The cultural left is against her for being very visibly transphobic (along other things). Additionally religious reactionaries historically don’t like the fact her books are inspired by historical witchcraft practices, as pointed out in the meme.
To quote wikipedia’s summery:
…Whited asserted in 2024 that Rowling’s sometimes “flippant” and “simplistic understanding of gender identity” had permanently changed her “relationship not only with fans, readers, and scholars … but also with her works themselves”.
I don’t think you can categorise into right or left. I know right-wing people who are gay as an example (they’re conservative, but they’re not MAGA/Trump/nazi’s).
It’s really better to categorise as “people who give about making things better for the community”, and “people who don’t”.
JK Rowling is the latter. Trump is the latter too. In general though, in US and Australia, extreme right wing people seem to fit more into the latter… Minorities can also fit into either category too quite easily
nobody on the left would ever say that someone who does one cool thing is automatically a good person. There’s been plenty of asshole artists and overall thing makers in history that have made amazing things
The asshole artist. So common, a stereotype, but true. An artist must think independently. Cannot be concerned with agreeing with the consensus. Must be unafraid to speak her mind and risk the wrath of the tribe.
It’s unavoidable that they will clash with the greater population.
Who’s against Rowling here, the right or the left?
She did Harry Potter, which is pretty awsome. So she’s the good guy here, right?
It’s honestly hard to keep track.
The cultural left is against her for being very visibly transphobic (along other things). Additionally religious reactionaries historically don’t like the fact her books are inspired by historical witchcraft practices, as pointed out in the meme.
To quote wikipedia’s summery:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_views_of_J._K._Rowling#Transgender_issues
She’s a huge bigot…
I don’t think you can categorise into right or left. I know right-wing people who are gay as an example (they’re conservative, but they’re not MAGA/Trump/nazi’s).
It’s really better to categorise as “people who give about making things better for the community”, and “people who don’t”.
JK Rowling is the latter. Trump is the latter too. In general though, in US and Australia, extreme right wing people seem to fit more into the latter… Minorities can also fit into either category too quite easily
nobody on the left would ever say that someone who does one cool thing is automatically a good person. There’s been plenty of asshole artists and overall thing makers in history that have made amazing things
The asshole artist. So common, a stereotype, but true. An artist must think independently. Cannot be concerned with agreeing with the consensus. Must be unafraid to speak her mind and risk the wrath of the tribe.
It’s unavoidable that they will clash with the greater population.