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J.K. Rowling is a British author best known for the Harry Potter series. One of the world's bestselling authors, she's faced controversy over comments about transgender issues.
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The world is full of famous names. In fact, some are so ordinary that they unintentionally catapult regular people into a stardom of sorts for no reason other than they share that name with a famous person. Now, one transgender woman has opened up about it was like growing up…
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Books penned by JK Rowling have been banned by an Australian store in solidarity with the trans community. Rabble Books and Games in Maylands, Perth, announced on Wednesday, September 16, that they have ceased stocking new novels by JK Rowling, inclding those written under her pseudonym Robert Galbraith. The Harry…
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Social media has been sent into meltdown after the subject matter of J.K. Rowling's upcoming crime novel was revealed online. As per a now-viral tweet from Pink News, the new novel, titled Troubled Blood and written under Rowling's pseudonym 'Robert Galbraith', is about "a murderous cis man who dresses as…
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J.K. Rowling has angered Twitter users after making menstruation comments some people found to be "anti-trans". The Harry Potter author shared an article that was titled: "Opinion: Creating a more equal post-COVID-19 world for people who menstruate." Commenting on the phrasing of the article's title, Rowling wrote: "'People who menstruate'.…
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A 65-year-old school teacher has sold a rare first edition of Harry Potter for £33,000 $40,300 after she found in lying in a skip. The grandmother spotted the copy of J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone lying in a skip after a school library had a clear-out in…
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One of the best parts of the Harry Potter books, or the movies for that matter, were the scenes set in the Great Hall where the wizarding pupils tucked into one of the many mouthwatering Hogwarts school feasts. Author J.K. Rowling definitely had something of a flair for writing vivid…
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J.K. Rowling has been branded "transphobic" after tweeting her support for a woman who was fired for stating "men cannot change into women", Yahoo Lifestyle reports. The 54-year-old Harry Potter author took to Twitter to voice her feelings about what she says is a person's right to "state that sex…
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It's now been more than 20 years since J.K. Rowling's first magical tale of the boy wizard Harry Potter was published, and many of us are still firmly 'neath its spell. If you, like me, were part of what's known as the 'Potter Generation' - those who grew up in…
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Writer and philanthropist J.K. Rowling has donated a whopping £15 million to the University of Edinburgh for multiple sclerosis research. The author lost her own mother Anne to the disabling brain and spine condition when she was just 25-years-old. Anne Rowling (née Volant) died at the age of just 45,…
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A Roman Catholic school in Tennessee has allegedly removed the Harry Potter books from their library because they contain ''real'' hexes. St Edward Catholic School in Nashville has just opened up a new library in time for the 2019-2020 academic year. However, the pastor responsible for the library's stock has…
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Calling all Potterheads! This is not a drill! I repeat: calling all Potterheads! This is NOT a drill! In May, J.K. Rowling thrilled fans everywhere by announcing she will be releasing four new Harry Potter books. The new eBooks will be released on the "digital heart of the Wizarding World"…
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A video appearing to show 'Dobby the house elf' walking down a driveway has recently gone viral. In the clip, the unidentified creature (or person) can be seen haphazardly walking down the driveway in Colorado Springs; its steps long and exaggerated. The bizarre footage was captured on a CCTV camera…
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Calling all Potterheads! This is not a drill! I repeat: calling all Potterheads! This is NOT a drill! This week, J.K. Rowling thrilled fans everywhere by announcing she will be releasing four new Harry Potter books. The new eBooks will be released on the "digital heart of the Wizarding World"…
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The third instalment in the popular five-part Fantastic Beasts series is set to be released in the fall of 2021, Warner Bros. has announced. While production on the movie has reportedly not yet begun, it is expected to start in the spring of 2020. "We are incredibly excited about and have…
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It doesn't matter if you're a witch, wizard, Muggle-born or half-blood - as long as you're a Harry Potter fan, you're all good with me! And that has absolutely nothing to do with my personal literary preferences. Because while I do think the books are wonderfully written and that J.K.…
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Harry Potter has made us all rich in more ways than one. Rich in fictional magical knowledge, rich in conversation topics with strangers at otherwise awkward house parties, and let's be honest: rich in overall joy. However, is it time for the boy wizard to make our bank accounts rocket…
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Many Harry Potter fans think they know everything there is to know about the boy wizard and his adventures in the wonderful world of magic. But we've got news for you: when it comes to J.K. Rowling's fabulous creation, there is always more to be learned. For example, do you…
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Before she shot to fame as the author of the world-renowned Harry Potter series, JK Rowling lived in poverty. For a period of time she was jobless, and had to rely on welfare to survive as a single mother. But, of course, that all changed when her stories of the…
