This is an archive article published on March 26, 2022

Rowling slams Putin’s ‘cancel culture’ remark

Rowling has been criticised after saying she supported transgender rights but did not believe in “erasing” the concept of biological sex

Putin earlier compared recent Western criticism of Russia with efforts to “cancel” Rowling over her views on transgender issues. (Source: Wikimedia Commons)

By: AP

2 min readLondonMar 26, 2022 11:06 AM IST First published on: Mar 26, 2022 at 11:06 AM IST

Author J K Rowling is pushing back after Russian President Vladimir Putin dragged her into a rant against Western efforts to “cancel” Russian culture.

“Critiques of Western cancel culture are possibly not best made by those currently slaughtering civilians for the crime of resistance, or who jail and poison their critics,” the Harry Potter author says in a tweet linked to an article about jailed Putin critic Alexei Navalny.

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Putin earlier compared recent Western criticism of Russia with efforts to “cancel” Rowling over her views on transgender issues. Rowling has been criticised after saying she supported transgender rights but did not believe in “erasing” the concept of biological sex.