How to Continue Being a Harry Potter Fan and a Trans Ally

On December 19th after a Twitter hiatus, J.K. Rowling tweeted out in support of Maya Forstater, a trans antagonist and “gender critical feminist” who recently lost a court battle to protect her transphobic online behavior after having a work contract not renewed.

My immediate reaction upon waking up on December 19th to Rowling’s tweet was to write the piece, ‘This is not a drill; it’s time to cancel JK Rowling.’ In this piece, I heatedly talk about the issues surrounding cancel culture and the necessity of boycotting those who abuse enormous platforms that reach vulnerable children.

Following Rowling’s tweet and the resulting argument that I furiously tapped out upon waking up on December 19th, I accepted an invitation from Andrew Sims, editor in chief of Hypable.com, to record an episode of MuggleCast in which we discussed the ins and out of this Rowling scandal. Principally, we talked about why people should care about this and what Rowling’s tweet really means. That episode can be listened to or downloaded from the MuggleCast website, iTunes, or Google Podcasts. If you use a specific podcast listening app you can also use this RSS feed to load…