Joanne Rowling, 57, has been the subject of swirling controversy for years after making her views on gender ideology known. Even after most of the lead Harry Potter cast publicly confronted her views on transgender rights and acceptance, the author laughed at the suggestion that she has been cancelled.
In June 2020, as the world was embroiled in the first waves of Covid-19 and ever-extending lockdowns, Rowling stirred the waters of social media.
She posted about the trans community on Twitter, taking issue with an op-ed article that used the term “people who menstruate”, saying: “I’m sure there used to be a word for those people. Someone help me out. Wumben? Wimpund? Woomud?”
Ever since then the writer, and trans activists opposing her, have publicly bashed each other via the social media platform.
Two years since this incident, Rowling says she has not been cancelled.
In a new interview with Letters From Suzanne, the author reportedly revealed while chuckling: “The only time I’ve ever made reference to being cancelled, my book sales went up.
“Why am I even laughing? I can’t believe I’m saying these words. But you have to mock them. I do not consider myself cancelled.”
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