How much can one controversial tweetstorm cost? That’s the burning question as Warner Bros., Universal Parks & Resorts and Scholastic execs all grapple with the fallout after Harry Potter author J.K.
Rowling, 54, spent part of Sunday tweeting her views on cisgender and transgender women, whom she said, by nature of biology, will never be the same. “Erasing the concept of sex removes the ability of many to meaningfully discuss their lives,” Rowling wrote, drawing widespread condemnations that she was using her massive platform — she has 14.5 million Twitter followers and sold well over 500 million Harry Potter books — to promote dangerously transphobic views.