Twitter has been a hotbed of late for hot takes not just about sports, but about politics. With the current White House in place in the United States, celebrities, politicians, athletes, and other notable people from around the world are taking to Twitter to express their opinion of the 45th President of the United States.
One celebrity who isn’t afraid to express her disapproval of the current President is none other than J.K. Rowling. Yes, the author of the brilliant Harry Potter franchise.
Not only is she not afraid to make her opinion known, she’s also damn good at shaming those who disagree with her.
Well, the fumes from the DVDs might be toxic and I've still got your money, so by all means borrow my lighter. pic.twitter.com/kVoi8VGEoK
— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) January 31, 2017
That’s her most recent tweet. As of writing this at 11:37 AM EST, the tweet had been up for just over four hours and already had 36K+ retweets and 110K+ likes. That’s absurd.
Here’s a sampling of some of her tweets from just the last week:
I think you mean 'shudder', unless there's a biblical character called Shutter I've forgotten. pic.twitter.com/x1uOy6n3BH
— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) January 30, 2017
*sighs* Well, who knows? If I try harder, I might be reincarnated as a lonely virgin hiding behind a cartoon frog. pic.twitter.com/EbocdxfJ5o
— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) January 30, 2017
'For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his soul?'
Matthew 16:26 https://t.co/cYFglX3yRW— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) January 29, 2017
In – Free – Countries – Anyone – Can – Talk – About – Politics.
Try sounding out the syllables aloud, or ask a fluent reader to help. pic.twitter.com/K1j19EIU5f
— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) January 28, 2017
I'm going to need to see a notarised copy of your dissertation proposal. https://t.co/AB3e2Gr1Xr
— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) January 25, 2017
1.6m voted for EU
2m voted for UKScottish politician joining in with the 'alternative facts' craze, there. https://t.co/ERI032DHEg
— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) January 25, 2017
A man just sent me this and not only am I unsure whether it's a really awful joke or he's serious, I can't decide which would be worse. pic.twitter.com/V7dflvQMO0
— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) January 24, 2017
While tweeting about her own opinion in her own words, over the last week, Rowling has also retweeted the following tweets from celebrities and politicians to double down on her stance:
I was raised Catholic, became Episcopalian & found out later my family was Jewish. I stand ready to register as Muslim in #solidarity.
— Madeleine Albright (@madeleine) January 25, 2017
LITERALLY on the ground. Volunteer lawyers are working pro-bono on a Saturday preparing habeus corpus petitions for detainees at JFK. pic.twitter.com/ddUeQBi7AY
— NYC Mayor's Office (@NYCMayorsOffice) January 28, 2017
The number of fatal U.S. terrorist attacks by persons entering the U.S. from the 7 banned Muslim majority countries? ZERO. #StayInformed
— George Takei (@GeorgeTakei) January 29, 2017
Statistics pic.twitter.com/aSpyFuabct
— Kim Kardashian (@KimKardashian) January 29, 2017
Now Rowling doesn’t “stick to politics” as she does tweet about the world she created very often as well.
❤️ ⚡️ https://t.co/R7gLq3yjTY
— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) January 30, 2017
But overall, if you take a quick glance at her Twitter account, it’s easy to see very quickly which way she leans and that’s not a bad thing.
As The Ringer’s Bryan Curtis suggested yesterday, The Era of Stick to Sports is over. I think the better way to put that is possibly “The era of stick to whatever you made your money doing is over.”
Long live the hot take British author who wrote fictional magician books, and thank you, J.K. Rowling. Thank you.
