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J.K. Rowling keeps culture wars’ cauldron bubbling – Sydney Morning Herald
The Millennials who grew up devouring her Harry Potter books are now largely those on social media trying to school the British novelist for her views on gender identity.
Rowling’s novels proved that words matter, which is partly why her words matter so much now. The novelist has set the culture wars cauldron bubbling with a series of public comments about sex, gender and identity. In December, she showed her support for a tax specialist who was fired after tweeting “men cannot change into women”. In June, Rowling poked fun of an article that described women as “people who menstruate” tweeting: “Im sure there used to be a word for those people. Someone help me ou…
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