• @kemsat@lemmy.world
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    68 days ago

    I think all the attention y’all give to her is what’s keeping this in the cultural spotlight. I basically never think about her, or the books, until I see posts like these on the internet. We gotta separate the art from the artist.

    • @brucethemoose@lemmy.world
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      48 days ago

      Normally I’d agree, but Harry Potter is already huge.

      And while I think this whole response is a bit extreme, it is a case of her source of wealth being way more famous than herself.

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        8 days ago

        I can get behind being in spite of her & other wealthy elites but I can’t abandon what my time with those books meant to me despite of her spite. So, y’all can guillotine her, I’ll still keep the books. But it really is the case that when I hear about her it’s because of these kinds of posts nowadays.

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          8 days ago

          Yeah I think that’s a perfectly reasonable sentiment, and I despise frying that as a political purity test. Rowling is probably being platformed by all this by some extent… Any attention is good attention these days.

          Shit, I hope JK doesn’t use it to run for some kind of office.

          The utter popularity of Harry Potter (and the royalties she rakes in) undoubtedly dwarfs any personal name recognition/brand she ever achieves though. Like, it’s insanely popular.