J K Rowling – A Tale of Three Letters

Jul 9, 2020 by Jill

by David Robertson, theweeflea:

J K Rowling has done it again. She has responded to her enemies with grace, style and intelligence on Twitter. How dare she?! Doesn’t she know that that is not what Twitter is for?! She even spends a great deal of time tweeting about pictures that children have sent her. My admiration for her just keeps growing – as does the vile, vitriolic, misogynistic abuse she receives.

Rowling has also, along with 150 academics and writers signed this letter in Harper. It’s an important letter signifying a clear change in our cultural zeitgeist. And again it has received a predictable outcry with one staff member in Harpers complaining it should not have been published because it ‘hurt’ them – thus ironically proving their point!. (I have added the full text of the letter at the end of this blog).

Read here

JK Rowling joins 150 public figures warning over free speech, BBC News