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Purity signalling - musical authors withdraw from Graham Norton's show to promote their musical, because JK Rowling was also being interviewed about her new children's book

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StandWitch · 14/11/2020 20:20

twitter.com/marlowandmoss/status/1327594966814748673

theversion.co/2020/11/03/j-k-rowling-to-discuss-the-ickabog-with-graham-norton-on-radio-2/

J.K. Rowling is to guest on Graham Norton’s Radio 2 show, to talk about her new book The Ickabog, a new fairy tale about a mythical monster, a kingdom in peril and an adventure that will test two children’s bravery.

The author will join Graham on this Saturday morning show from 10am on 14 November, 2020.

Also on the programme...

Lastly, Graham talks to the writers of SIX The Musical, Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss, which is scheduled to reopen in the West End with a series of socially distanced performances at The Lyric Theatre soon.

what is wrong with these people?

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stillsomewhatsheldonesque · 14/11/2020 22:29

May their socially distanced production get an extremely socially distanced audience.

TweeBree · 14/11/2020 22:28

Gosh, they really went all in - shaming a woman for talking about legally protected sex-based rights, glassy-eyed repetition of 'trans lives are valid!!!' without explaining what that actually means or who has said otherwise, and soliciting money for a group that advocates for unnecessary surgery and experimental drug treatments on minors.

This is going to age well.

BettyDuKeiraBellisMyShero · 14/11/2020 22:24

I ordered three copies of The Ickabog today, one for each of my children (20, 14 and 9). Beautiful hardbacks are only a tenner on Amazon at the moment (I know, Amazon :/ but money is tight and half off means saving £30)

I’m going to have to sneakily read a copy while they are asleep, can’t bring myself to wait until Xmas and then wait again for one of them to finish the book!

www.amazon.co.uk/Ickabog-J-K-Rowling/dp/1510202250/ref=sr_1_1?hvlocphy=9046619&hvnetw=g&keywords=the+ickabog&hvadid=448277314731&qid=1605392406&dchild=1&gclid=Cj0KCQiAnb79BRDgARIsAOVbhRqrJbKgl_P-G3RBCUcpn3nS-oJ5ih1Y7f5k0IQGVaxWDRnXI2a-_iYaAiiEEALw_wcB&hydadcr=24397_1748849&hvdev=c&hvqmt=e&tag=mumsnetforu03-21&hvtargid=kwd-930129216451&adgrpid=104214100717&hvrand=1123559428529226595&sr=8-1

FloralBunting · 14/11/2020 22:23

Oh well. She got to promote the charity work that is being supported by the Ickabog and say thank you to all the kids who did illustrations, and mention why she did it initially (to support parents with young kids stuck at home in lockdown)

I'm sure everyone listening will be struck by what a terrible person she is, and wonder why Graham wasn't asking some young wokester musicians what their pronouns are instead.

WorkingItOutAsIGo · 14/11/2020 22:05

Bless them, they are only perhaps 3 or 4 years out from university. They know nothing. And of course they are trapped in wokedom.

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StandWitch · 14/11/2020 20:28

to atone for JK Rowling's sin of writing a harmless book for children, they have told you to instead buy 'when aiden became a brother'

You can watch a 'drag queen story time' version of this here

but afaict, this is a book aimed at 4 year olds about how 'Aiden' is born a girl but rejects nasty girly clothes and long hair and then becomes a boy, hurrah.

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