JK Rowling defender delivers worst tweet of the year (so far)

I will not deny the entertainment value of the Harry potter books. They are very beautiful novels and I enjoyed reading them all. I remember pre-ordering the 6th novel before my wife (then girlfriend) went on a trip to Paris, where we both ended up buying a copy because we didn’t want to take turns reading it on the flight home. When we got back we had another copy waiting for us.

Putting everything else of JK Rowling aside – and that includes transphobia – she’s a good writer, even though those Cormorant Strike novels failed to hold my attention and Vacancy was average. What JK Rowling isn’t, however, is the best writer of the past 100 years. Not even close.

Cancellation by our greatest female author in 100 years. Congratulations to everybody https://t.co/ICfO2PhUkM

– Mark Dolan (@mrmarkdolan) January 4, 2022

Oh man. There is so much going on with this tweet. Like so many others have noted it, it would be a great service to Mr. Dolan if he read another book. Any other book. In fact, I initially thought this tweet was aimed at Joyce Carol Oates – also recently criticized for tweets of gibberish – who has at least one better claim to being the best writer in the last 100 years. I don’t want to get into a debate about who is the best female author of the last 100 years, because there are too many before JK Rowling to count them: Harper Lee, Atwood, Morrison, Didion, Alice Walker, Le Guin, Lahiri, Kingslover, among many others.

But also, renaming a school hardly counts as a cancellation either, not for the the richest female author of the past 100 years, and certainly not for someone who has a platform as big as her (which she uses to advance her transphobia).

To say that JK Rowling is the greatest writer of the past 100 years is perhaps the most shocking thing I have ever read on this site.

– jane, certified maverick (by mom) (@JanieGotHerGun) January 7, 2022

The only possible reason to think Just Kidding Rowling is the best female author of the last 100 years is if she’s the only female author of the last 100 years that you’ve read, which I’m pretty sure is what’s going on here. .

– Zack Budryk (@BudrykZack) January 7, 2022

If you think JK Rowling has been the greatest female author for 100 years and you’re over 5, you should be deeply ashamed of yourself. https://t.co/xhucEN1rkz

– Serge Gainsbourg (@BKWelles) January 6, 2022

What I learned today:
– do not name a building after someone “cancels”
– JKR is our greatest author for 100 years apparently
– Mark Dolan clearly doesn’t read a lot

As someone who has had buildings that do not bear his name every day of my life, I understand the struggle.

– Generic idle (@ DavidOM35667282) January 5, 2022

Calling Jk the greatest author of all time has a great energy “Tell me you haven’t read a book since 6th grade without telling me you haven’t read a book since 6th grade”

– Brandon (@ArmchairRobot) January 6, 2022

Find a library, Mr. Dolan. Take another book. Any other book.

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