Jul 28, 2021
'It is my belief, however, that the truth is generally preferable to lies . . .'
Dumbledore in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, JK Rowling
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'It is my belief, however, that the truth is generally preferable to lies . . .'
Dumbledore in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, JK Rowling
We’re living through the most misogynistic period I’ve experienced. Back in the 80s, I imagined that my future daughters, should I have any, would have it far better than I ever did, but between the backlash against feminism and a porn-saturated online culture, I believe things have got significantly worse for girls. Never have I seen women denigrated and dehumanised to the extent they are now. From the leader of the free world’s long history of sexual assault accusations and his proud boast of ‘grabbing them by the pussy’, to the incel (‘involuntarily celibate’) movement that rages against women who won’t give them sex, to the trans activists who declare that TERFs need punching and re-educating, men across the political spectrum seem to agree: women are asking for trouble. Everywhere, women are being told to shut up and sit down, or else.
JK Rowling’s Reasons for Speaking Out on Sex and Gender issues Essay
'Remember Cedric. Remember, if the time should come when you have to make a choice between what is right, and what is easy, remember what happened to a boy who was good, and kind, and brave, because he strayed across the path of Lord Voldemort. Remember Cedric Diggory.'
Dumbledore in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, JK Rowling
Troubled Blood is not only the novel that Robert Galbraith has enjoyed writing the most, it also happens to be the novel that JK Rowling has enjoyed writing the most.
JK Rowling, Crime Book of the Year 2021 Acceptance Speech
Differences of habit and language are nothing at all if our aims are identical and our hearts are open.
Dumbledore in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, JK Rowling
'I will settle, in the short term,' said Dumbledore, with a bite of impatience in his voice, 'for a lack of open hostility. You will shake hands. You are on the same side now. Time is short, and unless the few of us who know the truth stand united, there is no hope for any of us.'
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, JK Rowling
I am deeply saddened that RFKHR has felt compelled to adopt this stance, but no award or honour, no matter my admiration for the person for whom it was named, means so much to me that I would forfeit the right to follow the dictates of my own conscience.
J. K. Rowling
Fortunately for me, I found my own sense of otherness, and my ambivalence about being a woman, reflected in the work of female writers and musicians who reassured me that, in spite of everything a sexist world tries to throw at the female-bodied, it’s fine not to feel pink, frilly and compliant inside your own head; it’s OK to feel confused, dark, both sexual and non-sexual, unsure of what or who you are.
JK Rowling’s Reasons for Speaking Out on Sex and Gender Issues Essay