When HBO released the teaser for their new Harry Potter series last week, it was inevitable that JK Rowling, the creator of the beloved series, would be a topic of conversation.
Rowling’s unabashed anti-trans rhetoric and the vast amount of funding she’s put towards this cause has often clashed with the feel-good, acceptance-for-outsiders nature of her incredibly popular among millennials books. This has led to many people who grew up with and love the series have to reckon with questions about art versus the artist, the nature of money and power, and how we interact with beloved media from our past. Others have decided to eschew that kind of intellectual strain, and instead bury their heads in the sand or make bad faith arguments for a nostalgia hit.
