J.Okay. Rowling has mentioned she doesn’t care if her views on transgender rights have broken her legacy, saying she’ll “be dead”.
The Harry Potter creator has generated widespread controversy with plenty of remarks that many have perceived as transphobic throughout the previous two years. However, Rowling has shrugged off issues that she might have destroyed her legacy with regards to her controversial views.
Appearing on the podcast The Witch Trials of J.Okay. Rowling, hosted by Megan Phelps-Roper, the author was requested if she thought of her legacy and the way issues she mentioned impacted how she’d be considered in years to come back. As per The Independent, the creator mentioned: “Whatever. I’ll be dead.”
She added: “I think you could not have misunderstood me more profoundly. I do not walk around my house thinking about my legacy, what a pompous way to live your life thinking about what my legacy will be. Whatever! I’ll be dead, I care about now, the living.”
Rowling additionally mentioned she by no means meant to “upset” folks, however defended her proper to espouse her views on numerous topics. She mentioned: “I never set out to upset anyone. However, I was not uncomfortable with getting off my pedestal.”
The Witch Trials of J.Okay. Rowling, is described as an “audio documentary that examines some of the most contentious conflicts of our time through the life and career of the world’s most successful author.”
In the interviews performed by Phelps Roper at Rowling’s house in Edinburgh, Scotland, the creator “speaks with unprecedented candor and depth about the controversies surrounding her – from book bans to debates on gender and sex.”
The sequence additionally options interviews with Rowling’s supporters and critics, in addition to journalists, historians, “clinicians and more.”
The seven-episode podcast sequence launched in the present day with the discharge of the primary two episodes on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and different audio platforms. The following episodes will probably be launched weekly.
Elsewhere, Hogwarts Legacy, the brand new open-world role-playing sport set in Rowling’s Wizarding World, not too long ago launched the franchise’s first-ever trans character. The creator has no inventive affect on the sport, however does revenue from its gross sales.
