J.K. Rowling Book Burning Videos Are Spreading Like Wildfire Across TikTok

One video, posted by TikTok user @elmcdo shows a number of “Harry Potter” books being placed on a burning pyre.

“You have to stop using ‘death of the author’ as an excuse to have your cake and eat it too,” the voiceover says. “While the reader’s perspective is an important part of interpretation and meaning, it is impossible to completely divorce a work from its creator.”

The voice-over continues: “The positive impact that J.K. Rowling’s work had on millions of readers does not negate how her hateful lobbying has affected the trans community.

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“This doesn’t even touch on the harmful fatphobia, racism and valorization of supramacists and child abusers in her most famous work.”

via www.newsweek.com

Book burning. What a concept.