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Why Is Anyone Still Listening to J.K. Rowling?

EXPECTO, PATERNALISM!
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The Witch Trials of J.K. Rowling laid bare the predictable (and, in some cases, debunked) ideas underpinning Rowling’s perspective. But the “debate” about her will never end.

There’s an exhausted air to J.K. Rowling’s delivery throughout The Witch Trials of J.K. Rowling. When asked to respond to her detractors, the author often speaks almost in a sigh, and at times, she’ll let out a condescending chuckle—a nod to the three years she’s spent griping about pronouns on...

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