Video: Why J.K. Rowling's new book is out in print
2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 23:55
The author of "Potteriana" and a number of detective novels released her new work entitled "Bad Blood" in mid-September 2020. The book became the fifth in the series "Cormoran Strike", which J. K. Rowling releases not under his real name, but under the pseudonym Robert Galbraith. However, the novel, which tells the story of a serial criminal who disguises himself in women's clothing to hunt for his victims, has caused a wave of indignation on the network.
It is the very fact that a cruel serial killer uses women's clothing to implement his criminal plans that has become a stumbling block for many readers and fans of the writer, who call themselves already former admirers of her talent. Numerous accusations of transphobia poured in the direction of the author of "Potteriana", and the hashtag #RIPJKRowling ("Rest in peace, J. K. Rowling") appeared on the network.
Users are actively discussing Rowling's new book on the Internet and find more and more evidence of the writer's intolerance towards transgender people. They are seriously talking about the damage done by the author of "Potteriana" to the transgender community. And they note: despite the fact that J. K. Rowling is alive, she has already buried her career, and no one is going to miss her. Some users even want Rowling not to end up the author of their favorite Harry Potter books.
Accusations of transphobia against the writer appeared for the first time after Rowling commented on an article about people of different genders in one of the social networks in the summer. She invited the authors to recall the good old word "woman" instead of phrases with a mention of the physiological characteristics of the organism of the fairer sex.
Actress Cynthia Nixon expressed how painful her 23-year-old son Samuel (Cynthia before gender reassignment) Rowling's comments took. But before that, he loved books and the Harry Potter series more than anything in the world.
J. K. Rowling tried to explain her position and wrote a long post about her attitude towards women in general and trans women in particular. She is worried about the situation when the fairer sex, as such from birth, feel less secure than transgender women.
However, the activists of the trans movement are hardly ready to hear sound reasoning. On the contrary, the publication of J. K. Rowling's new book has caused a new wave of accusations and censure against the writer. At the same time, the dignity of the book itself and the talent of the author are not questioned. The only sore spot was just the description of a criminal putting on a woman's dress.
And yet, Harry Potter books continue to be loved and read all over the world, because they are full of secrets and mysteries. How can you find half-blood muggleborns? How are they born to parents without a drop of magical abilities? Who is accepted into Hogwarts and why? What did Dumbledore see as he stood with Harry in front of the Mirror of Eternity? Where did Harry's huge fortune come from? And these are not all questions, the answers to which do not lie on the surface.
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