Author Judy Blume groveled to the trans activists and apologized on Twitter after telling The Sunday Times she 100% supports J.K. Rowling.
The Sunday Times interviewed Blume because of the movie adaptation of her book Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret.
Other well-known books Blume wrote are Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing and Super Fudge.
Trans activists have been trying to cancel Rowling, the author of the Harry Potter books, for supporting keeping biological men out of female spaces and sports.
I [article author Hadley Freeman] tell Blume how strangely thrilling it is to see a movie about children where none of them are in possession of magical powers. “Yes, children are so used to superheroes now, aren’t they?” she says. Even in JK Rowling’s Harry Potter books the kids are magic, and I love those, I say.“And I love her,” Blume immediately interjects. “I am behind her 100 per cent as I watch from afar.” Blume is referring to the abuse Rowling has received for speaking up in defence of women’s sex-based rights, and given that Blume has faced repeated attacks since the 1980s, for her books’ descriptions of adolescent sexuality and puberty, she knows what it’s like to be pilloried as an author.Has she reached out to Rowling? “No, no. I met her very early on in her Harry Potter career, and she said to me, ‘Oh, my sister and I used to read all your books,’ and she talked about Deenie. I think once or twice we sent each other little notes. But I haven’t been in touch with her during this tough time. Probably I should.”
Language is hard. Supporting someone doesn’t mean they agree with what the person says or stands on a subject.
But Blume is screwed now. The hate poured out, and she apologized to the rabid activists.
Little does she know it won’t help.
It’s sad to see one of my favorite authors when I was growing up being so leftist. I loved all those books by her, even if people have deemed them “controversial.”
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