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J.K. Rowling: Not Just Uncancelled; Positioned for Revenge

J.K. Rowling: Not Just Uncancelled; Positioned for Revenge

How the tables have turned

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May 15, 2025
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When she was young and struggling, I bet J.K. Rowling never thought that one day she would become the world’s first billion-dollar author.

I bet she never thought her books would be adapted into hit movies. I bet she never thought religious conservatives would mobilize against her or that she’d get cancelled by the left. I bet she never thought she’d receive thousands of death threats and have her eldest child targeted for doxxing by a trans activist.

I bet she never thought she’d rise again to see a major studio turn her books into a television series. And after all that really did happen, I wonder if she ever thought she’d be in a position to mete out some payback.

Yet, here she is.


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