J.K. Rowling Doesn't Care About Anti-Trans Backlash Corroding Her Work
The best-selling novelist J.K. Rowling maintains that the public has a profound misunderstanding of her stance on transgender women and that she is not worried about how the issue would affect her legacy. In an interview for the podcast "The Witch Trials of J.K. Rowling," Rowling claimed that she "never meant to hurt anyone" with remarks that were widely perceived as being hostile against trans women. Rowling responds to comments from fans that she has "ruined" her legacy, saying that they "could not have misinterpreted me more completely."
“I do not walk around my house, thinking about my legacy. You know, what a pompous way to live your life walking around thinking, ‘What will my legacy be?’ Whatever, I’ll be dead. I care about now. I care about the living.” She said.
The Free Press, a media business established by Bari Weiss, a former op-ed writer for the New York Times, is the producer of "The Witch Trials of J.K. Rowling," which made its premiere with the first two episodes on Tuesday.
At a high level, "The Witch Trials of J.K. Rowling" makes an effort to draw comparisons between the backlash against Rowling following accusations that the Harry Potter novels harmfully promoted witchcraft and the more current controversy around Rowling's comments on transgender individuals.
Phelps-Roper is trying to find a connection between trans activists who have threatened Rowling over her statements and the bigoted right-wingers who wanted to outlaw and burn the Harry Potter novels. “What is it about this woman and her work that has captured the ire of very different groups of people across time?”
A bookstore where Rowling was doing a book signing received a bomb threat in 2000. Rowling discusses more current events in the episode, “I have had direct threats of violence, and I have had people coming to my house where my kids live, and I’ve had my address posted online. I’ve had what the police, anyway, would regard as credible threats.”
Paul claims that Rowling is the target of attacks because "she has asserted the right to spaces for biological women only, such as domestic abuse shelters and sex-segregated prisons" and because she thinks that "self-declared gender identity is insufficient" in determining a person's legal gender status.
In June 2020, Rowling added fuel to the flames when she tweeted “If sex isn’t real, there’s no same-sex attraction. If sex isn’t real, the lived reality of women globally is erased.”. In addition, Rowling has said that trans women "retain male patterns of criminality" making them more likely than cisgender women to abuse a victim physically or sexually in a women's restroom or shelter.
Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint, and Eddie Redmayne are among the performers who have condemned Rowling for her remarks against the transgender community. Ralph Fiennes is one of those who have praised the author.
“I do not walk around my house, thinking about my legacy. You know, what a pompous way to live your life walking around thinking, ‘What will my legacy be?’ Whatever, I’ll be dead. I care about now. I care about the living.” She said.
The Free Press, a media business established by Bari Weiss, a former op-ed writer for the New York Times, is the producer of "The Witch Trials of J.K. Rowling," which made its premiere with the first two episodes on Tuesday.
At a high level, "The Witch Trials of J.K. Rowling" makes an effort to draw comparisons between the backlash against Rowling following accusations that the Harry Potter novels harmfully promoted witchcraft and the more current controversy around Rowling's comments on transgender individuals.
Phelps-Roper is trying to find a connection between trans activists who have threatened Rowling over her statements and the bigoted right-wingers who wanted to outlaw and burn the Harry Potter novels. “What is it about this woman and her work that has captured the ire of very different groups of people across time?”
A bookstore where Rowling was doing a book signing received a bomb threat in 2000. Rowling discusses more current events in the episode, “I have had direct threats of violence, and I have had people coming to my house where my kids live, and I’ve had my address posted online. I’ve had what the police, anyway, would regard as credible threats.”
Paul claims that Rowling is the target of attacks because "she has asserted the right to spaces for biological women only, such as domestic abuse shelters and sex-segregated prisons" and because she thinks that "self-declared gender identity is insufficient" in determining a person's legal gender status.
In June 2020, Rowling added fuel to the flames when she tweeted “If sex isn’t real, there’s no same-sex attraction. If sex isn’t real, the lived reality of women globally is erased.”. In addition, Rowling has said that trans women "retain male patterns of criminality" making them more likely than cisgender women to abuse a victim physically or sexually in a women's restroom or shelter.
Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint, and Eddie Redmayne are among the performers who have condemned Rowling for her remarks against the transgender community. Ralph Fiennes is one of those who have praised the author.
Share this article
Advertisement