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Anna is a freelance writer with far too much time on her hands. When she&#8217;s not writing about memes and internet slang, she can be found running TTRPGs online.

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“Very disgusting”: Keira Knightley faces furious backlash over her “miserable response” to Harry Potter controversy

Lindsey is a Seattle area writer interested in all things society, including internet culture, politics, and mental health. Outside of the Daily Dot, her work can be found in publications such as The Mary Sue, Truthout, and YES! Magazine.

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Left: Emma Watson speaking into a microphone on Jay Shetty's podcast. Right: K Rowling arriving for the World Premiere of 'Harry Potter & the Deathly Hallows pt2', Trafalgar Square, London. Tweet overlay reads, "Emma Watson is the most nothing burger activist."

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“It’s privelege”: Emma Watson’s saying she hopes to “keep loving” J.K. Rowling despite “deep divide” prompts outrage

Rachel Kiley is a writer who sometimes writes things and sometimes is based in L.A., but is definitely always on Twitter @rachelkiley.

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Viral Politics

“Quite worrying”: JK Rowling shares garbled “AI slop” video while lashing out at trans rights activist

Left: Tweet reading ": learning German and I came across the sentence "Yes I like Harry Potter but the author is mean". How woke do you have to be to let #trans ideology infect a language lesson?" Right: JK Rowling arriving for the World Premiere of 'Harry Potter & the Deathly Hallows Part 2."

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“How woke do you have to be?”: Duolingo apologizes after user spots lesson calling J.K. Rowling “mean”

Left: Pedro Pascal attends the "Gladiator II" Global Premiere at odeon Luxe in London, England. Right: J.K. Rowling attends "Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore" World Premiere at The Royal Festival Hall in London, England

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Pedro Pascal slams “bully” J.K. Rowling’s “heinous loser behavior”

A photo of the new actors cast to play the 3 leads I the upcoming Harry Potter TV show. A tweet over reads: black incel snape is going to bully a little white boy over his failed swirler fantasies and malfoy about to call a brown girl a filthy mudblood. this gonna be worse than a tyler perry production.

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“Protect them from the fandom”: HBO reveals new Harry Potter trio. Fans already have strong opinions

Kira Deshler is the assistant newsletter editor at the Daily Dot. Kira received a Master&#8217;s in Media Studies from UT Austin and has previously written for sites like Slash Film and Looper. She runs her own Substack newsletter, Paging Dr. Lesbian, and is a member of GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics.

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Upcoming ‘Harry Potter’ series sparks backlash from all sides

Mikael Thalen is a tech and security reporter covering social media, data breaches, hackers, and more.

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‘Are you ok babe?’ JK Rowling hasn’t posted a thing since getting named in cyberbullying lawsuit

Genny Glassman is a freelance writer from Brooklyn who loves comedy podcasts, library books, and fancy seltzer.

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These ‘wizards’ love ‘Harry Potter’ so much, they attend a real-life Yule Ball

Siobhan Ball is a historian, archivist, and journalist. She also writes for Autostraddle and bi.org

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J.K. Rowling is getting roasted again for a tweet supporting a transphobic researcher

Gabrielle Sorto is an Atlanta-based freelance writer covering culture, lifestyle, and news. Her work has appeared in CNN, Teen Vogue, INSIDER, and Vice. She can usually be found writing with an overpriced coffee in hand or hanging out with her dog, Rihanna, who is named after exactly who you think.

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Meme mocks J.K. Rowling for offering too many ‘Harry Potter’ details

Gavia Baker-Whitelaw is a staff writer at the Daily Dot, covering geek culture and fandom. Specializing in sci-fi movies and superheroes, she also appears as a film and TV critic on BBC radio. Elsewhere, she co-hosts the pop culture podcast Overinvested. Follow her on Twitter: @Hello_Tailor

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Why does ‘The Crimes of Grindelwald’ sympathize with the wizarding Nazis?

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‘Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald’ fails its female characters

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Queerbaiting is ruining the ‘Fantastic Beasts’ franchise

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J.K. Rowling rep reassures fans that she ‘liked’ a transphobic tweet by accident

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