The New York Times 6:41 pm on August 14, 2022
Tags: Books and Literature ( 2,564 ), Chautauqua Institution ( 7 ), Rowling, J K, Rushdie, Salman ( 10 ), Social Media ( 2,414 ), Threats and Threatening Messages ( 55 ), Twitter ( 931 )

U.K. Police Investigate Online Threat to J.K. Rowling

The author of the “Harry Potter” books was threatened on Twitter after she posted condolences for the novelist Salman Rushdie, who was stabbed on Friday in western New York.

#books-and-literature, #chautauqua-institution, #rowling-j-k, #rushdie-salman, #social-media, #threats-and-threatening-messages, #twitter

The New York Times 3:48 pm on July 20, 2022
Tags: Athletics and Sports ( 238 ), Harry Potter (Fictional Character) ( 11 ), Names, Organizational ( 62 ), Rowling, J K

Quidditch Becomes ‘Quadball,’ Leaving J.K. Rowling Behind

Citing trademark concerns and objections to the author J.K. Rowling’s views on transgender issues, the sport’s leading groups officially distanced themselves from their “Harry Potter” roots.

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The New York Times 11:00 am on April 14, 2022
Tags: Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore (Movie), Law, Jude, Mikkelsen, Mads ( 2 ), Movies ( 1,740 ), Redmayne, Eddie ( 4 ), Rowling, J K, Yates, David

‘Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore’ Review: The Plot Against Muggles

Mads Mikkelsen plays an evil wizard with political talent in the latest “Harry Potter” spinoff movie, which also stars Jude Law and Eddie Redmayne.

#fantastic-beasts-the-secrets-of-dumbledore-movie, #law-jude, #mikkelsen-mads, #movies, #redmayne-eddie, #rowling-j-k, #yates-david

The New York Times 5:16 pm on April 13, 2022
Tags: Conservatism (US Politics) ( 460 ), Education (K-12) ( 1,149 ), Europe ( 2,522 ), florida ( 608 ), Homosexuality and Bisexuality ( 512 ), Liberalism (US Politics) ( 137 ), Mental Health and Disorders ( 550 ), Millennial Generation ( 111 ), Parenting ( 1,101 ), Rauch, Jonathan (1960- ) ( 4 ), Rowling, J K, Same-Sex Marriage, Civil Unions and Domestic Partnerships ( 104 ), Sex Education ( 23 ), Sullivan, Andrew ( 5 ), Teenagers and Adolescence ( 205 ), Transgender and Transsexuals ( 345 ), United States ( 3,958 ), Youth ( 254 )

How to Make Sense of the New L.B.G.T. Culture War

There is an enormous gap between what people are willing say in public and what they really think.

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The New York Times 10:00 pm on March 25, 2022
Tags: Bolshoi Theater ( 5 ), cancel culture ( 40 ), Gergiev, Valery ( 11 ), Mariinsky Theater ( 2 ), Munich Philharmonic ( 5 ), Putin, Vladimir V ( 1,180 ), Rowling, J K, Russia ( 1,929 ), Russian Invasion of Ukraine (2022) ( 1,538 )

Putin Goes Into Battle on a Second Front: Culture

In a blast against “cancel culture,” he said the West is “canceling” Russia by going after “an entire thousand-year-old country, our people.”

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The New York Times 10:00 am on January 5, 2022
Tags: Als, Hilton, Bacharach, Jacob B (1981- ), Books and Literature ( 2,564 ), Bush, George W ( 129 ), california ( 1,449 ), cancel culture ( 40 ), Chappelle, Dave ( 18 ), Conservatism (US Politics) ( 460 ), Didion, Joan ( 17 ), Mailer, Norman ( 6 ), Naipaul, V S ( 2 ), New York Review of Books ( 3 ), Orange County (Calif) ( 18 ), Reagan, Ronald Wilson ( 82 ), Republican Party ( 2,802 ), Rowling, J K, Sacramento (Calif) ( 29 ), Substack Inc ( 21 ), United States Politics and Government ( 9,377 ), Women and Girls ( 1,847 ), Women's Rights ( 430 ), Writing and Writers ( 811 )

Joan Didion, Conservative

Why I am drawn to Didion’s earlier work and its ambiguities.

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The New York Times 10:00 am on December 24, 2021
Tags: Books and Literature ( 2,564 ), Children and Childhood ( 1,223 ), Content Type: Personal Profile ( 2,457 ), genre-books-childrens ( 10 ), Rowling, J K

J.K. Rowling on the Magic of ‘Things’

There can be a strange magic in human-made things that are interwoven with our pasts, with our homes, with our great loves.

#books-and-literature, #children-and-childhood, #content-type-personal-profile, #genre-books-childrens, #rowling-j-k

The New York Times 2:00 am on December 8, 2021
Tags: Harry Potter (Fictional Character) ( 11 ), Harry Potter and the Cursed Child (Play) ( 9 ), Lyric Theater ( 3 ), Rowling, J K, Theater ( 936 ), Thorne, Jack (1978- ), Tiffany, John (1971- )

‘Harry Potter and the Cursed Child’ Review: Still Magical on Broadway

“Harry Potter and the Cursed Child” returned to Broadway, now in one part instead of two. It may feel smaller, but is no less dazzling.

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The New York Times 3:22 pm on February 26, 2021
Tags: Comedy and Humor ( 289 ), Freedom of Speech and Expression ( 351 ), Great Britain ( 1,037 ), Greer, Germaine, Izzard, Eddie ( 4 ), Rowling, J K, Transgender and Transsexuals ( 345 ), Women and Girls ( 1,847 )

Britain’s Transgender Stand-Ups Find Comedy in a Hostile Climate

With opposition to transgender issues regularly expressed by mainstream British figures, the country’s trans comedians are often just trying to assert their humanity.

#comedy-and-humor, #freedom-of-speech-and-expression, #great-britain, #greer-germaine, #izzard-eddie, #rowling-j-k, #transgender-and-transsexuals, #women-and-girls

The New York Times 10:39 pm on January 27, 2021
Tags: Agents (Business) ( 12 ), Book Trade and Publishing ( 183 ), Books and Literature ( 2,564 ), Deaths (Obituaries) ( 1,630 ), Harry Potter (Book) ( 9 ), Little, Christopher (1941-2021), Rowling, J K, Writing and Writers ( 811 )

Christopher Little, Who Built an Empire Around a Boy Wizard, Dies at 79

As a struggling literary agent in London, he took a chance on J.K. Rowling and Harry Potter, turning her books into the most lucrative literary franchise in history.

#agents-business, #book-trade-and-publishing, #books-and-literature, #deaths-obituaries, #harry-potter-book, #little-christopher-1941-2021, #rowling-j-k, #writing-and-writers

The New York Times 9:00 am on July 14, 2020
Tags: Colbert, Stephen ( 294 ), Conservatism (US Politics) ( 460 ), Freedom of Speech and Expression ( 351 ), Google Inc ( 338 ), Liberalism (US Politics) ( 137 ), Maher, Bill ( 5 ), Rowling, J K, Trump, Donald J ( 6,721 ), Twitter ( 931 )

10 Theses About Cancel Culture

What we talk about when we talk about “cancellation.”

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The New York Times 2:06 am on July 8, 2020
Tags: Atwood, Margaret ( 13 ), Black People ( 2,846 ), Discrimination ( 1,471 ), George Floyd Protests (2020) ( 1,336 ), Harper's Magazine ( 5 ), Jones, Bill T ( 12 ), Letters ( 87 ), Marsalis, Wynton ( 4 ), Race and Ethnicity ( 1,913 ), Rowling, J K

Artists and Writers Warn of an ‘Intolerant Climate.’ Reaction Is Swift.

An open letter published by Harper’s, signed by luminaries including Margaret Atwood and Wynton Marsalis, argued for openness to “opposing views.” The debate began immediately.

#atwood-margaret, #black-people, #discrimination, #george-floyd-protests-2020, #harpers-magazine, #jones-bill-t, #letters, #marsalis-wynton, #race-and-ethnicity, #rowling-j-k