‘Banned’ books for me, book bans for thee

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Being a liberal bookstore means you must pretend Republicans are “banning” books when you’re the one actually doing it. This is true even if the author is a literary titan.

Enter Booksmith, a nearly 50-year-old bookstore in San Francisco that is finished with J.K. Rowling, who wrote the wildly popular Harry Potter series that has dominated entertainment, through books, movies, and an upcoming television series, since 1997. Rowling recently announced a legal fund that would help “individuals and organisations fighting to retain women’s sex-based rights in the workplace, in public life, and in protected female spaces.”

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