J.K. Rowling is once again linked to something terrible

When your name is on the tip of the tongue of the most detested man in the current news cycle, it may be time to conduct a personal inventory. Author J.K. Rowling, best known for being the author of the beloved "Harry Potter" book series, and also for being a Trans-Exclusionary Radical Feminist, otherwise known as a TERF, was mentioned by Putin during a recent broadcast. Related: Rowling doubles down on "transphobic" remarks about gender reform bill on International Women's Day "Not so long ago, the children's writer J.K. Rowling was also cancelled because she. Rowling, likely desperate to find her way back to a realm in which she's viewed in a positive light again, fired back against Putin's statement in an effort to distance herself saying via Twitter "Critiques of Western cancel culture are possibly not best made by those currently slaughtering civilians for the crime of resistance, or who jail and poison their critics." Jon Stewart said Harry Potter goblins are Jews, but adds, "I do not think JK Rowling is antisemitic" Amazon sales of a transphobic book revives greater free speech debate "Harry Potter" & the problematic creator – What's left for a fandom raised on false tolerance?