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J.K. Rowling has shared some of the horrific online abuse she has received after sharing her views on the transgender community. In recent years, the 55-year-old Harry Potter author has become known less for her literary works, and more for her tendency to speak out against trans issues such as…
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Chrissy Teigen has spoken out about being "canceled" following accusations of bullying behavior. The 35-year-old model and influencer spoke about her current mental health and mood in a candid Instagram post, which shows her legs as she lounges on a sofa in the home she shares with her husband, John…
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Joe Rogan has sparked backlash for speaking out against so-called 'woke culture'. In a recent episode of his podcast, The Joe Rogan Experience, the 53-year-old comedian, fighter, and broadcaster gave his opinion on the issue of cancel culture, which he believes will eventually lead to "straight white men" being silenced.…
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Sharon Stone has urged people to "grow some empathy" and described cancel culture as the "stupidest thing" she's ever seen. The actress, 63, made the comments during an interview on SiriusXM's Just Jenny show, where she was promoting her new memoir The Beauty of Living Twice, which is being released…
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What do Justin Timberlake, Eminem, and Ellen DeGeneres have in common? They're celebrities, yes, but they've also faced the threat of being "cancelled" this past year. In 2021 – 24 years after the first recognisable social media site was created – "cancel culture" is rife, and the pattern all too…
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The CEO of the Disney corporation has finally spoken about the decision to fire Gina Carano from the hit Star Wars TV show The Mandalorian. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Disney CEO Bob Chapek was asked about whether the company had "blacklisted" Carano by a caller during the Q&A portion…
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Eminem is the latest in a string of celebrities to be "cancelled" at the behest of Gen Z. It began on TikTok after he became the target of vitriol over "misogynistic" lyrics he penned years ago. For rapper and producer, Roxie Kai, who has herself been the victim of domestic…
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Gina Carano has accused Disney of "bullying" her after being axed from The Mandalorian for an insensitive post she shared on Instagram. Carano shared a post to her Instagram Story that compared the treatment of Republicans in the US to the treatment of Jewish people during the Holocaust. In an…
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Gina Carano has been axed from The Mandalorian after sharing an offensive post on social media. In the message, the Cara Dune actor compared the Holocaust to the divisive political climate in the US. Yesterday (February 10), a spokesperson for Lucasfilm said in a statement that Carano is no longer employed…
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Rupert Grint has once again defended transgender people following J.K. Rowling's divisive public comments on gender and trans people last year. The controversy was ignited back in June when the 55-year-old Harry Potter author retweeted a news headline that read: "Opinion: Creating a more equal post-Covid-19 world for people who…
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For the latest episode of 60 Minutes, which aired yesterday (January 3), the father of the youngest victim in the 2012 Sandy Hook mass shooting was given a facial disguise in order to prevent conspiracy theorists from recognizing him. "Why did the father of a six-year-old victim of the Sandy…
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A young blind Harry Potter fan was left overjoyed after receiving all the books in braille - and all thanks to an online fundraiser organized by her aunt. Seven-year-old Emrie is unable to see due to a rare gene anomaly, but nonetheless has loved listening to her dad, Jared, read…
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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…
