Publishing needs JK Rowling to be a monster | Victoria Smith | The Critic Magazine

The trouble with JK Rowling is that she has done nothing wrong. Back in 2020, she wrote a carefully worded, compassionate piece about sex and gender. It’s here if you want to read it. In it…

Publishing needs JK Rowling to be a monster | Victoria Smith | The Critic Magazine Picture credit: Bruce Glikas/Bruce Glikas/FilmMagic Artillery Row Publishing needs JK Rowling to be a monster The facts are irrelevant Artillery Row By Victoria Smith 6 September, 2022 Share T he trouble with JK Rowling is that she has done nothing wrong. Back in 2020, she wrote a carefully worded, compassionate piece about sex and gender. It's here if you want to read it. In it, she described "a climate of fear that serves nobody - least of all trans youth - well". At no point did she express the even mildest d

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