme
Harry Potter is the literary phenomenon of the past century, and while our society has had no difficulty celebrating J.K. Rowling’s work, the literary community has been somewhat slower in figuring out...
View ArticleJ.K. Rowling expertly slams President Trump’s rant about Hillary Clinton in a...
One of the skills evidently required to becoming one of the most inventive writers ever is succinctness. It’s something J. K. Rowling demonstrates every time she does a 140-character takedown on...
View ArticleJ. K. Rowling apologizes for anti-Trump tweet, but not to Trump
J. K. Rowling, the acclaimed author most famous for the internationally bestselling “Harry Potter” series, has apologized for incorrectly accusing President Donald Trump of refusing to shake hands with...
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What do protests about Harry Potter books teach us?
On Monday, June 26, 2017, Harry James Potter — the world’s most famous wizard — will celebrate his 20th birthday. His many fans will likely mark the occasion by rereading a favorite Harry Potter novel...
View ArticleDid Trump adviser Roger Stone admit to working with WikiLeaks while on the...
President Donald Trump’s close adviser Roger Stone — better known as a notorious right-wing hatchet man and conspiracy theorist— doesn’t seem to have learned much from his boss’s own bad experiences...
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You don’t have to give up Harry Potter to quit J.K. Rowling
I genuinely feel for younger people, who will never have the pleasure of experiencing the unproblematic version of Rowling and her novels. For millennials and Gen Z kids like mine, there was once a...
View Article“It makes me really sad”: Daniel Radcliffe on J.K. Rowling’s anti-transgender...
"Harry Potter" actor Daniel Radcliffe has issued a response to series creator J.K. Rowling's steady stream of anti-transgender remarks. Speaking to The Atlantic about his role in the Broadway musical,...
View ArticleJ.K. Rowling slams Daniel Radcliffe and Emma Watson for supporting...
J.K. Rowling is hitting out at former "Harry Potter" actors Daniel Radcliffe and Emma Watson for previously supporting transgender rights. The fantasy series creator, who frequently posts her views...
View Article“Arrest me!”: J.K. Rowling posts anti-trans rant, responding to Scottish hate...
J.K. Rowling has taken on Scotland's new legislation against hate speech in a lengthy anti-transgender Twitter thread posted Monday. Per ABC, Scotland's new Hate Crime and Public Order Act makes it...
View ArticleJ.K. Rowling threatens to sue Harry Potter fanpage over claims of estranged...
J.K. Rowling, the author of the "Harry Potter" series, is considering taking legal action against Wizarding News, a fan account on X/Twitter that touts itself as an "award-winning news service"...
View ArticleJ.K. Rowling says she would rather go to prison than refer to transgender...
J.K. Rowling — the author best known for creating Harry Potter, and for her controversial views on transgender women which have led to her name becoming synonymous with the term "TERF"...
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“Heartstopper” illuminates that being a trans youth is joyful, everyday and...
Netflix’s young adult breakout hit “Heartstopper” is back but most importantly, this season, it gives Elle (Yasmin Finney) — the show’s biracial transgender lead — room to be front and center to revel...
View ArticleJ.K. Rowling removed from Museum of Pop Culture exhibit for her transphobic...
J.K. Rowling has been removed from a “Harry Potter” exhibit at Seattle’s Museum of Pop Culture, due to her “super hateful and divisive” transphobic views. In a blog post published in March, the...
View ArticleAlice Walker defends J.K. Rowling’s TERF views in new essay
In a new essay posted to her website last week, “The Color Purple” author, Alice Walker, defended the trans-exclusionary radical feminism views of fellow writer, J.K. Rowling. “I read the first Harry...
View Article“It’s horrendous, a load of bollocks”: Helena Bonham Carter stands by Johnny...
Helena Bonham Carter has spoken out in favor of two of her closest — and contentious — co-workers: Johnny Depp and J.K. Rowling. In a recent interview with The Times, Bonham Carter bashed “cancel...
View ArticleRalph Fiennes slams criticism of J.K. Rowling as “verbal abuse” and cancel...
Ralph Fiennes is defending J.K. Rowling once again. In a New York Times weekend interview, the Oscar-nominated actor said the “verbal abuse” the “Harry Potter” author has received over her contentious...
View ArticleJ.K. Rowling offers condolences after Salman Rushdie attack and is told “You...
J.K. Rowling paid tribute to fellow author Salman Rushdie, who was stabbed on Friday before a lecture at the Chautauqua Institution in western New York, and in return she received a threat upon her own...
View ArticleRussian pranksters convinced J.K. Rowling she was on a Zoom call with Zelenskyy
Author J.K. Rowling is the latest celebrity to fall into the trap of Russian comedians Vovan and Lexus, two pranksters who have made names for themselves by pulling similar stunts on the likes of Elton...
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