"How could you think we'd care about what that—woman—wrote about you?": Harry Potter fans' reaction to J. K. Rowling's transphobic tweets

Authors

  • Casey Friedmann Kelley University of Central Florida

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3983/twc.2023.2339

Keywords:

Harry Potter, J. K. Rowling, Transgender, TERF

Abstract

I surveyed current and former Harry Potter fans’ thoughts on recent tweets by author J. K. Rowling. Results show that fans have strong opinions of Rowling’s tweets and Rowling herself, but mixed feelings about the Harry Potter franchise.

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Published

2023-03-13

Issue

Vol. 39 (2023): Trans Fandom

Section

Symposium

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Copyright (c) 2023 Casey Kelley

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