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"Can I Still Read Harry Potter?" BBC R4 Thursday 12th November 2020

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terryleather · 11/11/2020 16:36

Just noticed this is in the schedule for tomorrow morning at 11am.

Journalist and fan Aja Romano examines their decision to close the books on the boy wizard and hears different viewpoints toward Harry Potter and contemporary readership.

Aja Romano has been a Harry Potter fan for many years, but after personally disagreeing with statements by their author JK Rowling regarding gender identity, they are considering closing the books for good.

Across the world, millions continue to embrace the Wizarding World in all its forms and JK Rowling has received a lot of support for speaking out on an important issue in a personal way.

With this in mind Aja assesses the different factors at play in their choice, speaking to cultural experts, academics and fans and considering influences such as social media, trends in fan communities, "cancelling" , literary theory and more. With contributions from critic Sam Leith, writer Gavin Haynes , journalist Sarah Shaffi, Dr Ika Willis and fans Jackson Bird and Patricio Tarantino.

Don't think I can bear to listen as I strongly suspect it will give me the BBC radge, but I reckon some of you are made of sterner stuff than I am!

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terryleather · 11/11/2020 17:26

Glad I'm not the only one who thinks the premise itself is a load of wankpiffle..

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hellotoday27 · 11/11/2020 17:25

Twits

ImaSababa · 11/11/2020 17:23

Absolute idiots.

Childrenofthestones · 11/11/2020 17:01

Can I still listen to R4 since the BBC were outed as the home of so many rampant sex abusers for so long even though others among them knew there was dodgy goings on?🤔

persistentwoman · 11/11/2020 16:52

Can you imagine the BBC producing:
Can I still read Shakespeare?
Can I still go to the Royal Opera House?
Can I still watch rugby?
Can I still vote?

An unbelievable biased approach to such a successful woman writer. Shame on the BBC .

terryleather · 11/11/2020 16:37

Here's the link:
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000n47p

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