Millennials still love J.K. Rowling even after she has come under fire for controversial statements about transgender people.
news site, Gemma Stone, was"not surprised" at the poll's findings, but was left"incensed" at the plight of transgender people.
"With a media landscape that works so diligently to keep trans people out while elevating the voices of those who are outright spreading hateful lies about us; I am not surprised or shocked to find that most people haven't worked to distance themselves from Rowling or Harry Potter," she told"They don't know because the people who should be informing them actively work to muddy the waters instead. Take the"They will rush to apologize to J.K.
BLK INK editor-in-chief, Casira Copes, mused the reason millennials are so nostalgic for Harry Potter is because of"the liminal space between the advent of the internet and the dominance of social media is where a lot of millennials did their growing up."essay that the advent of the internet gave millennials their first opportunity to interact with like-minded people and this coincided with the release of the popular books and films.
"For a group of young people who were looking to connect with others over shared interests, as well as form online identities without revealing too much about themselves, Harry Potter was a goldmine," she wrote.
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