“Harry Potter” author <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/j-k-rowling">J.K. Rowling</a>, who has become an outspoken critic of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/transgender">trans-identifying</a> men participating in women’s sports in recent years, posted a lengthy reaction on Thursday to President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/donald-trump">Donald Trump&#8217;s</a> signing of an executive order banning the practice.
“Congratulations to every single person on the left who’s been campaigning to destroy women’s and girls’ rights. Without you, there’d be no images like this,” she said in a post to X that included an image of President Trump holding up the EO with his signature as he’s surrounded by young female athletes who <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/surrounded-by-young-female-athletes-donald-trump-bans-men-from-womens-sports">witnessed the signing</a>.
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Congratulations to every single person on the left who’s been campaigning to destroy women’s and girls’ rights. Without you, there’d be no images like this. <a href="https://t.co/mzR7l5k1OW">pic.twitter.com/mzR7l5k1OW</a>
&mdash; J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) <a href="https://twitter.com/jk_rowling/status/1887432914989654163?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 6, 2025</a></blockquote>
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“This &#8216;why do you care about a tiny fraction of the population?&#8217; line is, and always was, utterly ridiculous,” Rowling <a href="https://x.com/jk_rowling/status/1887472120541679690">continued</a> in a follow-up. 
“Gender ideology has undermined freedom of speech, scientific truth, gay rights, and women&#8217;s and girls&#8217; safety, privacy and dignity. It&#8217;s also caused irreparable physical damage to vulnerable kids,” she wrote. “Nobody voted for it, the vast majority of people disagree with it, yet it has been imposed, top down, by politicians, healthcare bodies, academia, sections of the media, celebrities and even the police. Its activists have threatened and enacted violence on those who&#8217;ve dared oppose it.”
Rowling said eventually, it will become clear that &#8220;the actual victims in this mess have been women and children.”  
“This movement has impacted society in disastrous ways, and if you had any sense, you&#8217;d be quietly deleting every trace of activist mantras, ad hominem attacks, false equivalence and circular arguments from your X feeds, because the day is fast approaching when you&#8217;ll want to pretend you always saw through the craziness and never believed it for a second,” the British author wrote.
Rowling has been a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/5-years-ago-j-k-rowling-took-a-stand-against-trans-activists-she-hasnt-backed-down">staunch advocate</a> for women’s sex-based rights and private spaces after tweeting her support for Maya Forstater, a tax specialist who lost her job for sharing “transphobic” tweets in 2019. She went viral again in 2020 after posting a sarcastic response to an article on menstrual health which refrained from using the word “woman.”
The “Harry Potter” author” has often found herself the target of radical transgender activists — who have, in addition to labeling her a trans-exclusionary radical feminist (TERF), threatened her life on numerous occasions.
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Famed author and women&#8217;s rights advocate J.K. Rowling shared a powerful ad on social media on Monday morning promoting the protection of female sports.
The ad Rowling posted comes from a <a href="https://www.xx-xyathletics.com/pages/our-founder?gad_source=1&amp;gbraid=0AAAAA9U_9lvnmtPx928X2qibdwRF4SutE&amp;gclid=CjwKCAiA74G9BhAEEiwA8kNfpalocfJ73HNO0UTZmsElh7Fk2Ch1KyCEeQKXINBG8qOUfXGzJwdxSRoCr74QAvD_BwE" target="_blank" rel="noopener">pro-woman athletics brand called XX-XY Athletics</a>, which was founded by a former top Levi&#8217;s executive named <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/levis-pushed-her-out-when-she-spoke-up-against-covid-madness-but-jennifer-sey-isnt-done-talking-part-1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Jennifer Sey</a> who was pushed out of her job for <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/levis-pushed-her-out-when-she-spoke-up-against-covid-madness-but-jennifer-sey-isnt-done-talking-part-1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">disagreeing with the company&#8217;s leftist orthodoxy</a>.
Additionally, the ad features <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/take-your-mark-a-practical-guide-for-defending-women-girls-and-biological-truth" target="_blank" rel="noopener">real stories of female athletes</a> who&#8217;ve lost out on opportunities because of male trans-identifying athletes and received hatred and vitriol for standing up for themselves and other girls.
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&#8220;This is the first and likely the last time I’ll retweet an ad, but I love it,&#8221; Rowling posted on X, captioning the video from XX-XY Athletics.
The ad showcases the cost females have been paying for the inclusion of male trans-identifying athletes in their spaces. Riley Gaines, for example, is called a &#8220;bigot&#8221; in the ad for daring to speak up. In 2022, the swimmer-turned-advocate was forced to swim against Lia Thomas, a male, during the women&#8217;s NCAA championships. Gaines tied Thomas but was booted from the medal podium to make way for Thomas.
The XX-XY Athletics ad also features <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/university-finally-scraps-match-after-womens-team-refuses-to-play-team-whose-star-player-is-male" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Sia LiiLii</a>, a senior co-captain of the University of Nevada Reno Volleyball team. Liilii and her team chose to forfeit a volleyball match against an opposing team that had a man on the roster.
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This is the first and likely the last time I’ll retweet an ad, but I love it. <a href="https://t.co/oALpr5c10v">pic.twitter.com/oALpr5c10v</a>
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&#8220;I woke up this morning to JK Rowling tweeting our ad. To say this was an honor and a surprise would be the understatement of my career,&#8221; Sey told The Daily Wire on Monday.
Sey noted that Rowling showed &#8220;some hesitancy&#8221; in sharing the ad but said the brand&#8217;s &#8220;whole intention&#8221; is to &#8220;influence the movement and popular culture.&#8221;
&#8220;It’s more than a t-shirt or a pair of leggings,&#8221; she said. &#8220;Legislation is downstream from culture and we’ve failed on the culture front. And we need to wrest back the culture with the full force that it was taken from us and taken over by the uninformed, propaganda-spewing people and institutions who think you can change your sex.&#8221;
&#8220;The brand is a way to wear your values and to say: this is what I believe,&#8221; Sey added. &#8220;And it provides the permission structure for others to do the same. We need to normalize standing up for women’s sports and spaces. We cannot let the bullying unhinged minority have the mic because we are afraid of being called names.&#8221;
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Sey told The Daily Wire that in less than 24 hours of its release, the XX-XY Athletics ad had received about 4.5 million impressions on X and another 610,000 on Instagram.
&#8220;We’re right. We are grounded in truth. We must continue to fight,&#8221; Sey said. &#8220;Because it isn’t over despite Trump’s <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/ending-radical-indoctrination-in-k-12-schooling/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">executive order</a>, that only impacts federally-funded programs.&#8221;
Trump <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/ending-radical-indoctrination-in-k-12-schooling/">signed</a> an EO last week that seeks to end &#8220;radical indoctrination&#8221; in public schools, including the &#8220;inclusion&#8221; of male trans-identifying students in female spaces and sports.
&#8220;Approximately 70% of sports take place outside of federal-funded schools and are not impacted,&#8221; Sey noted. &#8220;And you can bet on the fact that they are going to double down on their madness. They will never admit they were wrong.&#8221;
&#8220;Trump made the first move,&#8221; Sey added. &#8220;We the people need to take the baton and change the culture.&#8221;

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J.K. Rowling Shares Powerful Ad About Protecting Female Sports — But There’s More To The Story

JK Rowling Shares Powerful Ad About Protecting Female Sports — But There’s More To The Story

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&#8220;Harry Potter&#8221; author and outspoken feminist J.K. Rowling has had quite a time of it on X over the last five years — and while she&#8217;s often sparked ire among the radical transgender activist crowd, many on the social media platform find her giving voice to their own thoughts, particularly when it comes to gender ideology and its strictest adherents.
Here are just a few of her best from 2024.
<h4>That time she <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/you-are-not-kind-you-are-not-righteous-jk-rowling-unloads-on-trans-activists" target="_blank" rel="noopener">called out critics</a> who think biological males should go to women&#8217;s prisons based on self-identification.</h4>
&#8220;The trans activist outrage that ensues on here whenever I share my belief that jailed women shouldn&#8217;t be used as validation tools or emotional support props for trans-identified male sex offenders is as revealing as it&#8217;s predictable,&#8221; Rowling wrote.
&#8220;Such activists can&#8217;t bring themselves to concede that a man who was convicted of harming women/girls ought not to be incarcerated with the demographic to whom he is a proven danger, because if they do, all their stock arguments (&#8216;no sexual predator would bother to pretend to be trans&#8217;, &#8216;no trans woman has ever harmed a woman in a women&#8217;s only space&#8217;, &#8216;there is no danger in making all single sex spaces unisex&#8217;) are exposed as the lies they are,&#8221; she continued. &#8220;If they admit that even a single man isn&#8217;t a woman because he says he is, the entire edifice of gender identity ideology crumbles. This leaves activists who rely on bullying and slogans with nowhere to go but &#8216;you hate all trans people&#8217;, &#8216;so you&#8217;re saying all trans people are rapists&#8217; and, of course, &#8216;you are causing a trans genocide.'&#8221;
&#8220;You are not kind. You are not righteous. Women have the basic human right not to suffer cruel and unusual punishment,&#8221; she concluded.
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The trans activist outrage that ensues on here whenever I share my belief that jailed women shouldn&#39;t be used as validation tools or emotional support props for trans-identified male sex offenders is as revealing as it&#39;s predictable.
Such activists can&#39;t bring themselves to…
&mdash; J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) <a href="https://twitter.com/jk_rowling/status/1759940576340770987?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 20, 2024</a></blockquote>
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<h4>The time she explained why it&#8217;s important to attribute crimes based on biological sex rather than ideological fantasy.</h4>
Responding to a critic who complained that it didn&#8217;t matter if a crime committed by a trans-identifying man was cataloged in the press as a crime committed by a &#8220;woman,&#8221; Rowling laid out three concise points:
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<li>Crime statistics are rendered useless if violent and sexual attacks committed by men are recorded as female crimes.</li>
<li>Activists are already clamouring for this sadistic killer to be incarcerated in a women&#8217;s prison.</li>
<li>Ideologically-driven misinformation is not journalism.</li>
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1. Crime statistics are rendered useless if violent and sexual attacks committed by men are recorded as female crimes. 2. Activists are already clamouring for this sadistic killer to be incarcerated in a women&#39;s prison. 3. Ideologically-driven misinformation is not journalism. <a href="https://t.co/9hnBBAY6eH">pic.twitter.com/9hnBBAY6eH</a>
&mdash; J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) <a href="https://twitter.com/jk_rowling/status/1762247093433803024?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 26, 2024</a></blockquote>
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<h4>This pitch-perfect response to the person who accused her of discrimination based solely on her ability to tell a biological man from a biological woman.</h4>
&#8220;Well this is awkward. How exactly will you be marching against yourself for this blatant discrimination,&#8221; the critical post read.
&#8220;Accurately sexing trans-identified men who send misogynistic abuse to women is not discrimination. &#8216;Man&#8217; is not a slur. I know a lot of you think the UN should intervene whenever women bruise your egos, but there is no human right to universal validation,&#8221; she replied.
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Accurately sexing trans-identified men who send misogynistic abuse to women is not discrimination. &#39;Man&#39; is not a slur. I know a lot of you think the UN should intervene whenever women bruise your egos, but there is no human right to universal validation. <a href="https://t.co/xmQfeBEdlR">pic.twitter.com/xmQfeBEdlR</a>
&mdash; J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) <a href="https://twitter.com/jk_rowling/status/1764661385357652394?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 4, 2024</a></blockquote>
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<h4>And then there was the &#8220;Birthing Parent Day&#8221; post that triggered all the right people &#8230;</h4>
&#8220;Happy Birthing Parent Day to all whose large gametes were fertilised resulting in small humans whose sex was assigned by doctors making mostly lucky guesses,&#8221; Rowling quipped.
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❤️💐Happy Birthing Parent Day to all whose large gametes were fertilised resulting in small humans whose sex was assigned by doctors making mostly lucky guesses ❤️💐
&mdash; J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) <a href="https://twitter.com/jk_rowling/status/1766799493771469286?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 10, 2024</a></blockquote>
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<h4>And who could forget Rowling&#8217;s spot-on take when she was told that Trans-Exclusionary Radical Feminists (TERFs) like herself were reducing &#8220;all women solely to their reproductive organs&#8221;?</h4>
&#8220;I don&#8217;t &#8216;reduce myself&#8217; to my womb when I say I&#8217;m a woman any more than I reduce myself to my ears when I say I&#8217;m not deaf,&#8221; she posted in response. &#8220;These are facts. There is no liberation for women in pretending their sex class isn&#8217;t definable. If men can be women, there is no such thing as a woman.&#8221;
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I don&#39;t &#39;reduce myself&#39; to my womb when I say I&#39;m a woman any more than I reduce myself to my ears when I say I&#39;m not deaf. These are facts. There is no liberation for women in pretending their sex class isn&#39;t definable. If men can be women, there is no such thing as a woman. <a href="https://t.co/ziqinxaAYA">pic.twitter.com/ziqinxaAYA</a>
&mdash; J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) <a href="https://twitter.com/jk_rowling/status/1783430461848518819?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 25, 2024</a></blockquote>
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<h4>And then there was the time she schooled the critic who tried to shame her by suggesting her family didn&#8217;t want her defending women publicly.</h4>
&#8220;Loved ones urged JK Rowling to not come out with her transphobic views,&#8221; the accusation read. &#8220;She&#8217;s completely disregarded their voices and doubled down on her anti-trans posts.&#8221;
Rowling pointed out that her family members were more afraid — and rightly so — that her views would make her a target.
&#8220;They didn&#8217;t want me to put my head above the parapet because they were afraid for my safety. Sure enough, they haven&#8217;t enjoyed me being threatened with torture and rape. They&#8217;d rather I hadn&#8217;t needed to sit through police interviews about credible death and bomb threats,&#8221; she said.
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They didn&#39;t want me to put my head above the parapet because they were afraid for my safety. Sure enough, they haven&#39;t enjoyed me being threatened with torture and rape. They&#39;d rather I hadn&#39;t needed to sit through police interviews about credible death and bomb threats. <a href="https://t.co/VixVfS01Ql">pic.twitter.com/VixVfS01Ql</a>
&mdash; J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) <a href="https://twitter.com/jk_rowling/status/1796272918453686277?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 30, 2024</a></blockquote>
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<h4>What about the time she torched British Prime Minister Keir Starmer ahead of the election for his abject failure to deliver a &#8220;yes&#8221; or &#8220;no&#8221; answer to the question about trans-identifying men and women&#8217;s bathrooms?</h4>
&#8220;&#8216;So, to clarify, a transgender woman with a penis would have to use the men&#8217;s bathroom?&#8217; FFS, is there a Labour embargo on the words &#8216;yes&#8217; and &#8216;no&#8217;? This isn&#8217;t complicated. Just tell us whether you believe women have the right to single sex spaces,&#8221; Rowling said.
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&#39;So, to clarify, a transgender woman with a penis would have to use the men&#39;s bathroom?&#39;
FFS, is there a Labour embargo on the words &#39;yes&#39; and &#39;no&#39;? This isn&#39;t complicated. Just tell us whether you believe women have the right to single sex spaces. <a href="https://t.co/C2IoDLlkfn">https://t.co/C2IoDLlkfn</a>
&mdash; J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) <a href="https://twitter.com/jk_rowling/status/1807116271672016915?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 29, 2024</a></blockquote>
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<h4>Rowling quickly dropped the hammer on a trans activist&#8217;s definition of misogyny.</h4>
&#8220;The misogyny is in defining women through the things that have oppressed them for millennia,&#8221; the activist wrote.
Rowling pushed back, saying, &#8220;Women haven&#8217;t been oppressed for millennia by their own menstrual cycles and capacity to give birth, they&#8217;ve been oppressed by men on the basis of their biological functions. This will not be fixed by pretending some women have d*cks.&#8221;
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Women haven&#39;t been oppressed for millennia by their own menstrual cycles and capacity to give birth, they&#39;ve been oppressed by men on the basis of their biological functions. This will not be fixed by pretending some women have dicks. <a href="https://t.co/onWpePJd7I">pic.twitter.com/onWpePJd7I</a>
&mdash; J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) <a href="https://twitter.com/jk_rowling/status/1815698330040635901?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 23, 2024</a></blockquote>
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<h4>Amid the Olympic controversy surrounding Algerian boxer Imane Khelif, Rowling was apparently flooded with photos of female athletes who appeared to be less feminine as activists tried to prove their point. She didn&#8217;t buy it.</h4>
&#8220;For the record, bombarding me with pictures of athletic women to ‘teach’ me that women don’t all look like Barbie is like spamming me with pics of differently-shaped potatoes to prove rocks are edible. I can still see the difference and you look frankly bonkers,&#8221; she said.
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For the record, bombarding me with pictures of athletic women to ‘teach’ me that women don’t all look like Barbie is like spamming me with pics of differently-shaped potatoes to prove rocks are edible. I can still see the difference and you look frankly bonkers.
&mdash; J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) <a href="https://twitter.com/jk_rowling/status/1821167422721630473?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 7, 2024</a></blockquote>
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<h4>Rowling delivered the perfect &#8220;I told you so&#8221; after a trans activist critic of hers was convicted of rape.</h4>
&#8220;The important thing to remember is, he&#8217;s a total one off*, none of the other men arguing against women-only spaces are predators** and we won&#8217;t find out down the line there are more rapists hiding in plain sight***,&#8221; she posted, adding, &#8220;*He really isn&#8217;t. **They totally are. ***We definitely will.&#8221;
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The important thing to remember is, he&#39;s a total one off*, none of the other men arguing against women-only spaces are predators** and we won&#39;t find out down the line there are more rapists hiding in plain sight.***
*He really isn&#39;t. **They totally are. ***We definitely will. <a href="https://t.co/VW7jYb92zW">pic.twitter.com/VW7jYb92zW</a>
&mdash; J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) <a href="https://twitter.com/jk_rowling/status/1840497507530674519?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 29, 2024</a></blockquote>
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<h4>Rowling&#8217;s assessment of the men who champion radical gender ideology — almost exclusively at the expense of biological women — will go down in history.</h4>
&#8220;It will never stop being extraordinary to me that men who think of themselves as good guys stampeded to support males invading women&#8217;s reserved spaces and sports, then threw hissy fits when women didn&#8217;t eulogize them as progressive superheroes,&#8221; she said.
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It will never stop being extraordinary to me that men who think of themselves as good guys stampeded to support males invading women’s reserved spaces and sports, then threw hissy fits when women didn’t eulogise them as progressive superheroes.
&mdash; J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) <a href="https://twitter.com/jk_rowling/status/1851570307506614405?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 30, 2024</a></blockquote>
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<h4>And it&#8217;s only fitting to end with her response to a biological male being named Women&#8217;s Footballer of the Year by the BBC — despite the fact that said player had been withdrawn from the 2022 Women&#8217;s Africa Cup of Nations for failing sex eligibility.</h4>
&#8220;Presumably the BBC decided this was more time efficient than going door to door to spit directly in women&#8217;s faces,&#8221; she observed.
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Presumably the BBC decided this was more time efficient than going door to door to spit directly in women&#39;s faces. <a href="https://t.co/JGGdIVxYNB">https://t.co/JGGdIVxYNB</a>
&mdash; J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) <a href="https://twitter.com/jk_rowling/status/1861449157564592425?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 26, 2024</a></blockquote>
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British star Paapa Essiedu is reportedly being looked at to play the role of Professor Severus Snape in a new HBO adaptation of &#8220;<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/harry-potter" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Harry Potter</a>,&#8221; and fans have made it clear they aren’t happy about it.
On Thursday, several sources confirmed to <a href="https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/harry-potter-tv-series-paapa-essiedu-severus-snape-1236235548/">Variety</a> that the 34-year-old actor could land the role of Snape in the upcoming <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/hbo-stands-by-j-k-rowling-despite-pressure-to-denounce-her-transgender-comments">series</a>, a role previously held by the late Alan Rickman in the “Harry Potter” movie franchise.
There’s no word yet if Essiedu has accepted the part and HBO would only release a statement to that outlet that read, “We appreciate that such a high-profile series will draw a lot of rumor and speculation. As we make our way through pre-production, we will only confirm details as we finalize deals.”
According to the logline, the series will be “a faithful adaptation of the beloved ‘Harry Potter’ book series by author and executive producer J.K. Rowling.”
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No. Please, no. Severus Snape should follow the character described in the book. 
It&#8217;ll be awry seeing a black man play Snape (and I&#8217;m black so it&#8217;s not a race thing)
These cultural swaps would become the main focus of the series instead of what it actually is<a href="https://twitter.com/jk_rowling?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@jk_rowling</a> <a href="https://t.co/Qy6DcZgkpo">https://t.co/Qy6DcZgkpo</a>
— Ogbe Precious (@ogbeprecious_) <a href="https://twitter.com/ogbeprecious_/status/1864610370612027533?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 5, 2024</a></blockquote>
“The series will feature a new cast to lead a new generation of fandom, full of the fantastic detail and much-loved characters ‘Harry Potter’ fans have loved for over twenty-five years,” it added. “Each season will bring ‘Harry Potter’ and these incredible adventures to new audiences around the world, while the original, classic and cherished films will remain at the core of the franchise and available to watch globally.”
It was the line about a “faithful adaptation” of the book that many fans who criticized the British star’s possible part pointed out in their comments online.
“No. Please, no,” one person wrote on <a href="https://x.com/ogbeprecious_/status/1864610370612027533">X</a>. “Severus Snape should follow the character described in the book. It&#8217;ll be awry seeing a black man play Snape (and I&#8217;m black so it&#8217;s not a race thing) These cultural swaps would become the main focus of the series instead of what it actually is @jk_rowling.”
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A “Harry Potter” fan account <a href="https://x.com/HPotterUniverse/status/1864477091586101554">wrote</a>, “The creators of the show, including J.K. Rowling, said that the TV series would be a faithful adaptation of the books. Snape is described in the books as being a ‘thin man with greasy, shoulder-length black hair, a large hooked nose, sallow skin, and cold, black eyes.’”
“The drawing below was drawn by J.K. Rowling herself, which correlates with how she described Snape’s appearance in the books,” the post added. “They haven’t even started filming this TV series and they are already deviating from the books. Personally, I am disappointed…”
While a third person <a href="https://x.com/neganokkotsu/status/1864619689080422685">wrote</a>, “Why is my timeline full with this s*** ??? Cancel the whole show I bet he&#8217;s an amazing actor but he&#8217;s NOT Severus Snape f*** this woke s***.”
The “Harry Potter” series is slated to be released on HBO in 2026.
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/warner-bros-discovery-announces-release-date-for-harry-potter-tv-series" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Warner Bros. Discovery Announces Release Date For ‘Harry Potter’ TV Series</a>

Paapa Essiedu

British Actor Being Looked At For Major Role In New ‘Harry Potter,’ And Fans Aren’t Happy

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Famed “Harry Potter” author <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/jk-rowling" target="_blank" rel="noopener">J.K. Rowling</a> said she has yet to find a better hill to die on than fighting for the “rights and safety of women and children” when it comes to the transgender athletes issue.
In a now-viral post on <a href="https://x.com/jk_rowling/status/1859705895141376496?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank" rel="noopener">X</a>, Rowling was told, “Love your work. But wonder why is this the hill you want to die on?” The author’s X account is filled with one attack after another from activists upset at her because she’s spoken out for the rights of women, especially when it comes to the issue of trans-identifying males going into women’s only spaces, like locker rooms and bathrooms, as well as playing in female only sports.
“If there&#8217;s a better hill to die on than the rights and safety of women and children, I&#8217;ve never found it,” the author responded.
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If there&#8217;s a better hill to die on than the rights and safety of women and children, I&#8217;ve never found it. <a href="https://t.co/qx2W3JdGSG">pic.twitter.com/qx2W3JdGSG</a>
— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) <a href="https://twitter.com/jk_rowling/status/1859705895141376496?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 21, 2024</a></blockquote>
It came after a <a href="https://x.com/jk_rowling/status/1859704973061488878">post</a> on the same day in which Rowling responded to a story from Scott Osler regarding the universities who have <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/collegiate-womens-volleyball-players-file-title-ix-lawsuit-against-schools-over-trans-players" target="_blank" rel="noopener">refused to play</a> against San Jose State University due to its star trans-identifying male on the women’s volleyball team who goes by the name of Blaire Fleming, and his headline that read, ”The Great Volleyball Trans Hysteria.”
“He&#8217;s just one more person working backwards from the slogan he&#8217;s got to embrace to stay in the gang: &#8216;trans women are women,’” Rowling wrote. “They&#8217;ll abandon everything &#8211; empirical evidence, self-respect, basic ethics &#8211; rather than face the consequences of repudiating that idiotic mantra.”
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In a follow-up <a href="https://x.com/jk_rowling/status/1859706393143783442">post</a>, Rowling reposted a message with which she said she agreed from former tennis legend Martina Navratilova who wrote that, “And the irony of the headline- the word HYSTERIA has been always ascribed to women overreacting since we can’t handle our emotions. In any case- @scottostler &#8211; happy to talk to you about this, if you’re interested in finding out more. Also- the women’s net is 9 inches lower…why?”
The author also <a href="https://x.com/jk_rowling/status/1859746721804452114">responded</a> to the story about trans-identifying male Montana state Rep. Zooey Zephyr who claimed, &#8220;We&#8217;re every bit as ‘biologically female’ as cis women…”
“If a man is a woman, there&#8217;s no such thing as a woman,” Rowling wrote. “You&#8217;re desperate to be categorized as female, but by entering the category, you destroy it. You know that, which must suck for you, but not as much as it sucks for the women &amp; girls fighting to retain their rights and spaces.”

JK Rowling

J.K. Rowling Says Fighting For ‘Safety Of Women And Children’ Is Hill She’s Willing To Die On

J.K. Rowling Says Fighting For ‘Safety Of Women And Children’ Is Hill She's Willing To Die On

As the debate between trans activists and more mainstream Americans rages on, HBO reps have released a statement on the network&#8217;s decision to keep “<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/harry-potter">Harry Potter</a>” author <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/j-k-rowling">J.K. Rowling</a> involved in upcoming projects despite her being labeled a TERF (trans-exclusionary radical feminist) by the Left.
The British-born author holds mostly liberal views but draws the line at affirming trans-identifying men as women, a position that has inspired a heap of backlash and boycotts over the past several years. Still, Rowling has stood firm and repeatedly reiterated her stance.
Leftist “Harry Potter” fans and several stars from the film franchise have denounced Rowling for her beliefs. However, HBO issued a statement to <a href="https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/harry-potter-hbo-series-jk-rowling-transphobia-1236215642/">Variety</a> calling her contribution to the network, which spans more than 20 years, &#8220;invaluable&#8221; and reinforced its commitment to collaborate with her as it moves forward to adapt Rowling’s book series into a TV show.
“We are proud to once again tell the story of Harry Potter — the heartwarming books that speak to power of friendship, resolve and acceptance,” the statement said. “J.K. Rowling has a right to express her personal views. We will remain focused on the development of the new series, which will only benefit from her involvement.”
HBO chief Casey Bloys had a similar take during a press event on November 12, Variety noted, saying that Rowling was “very, very involved in the process selecting the writer and the director” and that her stance on transgender issues “haven’t affected the casting or hiring of writers or productions staff” for the “Harry Potter” series, which is slated to be released on HBO in 2026.
The campaign to denounce Rowling <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/maybe-everyone-doesnt-hate-j-k-rowling-after-all">began in 2020</a> when the author tweeted, “If sex isn’t real, there’s no same-sex attraction. If sex isn’t real, the lived reality of women globally is erased. I know and love trans people, but erasing the concept of sex removes the ability of many to meaningfully discuss their lives. It isn’t hate to speak the truth.”
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She’s been outspoken about her beliefs ever since, frequently posting about the topic, including the controversy over trans-identifying men competing in women’s sports. 
Rowling recently <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/j-k-rowling-blasts-john-oliver-for-claiming-trans-athletes-are-no-threat-to-female-competitors">reacted</a> to late-night host John Oliver’s remarks on the topic, writing in an X post, “With a straight face, the ‘believe the science’ guys will say ‘actually, we don’t yet have enough data to say whether men and boys are stronger and faster than women and girls’. The ‘be kind’ crew can’t see what the issue is. ‘Why are you bothered, it only affects a tiny minority of females?&#8217;”
She added, “If you want to tell the world you’re happy to watch females suffer injury, humiliation and the loss of sporting opportunities to bolster an elitist post-modern ideology embraced by a minute fraction of the world’s population, fair enough; you’re allowed your opinion. But if you’ve just told girls they don’t deserve fair sport, maybe rethink using all too real and common sexual predation against young women as a punchline for your ‘edgy’ closing joke.”

HBO Stands By J.K. Rowling Despite Pressure To Denounce Her Transgender Comments

HBO Defends Working With J.K. Rowling On 'Harry Potter' Projects

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“Harry Potter” author <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/j-k-rowling">J.K. Rowling</a> posted a lengthy response to late-night host <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/john-oliver">John Oliver</a>’s latest rant on guidelines for <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/transgender-athletes">transgender-identifying athletes</a> participating in sports. 
&#8220;Nothing about this feels good, because John Oliver generously gave his time for my charity Lumos and I liked him very much when I met him, but God knows, if you ever need an example of motivated reasoning and confirmation bias, this video&#8217;s for you. An undoubtedly intelligent person spouts absolute bullsh** to support something he wants to be true, but isn&#8217;t,&#8221; the author <a href="https://x.com/jk_rowling/status/1858258478629847149?s=43&amp;t=BDz6oekueqrSVJ50bM62xw">shared</a> on social media Sunday.
The &#8220;Last Week Tonight&#8221; host did a monologue on Friday about people who opposed biological males who identify as females participating in women’s sports. During his remarks, he claimed there was no evidence biological male trans athletes have an advantage when competing against biological females.
&#8220;The Harris campaign failed to formulate a response, especially when it&#8217;s pretty easy to do,&#8221; Oliver <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14088727/snarling-john-oliver-loses-temper-angry-tv-rant-backing-transgender-athletes.html">said</a>. &#8220;There are vanishingly few trans girls competing in high schools anywhere, even if there were more, trans kids like all kids vary in terms of athletic ability, and there is no evidence they pose any threat to safety or fairness.&#8221;
He said it was “weird” for opponents to be “so focused on this subject.”
Oliver said, “If you genuinely want to address the biggest concern for most girls who play high school sports, you&#8217;d be less worried about this and more about the creepy assistant volleyball coach who keeps liking their f***ing posts on Instagram.”
In response to Oliver’s claim that trans-identifying athletes didn’t cause harm, Rowling pointed to a United Nations <a href="https://nypost.com/2024/10/23/world-news/un-reveals-how-many-female-athletes-have-lost-medals-to-trans-opponents-in-explosive-report/">report</a> from last month, which found that more than 600 biological females did not medal in more than 400 competitions in 29 different sports due to trans-inclusion standards, meaning those competitors missed out on earning almost 900 medals.
Rowling also mentioned college student Payton McNabb, who sustained a concussion when a trans-identifying biological male spiked the ball at her during a high school volleyball game.
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&#8220;Again and again I&#8217;ve come up against men who argue exactly what Oliver does here, using the very same talking points,” the British author continued. “With a straight face, the &#8216;believe the science&#8217; guys will say &#8216;actually, we don&#8217;t yet have enough data to say whether men and boys are stronger and faster than women and girls&#8217;. The &#8216;be kind&#8217; crew can&#8217;t see what the issue is. &#8216;Why are you bothered, it only affects a tiny minority of females?'&#8221;
She added, &#8220;If you want to tell the world you&#8217;re happy to watch females suffer injury, humiliation and the loss of sporting opportunities to bolster an elitist post-modern ideology embraced by a minute fraction of the world&#8217;s population, fair enough; you&#8217;re allowed your opinion. But if you&#8217;ve just told girls they don&#8217;t deserve fair sport, maybe rethink using all too real and common sexual predation against young women as a punchline for your &#8216;edgy&#8217; closing joke.”

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J.K. Rowling Blasts John Oliver For Claiming Trans Athletes Are No ‘Threat’ To Female Competitors

J.K. Rowling Blasts John Oliver For Claiming Trans Athletes Are No 'Threat' To Female Competitors

John Oliver

Cancel Culture victims are legion, but no one has been targeted quite like J.K. Rowling.
The “Harry Potter” author broke rank with fellow progressives in 2020, and she’s been paying the price ever since.
Yet she persists, to tap a progressive catchphrase. So do other stars who refused to back down. They ended up even bigger as a result.
Rowling’s Cancel Culture sin was agreeing with most people on one of the era’s most explosive issues. The author’s social media <a href="https://www.jkrowling.com/opinions/j-k-rowling-writes-about-her-reasons-for-speaking-out-on-sex-and-gender-issues/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">defiance on trans doctrine</a> caused an immediate outcry. The media <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/jk-rowling-is-so-transphobic-even-elon-musk-wants-her-to-shut-up" target="_blank" rel="noopener">pounced and seized</a>. So did fellow progressives and trans activists.
This is the moment when many Cancel Culture targets begin their Apology Tour™.
Not Rowling.
<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/you-are-not-kind-you-are-not-righteous-jk-rowling-unloads-on-trans-activists" target="_blank" rel="noopener">She held firm</a> at the time and has yet to flinch over four long years.
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Over that time, she’s <a href="https://news.sky.com/story/jk-rowling-working-with-police-over-death-threat-after-voicing-support-for-salman-rushdie-12672229">received death threats</a>, watched her name <a href="https://ew.com/celebrity/j-k-rowling-removed-from-seattle-museum-of-pop-culture-anti-trans-remarks/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">repeatedly</a> get <a href="https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2023/08/11/jk-rowling-removed-museum-pop-culture-harry-potter-transphobic-views" target="_blank" rel="noopener">erased</a>, and has been betrayed by the actors she helped make household names, including “Harry Potter” franchise alum Daniel Radcliffe and Emma Watson. 
Except her Harry Potter legacy is as powerful as ever. The video game extension of said franchise, “Hogwarts Legacy,” <a href="https://www.pcgamer.com/hogwarts-legacy-sold-over-22-million-copies-warner-bros-exec-brags-its-the-best-selling-game-of-the-year-in-the-entire-industry-worldwide/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">boasted sales above and beyond expectations</a> despite attempts to cancel the title.
Max decided to revive the Harry Potter franchise via an upcoming TV series, one of the streamer’s biggest projects to date. The platform <a href="https://x.com/jk_rowling/status/1805968567034069278?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1805968567034069278%7Ctwgr%5Ea8a85c42362cddcff8900257829dcd6c7c72d76c%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.breitbart.com%2Fentertainment%2F2024%2F06%2F27%2Fcancel-culture-fail-warner-bros-included-j-k-rowling-in-selecting-harry-potter-series-creative-team%2F" target="_blank" rel="noopener">even invited Rowling</a> to vet the talent behind the saga.
Rowling stood up to the mob and emerged as a more powerful force.
Comedian Tyler Fischer endured a very different brand of cancellation. No one “resurfaced” one of Fischer’s old gags to get him professionally pummeled.
He simply fought back against DEI-style discrimination and for medical autonomy.
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Fischer decided early in the pandemic not to get the COVID-19 vaccine. He was young, healthy, and had already survived a brush with the virus. The latter gave him natural immunity, something the medical powers that be downplayed at the time.
His decision cost him both friendships and gigs at a time when his career was still a work in progress.
Fischer didn’t get political, nor did he give up. He stuck to his principles, created viral-friendly impressions of Dr. Anthony Fauci, and rebuilt a career without Hollywood’s help.
He did fight back, though. He filed a lawsuit against his former management team for admitting they couldn’t find work for <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/no-joke-white-comic-terror-on-the-prairie-actor-sues-talent-agency-alleging-discrimination">a straight, white male</a>.
And he kept on hustling.
He co-starred in not one but two DailyWire+ films: “<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/videos/lady-ballers" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lady Ballers</a>” and “<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/videos/terror-on-the-prairie" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Terror on the Prairie</a>.” He paired with fellow rebel comics JP Sears and Ryan Long. He ingratiated himself to Fox News’ viewers via “Gutfeld!”
And he just landed the most coveted spot for any modern comedian — The hot seat on “The Joe Rogan Experience.”
Comedians once saw “The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson” as the ultimate sign they had “made it.” If Carson invited you to the NBC couch after your set, it was the ultimate sign of respect.
Now, a chat with Rogan serves a similar purpose. Fischer has officially made it, and he did so without betraying his values or free speech principles.
Comic legend Roseanne Barr actually said something awful and should have apologized for it immediately.
That’s exactly what she did after she crudely compared former Obama advisor Valerie Jarrett to a “Planet of the Apes” character on Twitter.
Apology not accepted, even if she had a track record of reaching out to minority scribes on her eponymous sitcom. ABC fired Barr from her own sitcom and killed off her iconic character, turning the series over to “The Conners.”
Decades atop the Hollywood food chain ended with the speed of a Tweet.
She was done.
She laid low for a while, finally using a FOX Nation stand-up special as her official re-entry into showbiz. From there, she started a feisty podcast, co-starred on DailyWire+’s “Mr. Birchum” series, and made herself a familiar face in Austin, Texas, the new comedy epicenter.
She’s now an elder statesperson in the country’s hottest comedy scene, part of the Rogan revolution where free speech reigns supreme.
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In a way, Barr’s cancellation is ongoing. She won’t be welcomed on any late-night show or “Saturday Night Live” episode going forward. No Hollywood studio will tap her for a comic cameo or supporting role.
She doesn’t need it anymore.
Nor does Shane Gillis, but the feeling isn’t mutual.
The affable comic snared the gig of a lifetime in 2019 when Lorne Michaels chose him to join “Saturday Night Live.” Gillis’ old material “resurfaced,” including a crude routine with Asian stereotypes.
He got canned before the season’s first episode aired.
Many might have called it a career. Not Gillis. He kept on creating, from stand-up gigs to his hilarious “Gilly and Keeves” YouTube sketch series.
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Gillis also leaned on social media platforms to build his base, posting full-length stand-up specials on YouTube with dizzying results. His “Live from Austin” special has generated 28 million views since going live in 2022.
Suddenly, “SNL” had second thoughts. The show invited Gillis to host the program that tried to cancel his career. 
Meanwhile, Netflix ordered up a Gillis special, “Beautiful Dogs,” along with an original comedy series (“Tires”).
It’s worth acknowledging that other stars have done and said far worse without a hint of cancellation. Alec Baldwin and Ezra Miller rush to mind.
These canceled stars didn’t deserve the cultural punishments meted out by the modern Left. They proved too talented to stay canceled.
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Christian Toto is an award-winning journalist, movie critic, and editor of <a href="http://www.hollywoodintoto.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">HollywoodInToto.com</a>. He previously served as associate editor with Breitbart News’ Big Hollywood. Follow him at <a href="https://twitter.com/HollywoodInToto?lang=en" target="_blank" rel="noopener">@HollywoodInToto</a>.
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To hear the media tell it, the world hates J.K. Rowling.
Ever since she stated her opinion on radical Left-wing gender theory, which happened to be different from the other members of the ruling class’s political party, Rowling has become a target of their vitriol. The best-selling “Harry Potter” author wasn’t like other celebrities who dabbled in dissent, however. Instead of backing down from her stance on trans acceptance, she doubled down.
“If sex isn’t real, there’s no same-sex attraction. If sex isn’t real, the lived reality of women globally is erased. I know and love trans people, but erasing the concept of sex removes the ability of many to meaningfully discuss their lives. It isn’t hate to speak the truth,” Rowling shared in a tweet in 2020.
“The idea that women like me, who’ve been empathetic to trans people for decades, feeling kinship because they’re vulnerable in the same way as women—i.e., to male violence—‘hate’ trans people because they think sex is real and has lived consequences—is a nonsense.”
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The idea that women like me, who’ve been empathetic to trans people for decades, feeling kinship because they’re vulnerable in the same way as women &#8211; ie, to male violence &#8211; ‘hate’ trans people because they think sex is real and has lived consequences &#8211; is a nonsense.
&mdash; J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) <a href="https://twitter.com/jk_rowling/status/1269406094595588096?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 6, 2020</a></blockquote>
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That stance has been impactful for both fans who agree and disagree with her. Several prominent stars from the “Harry Potter” films spoke out against the woman behind the stories that made them internationally known. 
In 2020, Daniel Radcliffe, who played the titular star, wrote an essay for The Trevor Project and apologized for “the pain” Rowling’s comments may have caused transgender identifying individuals, as The Daily Wire previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/harry-potter-actor-daniel-radcliffe-insists-trans-youth-can-tell-us-who-they-are" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>.
“Transgender women are women,” the actor wrote in the essay. “Any statement to the contrary erases the identity and dignity of transgender people and goes against all advice given by professional healthcare associations who have far more expertise on this subject matter than either Jo [Rowling] or [me].”
Actress Emma Watson (who played Hermione in the movies) also shared her thoughts on X. “Trans people are who they say they are and deserve to live their lives without being constantly questioned or told they aren’t who they say they are,” she wrote. “I want my trans followers to know that I and so many other people around the world see you, respect you and love you for who you are.”
The media has been setting off attacks against Rowling ever since. They disparaged her and claimed fans were abandoning her, and the beloved “Harry Potter” series, in droves. 
“Harry Potter Magic Fades When Creator Tweets,” an NPR article <a href="https://www.npr.org/2020/06/10/873472683/harry-potters-magic-fades-when-his-creator-tweets" target="_blank" rel="noopener">declared</a>. 
“Harry Potter and the Author Who Failed Us,” a Vox story <a href="https://www.vox.com/culture/21285396/jk-rowling-transphobic-backlash-harry-potter" target="_blank" rel="noopener">echoed</a>. 
No doubt the “<a href="https://www.nasdaq.com/articles/how-rich-are-jk-rowling-james-patterson-and-the-other-top-10-richest-authors" target="_blank" rel="noopener">first billion-dollar author</a>” has received backlash online and beyond. But according to a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/90-actresses-reject-roles-in-play-attacking-j-k-rowlings-transgender-stance" target="_blank" rel="noopener">new report</a>, 90 actresses refused to participate in a play allegedly criticizing her, so Rowling must not be as hated as everyone claims she is.
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🎭 A play that criticises JK Rowling’s views on gender is struggling to cast women with 90 actresses so far rejecting parts.
Read more here ⬇️<a href="https://t.co/Iwmz1gaH4h">https://t.co/Iwmz1gaH4h</a> <a href="https://t.co/9MyPhj5ZZm">pic.twitter.com/9MyPhj5ZZm</a>
&mdash; The Telegraph (@Telegraph) <a href="https://twitter.com/Telegraph/status/1801329197828206989?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 13, 2024</a></blockquote>
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The play in question is called “TERF” and it’s scheduled to run at the Sir Ian McKellen Theatre in Edinburgh from August 2 through August 25. The acronym “TERF” is used as a derogatory term and stands for “trans-exclusionary radical feminist.” Since making the series of tweets, Rowling has become the most well-known of the accused TERFs. 
“This project has met some kind of resistance every step of the way, though I’ve been generally surprised by how difficult it has been for us to recruit the female cast in particular,” creative producer Barry Church-Woods told the Telegraph of the play, according to a previous report from <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/90-actresses-reject-roles-in-play-attacking-j-k-rowlings-transgender-stance" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Daily Wire</a>.
“I think it’s fair to say that a few things are coming into play in casting,” he continued.
A description of the production says, “Jo led a blessed life. Literary phenomenon. Cultural icon. And beloved. Completely beloved … until everything went to hell in a broombasket. Now, Jo’s surrogate children – Daniel, Rupert, and Emma – have had enough. It’s time for an intervention.”
TERF’s creative producer and founder of live arts company We Are Civil Disobedience Barry Church-Woods told <a href="https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/06/17/jk-rowling-play-edinburgh-fringe/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">PinkNews</a>, “It’s been very tricky casting this show, I think first in part because they’re actually quite iconic roles to take on, but definitely because there’s been a very vocal misinformed backlash to the project since we announced it early 2024.”
“Rowling has also become such a beacon for the issue that we’re dealing daily with the enraged ‘anti-woke’ armies of Breitbart and Fox News. It’s a lot of noise to come up against, and I imagine is quite daunting for anyone who is reading the vitriolic backlash right now,” he added.
“I think there may also be a couple of other factors affecting the casting of the roles,” Church-Woods said. 
Another idea posited for the lack of interest involves a “Harry Potter” television show that is rumored to be in production, which the stars’ talent agents could have their sights on. Being involved in the play could ruin their chances to be cast, the outlet noted.
The self-identified “queer” screenwriter Joshua Kaplan previously said the project isn’t a direct attack on Rowling. He claimed the play’s focus “is on relationships and how Rowling’s opinions have evolved” but is not “interrogating the substance of her opinions.”
“I hope the audience will walk out not with a message but a question. I want people to walk out saying, ‘Maybe I shouldn’t have put that on Twitter the other day,’” he said.
Church-Woods agreed that the play isn’t meant to be a negative statement on Rowling. “It’s ironic that the reporting of this project so far has focused on how the show is critical of Rowling,” he told PinkNews. “Yet we’ve never actually said it is. No-one has read the script yet apart from us and our legal team, and yet still they all hold strong opinions about it.”
Whether the questions raised in the play are explicitly or implicitly directed at Rowling’s stance on the trans agenda is irrelevant. The fact remains that if 90 stars looking for work aren’t interested in taking on the play, there’s a good chance that Rowling isn’t the villain she’s been portrayed as, despite the mainstream media desperately trying to convince us all otherwise.

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Producers are having trouble filling female roles in a play that attacks famed author <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/j-k-rowling">J.K. Rowling’s</a> transgender stance, with some 90 actresses turning down the offer so far.
Creators of a play called “TERF” — which stands for Trans Exclusionary Radical Feminist — said their play is a “well-paid gig meeting industry standards and the script is terrific,” but still nearly 100 aspiring actresses have said no thanks, <a href="https://redstate.com/margaret-clark/2024/06/16/90-actresses-pass-on-role-as-jk-rowling-in-play-critical-of-her-gender-beliefs-because-women-agree-n2175571?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR1oAd36Y9J3hXtM3VvjmDVpdFVQ9DT87EqkqSwEBT9VzBv3eygi7uIc_qo_aem_ZmFrZWR1bW15MTZieXRlcw">Red State</a> reported.
&#8220;This project has met some kind of resistance every step of the way, though I’ve been generally surprised by how difficult it has been for us to recruit the female cast in particular,&#8221; creative producer Barry Church-Woods told the <a href="https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/06/13/scores-actresses-turn-down-roles-play-critical-jk-rowling/?ICID=continue_without_subscribing_reg_first">Telegraph</a>.
“I think it’s fair to say that a few things are coming into play in casting,” he added. 
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🎭 A play that criticises JK Rowling’s views on gender is struggling to cast women with 90 actresses so far rejecting parts.
Read more here ⬇️<a href="https://t.co/Iwmz1gaH4h">https://t.co/Iwmz1gaH4h</a> <a href="https://t.co/9MyPhj5ZZm">pic.twitter.com/9MyPhj5ZZm</a>
— The Telegraph (@Telegraph) <a href="https://twitter.com/Telegraph/status/1801329197828206989?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 13, 2024</a></blockquote>
The production has cast the male roles but 90 actresses have turned down the parts of Rowling and Watson amid concerns over the play’s criticism of the famed author, the <a href="https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/06/13/scores-actresses-turn-down-roles-play-critical-jk-rowling/">Telegraph</a> suggested.
The fictional play includes an intervention by “Harry Potter” stars Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, and Rupert Grint against Rowling to get her to change her views. All three of the “Harry Potter” stars have <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/harry-potter-stars-emma-watson-rupert-grint-defy-j-k-rowling-trans-women-are-women-trans-men-are-men">publicly slammed</a> the author over her support of biological women over trans-identifying males.
The play is expected to debut at the Edinburgh Fringe. A description of the <a href="https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/terf">production</a> read, “Jo led a blessed life. Literary phenomenon. Cultural icon. And beloved. Completely beloved &#8230; until everything went to hell in a broombasket. Now, Jo’s surrogate children – Daniel, Rupert, and Emma – have had enough. It’s time for an intervention.”
“Except Jo isn’t in the mood for an intervention, especially not one organized by three A-list Judases,” it added. &#8220;But the battle lines have already been drawn. She might not have started this war, but she&#8217;ll end it – with a smile. When she learns the cost of victory, though, it could be too high for even her to pay…&#8221;
In 2020, Radcliffe wrote an essay for The Trevor Project and apologized for &#8220;the pain&#8221; Rowling&#8217;s comments may have caused transgenders, as The Daily Wire previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/harry-potter-actor-daniel-radcliffe-insists-trans-youth-can-tell-us-who-they-are">reported</a>.
“Transgender women are women,”  the actor said at the time in the <a href="https://www.thetrevorproject.org/blog/daniel-radcliffe-responds-to-j-k-rowlings-tweets-on-gender-identity/">essay</a>. &#8220;Any statement to the contrary erases the identity and dignity of transgender people and goes against all advice given by professional healthcare associations who have far more expertise on this subject matter than either Jo [Rowling] or [me].”
In a series of posts on <a href="https://x.com/EmmaWatson/status/1270826851070619649?lang=en">X</a>, Watson wrote, “Trans people are who they say they are and deserve to live their lives without being constantly questioned or told they aren’t who they say they are. I want my trans followers to know that I and so many other people around the world see you, respect you and love you for who you are.”
Grint previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/harry-potter-stars-emma-watson-rupert-grint-defy-j-k-rowling-trans-women-are-women-trans-men-are-men">stated</a>, “I firmly stand with the trans community and echo the sentiments expressed by many of my peers. Trans women are women. Trans men are men. We should all be entitled to live with love and without judgment.”
Amanda Harding contributed to this piece.

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Trans-identifying Scottish Green Party candidate Sophie Molly tangled with &#8220;Harry Potter&#8221; author J.K. Rowling in a brief exchange on X, and things did not appear to go as planned.
The spat began with a post from Rowling announcing how proud she was to be a part of the soon-to-be-released book &#8220;The Women Who Wouldn&#8217;t Wheesht: Voices From the Front-Line of Scotland&#8217;s Battle for Women&#8217;s Rights.&#8221;
&#8220;I’m very proud to have contributed an essay to this book, alongside many women I’m proud to call my friends. For non-Scots, ‘wheesht’ means ‘be quiet’ or ‘hush up’, but I suspect you could have worked that out from the context …&#8221; Rowling posted on Thursday.
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I’m very proud to have contributed an essay to this book, alongside many women I’m proud to call my friends.
For non-Scots, ‘wheesht’ means ‘be quiet’ or ‘hush up’, but I suspect you could have worked that out from the context… <a href="https://t.co/EpcDW3CTmf">https://t.co/EpcDW3CTmf</a>
— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) <a href="https://twitter.com/jk_rowling/status/1791014379200102665?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 16, 2024</a></blockquote>
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On Saturday, Molly responded — and in addition to claiming that the book was &#8220;deeply transphobic,&#8221; complained that anyone who was &#8220;gender critical&#8221; was taking away rights from those who identify as transgender.
&#8220;This book is deeply transphobic. It puts the safety of all trans people at risk. Promoting hate does nothing but harm society. Trans people are not removing anyone&#8217;s rights. The Gender Critical have removed trans people&#8217;s right to feel safe in public spaces,&#8221; Molly posted.
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This book is deeply transphobic. It puts the safety of all trans people at risk. Promoting hate does nothing but harm society. Trans people are not removing anyone&#8217;s rights. The Gender Critical have removed trans people&#8217;s right to feel safe in public spaces. <a href="https://t.co/0UhMtk7lOZ">https://t.co/0UhMtk7lOZ</a>
— Sophie Molly 💚🏳️‍🌈😸 (@SophieMolly_SG) <a href="https://twitter.com/SophieMolly_SG/status/1791940864295776316?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 18, 2024</a></blockquote>
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Rowling replied on Sunday, pointing out the fact that Molly was passing judgment on a book that had not yet been published.
&#8220;.@SophieMolly_SG I&#8217;m seriously impressed that you&#8217;ve been able to read and review an unpublished book of which there are currently only two copies in existence, neither of which have been lent to you,&#8221; Rowling said in her follow-up post on X.
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.<a href="https://twitter.com/SophieMolly_SG?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SophieMolly_SG</a> I&#8217;m seriously impressed that you&#8217;ve been able to read and review an unpublished book of which there are currently only two copies in existence, neither of which have been lent to you. <a href="https://t.co/NLJ64W1pGX">pic.twitter.com/NLJ64W1pGX</a>
— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) <a href="https://twitter.com/jk_rowling/status/1792189165083164924?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 19, 2024</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;I can say with absolute certainty that you are a transphobe. It&#8217;s basic biology,&#8221; Molly said in a later post directed at Rowling.
The author replied, &#8220;Really interesting campaign you&#8217;re running. I shall follow your political journey with interest.&#8221;
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Really interesting campaign you&#8217;re running. I shall follow your political journey with interest.
— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) <a href="https://twitter.com/jk_rowling/status/1792199974471471518?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 19, 2024</a></blockquote>
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Molly kept trying, replying to Rowling again: &#8220;And yes of course I know she&#8217;s being sarcastic. I&#8217;m just humouring her. Terrible writer. I am superior with the English vonacular [sic].&#8221;
&#8220;My English vonacular is indeed very rusty,&#8221; Rowling replied.
Molly later edited the post, blaming &#8220;<a href="https://x.com/SophieMolly_SG/status/1792251349389783208" target="_blank" rel="noopener">autocorrect</a>&#8221; for spelling &#8220;vernacular&#8221; incorrectly.

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Scotland&#8217;s proposed new misogyny law will protect trans-identifying men as well as women, First Minister Humza Yousaf said during a <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cw59e7dg2nlo" target="_blank" rel="noopener">recent appearance</a> on &#8220;Good Morning Scotland.&#8221;
A bill designed &#8220;to tackle misogyny&#8221; is expected to be introduced sometime prior to the end of the current parliamentary term in 2026 and, according to Yousaf, will include protections for anyone who identifies as a woman regardless of their biological sex.
&#8220;Women and girls will be protected, and trans women will be protected as well, as they will often be the ones who suffer threats of rape or threats of disfigurement for example,&#8221; Yousaf told the program. &#8220;When a trans woman is walking down the street and a threat of rape is made against them, the man making the threat doesn’t know if they are a trans woman or a cis woman. They will make that threat because the perception of that person [is] as a woman.&#8221;
The bill, according to another government spokesperson, will aim to address misogyny by working to &#8220;create a new focus on protecting women and girls to address criminal behavior motivated purely by misogyny.&#8221;
The new law, according to advocates, is necessary because the recently implemented <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/i-look-forward-to-being-arrested-jk-rowling-torches-scotlands-new-hate-crime-law" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Hate Crimes Act</a> does not address crimes against women or rooted in misogyny — although it does offer protections for &#8220;marginalized groups&#8221; like those who identify as transgender.
Author J.K. Rowling responded to the news in a post on X, arguing that including biological males under the law&#8217;s protections meant that the focus was not truly on women and girls at all.
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&#8220;Once again, @HumzaYousaf makes his absolute contempt for women and their rights clear. Women were excluded from his nonsensical hate crime law, now he introduces a &#8216;misogyny law&#8217; designed to also protect men,&#8221; she posted.
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Trans-identified men have sent violent threats to women but the likes of Beth Douglas (attached) now receive double protection from Yousaf: for his so-called gender identity, and for also being, in the eyes of the Scottish government, a woman. 2/2<a href="https://t.co/98yBu7UXmD">https://t.co/98yBu7UXmD</a>
&mdash; J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) <a href="https://twitter.com/jk_rowling/status/1780228828972929332?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 16, 2024</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;Trans-identified men have sent violent threats to women but the likes of Beth Douglas (attached) now receive double protection from Yousaf: for his so-called gender identity, and for also being, in the eyes of the Scottish government, a woman,&#8221; she added.

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