Author J.K. Rowling is hitting back at Russian President Vladimir Putin's recent comment. On Friday, Putin mentioned the “Harry Potter” creator during a video conference.
Putin earlier compared recent Western criticism of Russia with efforts to"cancel" Rowling over her views on transgender issues. Rowling has been criticized after saying she supported transgender rights but did not believe in"erasing" the concept of biological sex.
"The notorious cancel culture has become a cancellation of culture. Tchaikovsky, Shostakovich, Rachmaninov are excluded from concert posters, and Russian writers and their books are also banned,’’ Putin said during a video conference with cultural figures. Per The Hollywood Reporter, Putin said Rowling"didn’t satisfy the demands of gender rights" and was canceled.
He then added:"They are now trying to cancel our country. I’m talking about the progressive discrimination of everything to do with Russia." Putin also likened it to Nazi Germany burning books in the '30s,
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