![]() ![]() Rowling's latest triumph, say her friends and associates, shows she simply can't be cancelled however much online hate is flung at her, with one of her allies declaring that 'the tide has well and truly turned', adding that her continued success has 'vindicated' her. Robbie Coltrane was among those who defended her I'm sure there used to be a word for those people. Rowling commented, with her customary wit: ' 'People who menstruate'. She was plunged into this toxic debate more than three years ago, after sharing a link to an article on Twitter (on which she has 14 million followers) entitled 'Opinion: Creating a more equal post-Covid-19 world for people who menstruate'. ![]() ![]() It is also, it might be said, a metaphorical slap in the face for those who have sought to see the best-selling author 'cancelled' over concerns she has raised about transgender orthodoxy and her belief that identifying as a woman is not the same as being born as one. empire is about so much more than just the financial windfall coming her way. But - as her friends, fans and supporters know - her deal with the Warner Bros. In truth, Rowling, 57, isn't particularly partial to bubbly. 'I've taken the precaution of laying in a large stock of champagne,' she tweeted gleefully, as news emerged of plans for a decade-long TV project which could net her £16 million a year for a new dramatisation of her Harry Potter books, starring a fresh cast. ![]()
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