J.Okay. Rowling has mentioned she doesn’t care if her views on transgender rights have broken her legacy, saying she’ll “be lifeless”.
The Harry Potter writer has generated widespread controversy with a variety of remarks that many have perceived as transphobic throughout the previous two years. Nonetheless, Rowling has shrugged off considerations that she might have destroyed her legacy in the case of her controversial views.
Showing on the podcast The Witch Trials of J.K. Rowling, hosted by Megan Phelps-Roper, the author was requested if she considered her legacy and the way issues she mentioned impacted how she’d be considered in years to return. As per The Independent, the writer mentioned: “No matter. I’ll be lifeless.”
She added: “I feel you would not have misunderstood me extra profoundly. I don’t stroll round my home occupied with my legacy, what a pompous approach to dwell your life occupied with what my legacy might be. No matter! I’ll be lifeless, I care about now, the dwelling.”
Rowling additionally mentioned she by no means meant to “upset” folks, however defended her proper to espouse her views on varied topics. She mentioned: “I by no means got down to upset anybody. Nonetheless, I used to be not uncomfortable with getting off my pedestal.”
The Witch Trials of J.Okay. Rowling, is described as an “audio documentary that examines a number of the most contentious conflicts of our time via the life and profession of the world’s most profitable writer.”
Within the interviews carried out by Phelps Roper at Rowling’s residence in Edinburgh, Scotland, the writer “speaks with unprecedented candor and depth in regards to the controversies surrounding her – from ebook bans to debates on gender and intercourse.”
The collection additionally options interviews with Rowling’s supporters and critics, in addition to journalists, historians, “clinicians and extra.”
The seven-episode podcast collection launched in the present day with the discharge of the primary two episodes on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and different audio platforms. The next episodes might be launched weekly.
Elsewhere, Hogwarts Legacy, the brand new open-world role-playing sport set in Rowling’s Wizarding World, just lately launched the franchise’s first-ever trans character. The writer has no artistic affect on the sport, however does revenue from its gross sales.