There are two aspects to this, both disturbing.
Firstly, what you describe, which is alerting us to what J K Rowling actually wrote.
Secondly, there is the insidious idea that we should not read an author's works, ANY of that author's work, if they fall foul of any of the current shibboleths.
By that token, we would end up reading only …
Firstly, what you describe, which is alerting us to what J K Rowling actually wrote.
Secondly, there is the insidious idea that we should not read an author's works, ANY of that author's work, if they fall foul of any of the current shibboleths.
By that token, we would end up reading only a tiny sliver of writers, who have not (as yet) stumbled over the many trip wires laid in our culture.
I genuinely despair for our children, and the next generation who are having all sorts of avenues cut off.
There are two aspects to this, both disturbing.
Firstly, what you describe, which is alerting us to what J K Rowling actually wrote.
Secondly, there is the insidious idea that we should not read an author's works, ANY of that author's work, if they fall foul of any of the current shibboleths.
By that token, we would end up reading only a tiny sliver of writers, who have not (as yet) stumbled over the many trip wires laid in our culture.
I genuinely despair for our children, and the next generation who are having all sorts of avenues cut off.