Citations:She-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named

English citations of She-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named, she-who-must-not-be-named, She Who Must Not Be Named, and she who must not be named

Proper noun: "(slang, derogatory) J. K. Rowling viewed as villainous for her espousal of gender-critical or anti-transgender views"

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• 2020, Helen Lewis, "How J. K. Rowling Became Voldemort", The Atlantic, 6 July 2020:

  To preserve their love of Harry Potter, its fans must erase its author. Rowling, like Voldemort, is so evil that even mentioning her violates a taboo: She Who Must Not Be Named.

• 2021, Perry Beard, "Intersectionality", Tits Up Magazine, page 83 (approx.):

  For example, the discrimination that I experience as a working-class and cisgender female is very different to the experience of a black transgender woman, or a woman who is Asian and deaf. Although, she who must not be named (J.K.) would probably not agree.

• 2021, Charlotte Runcie, "JK Rowling is more than just a Twitter talking point", The Telegraph, 28 July 2021:

  Depending on who you ask, JK Rowling is either a heroine of free speech or She Who Must Not Be Named.

• 2021, Esme Friel, King's College Zine (Kings College London), Summer 2021, unnumbered page:

  She-who-must-not-be-named can pry Hogwarts from my cold dead non-binary hands.

• 2021, Henry Houston, "Get magical at Old Nick’s Pub’s fourth annual Yule Ball", Eugene Weekly, 18 November 2021:

  The Old Nick’s Pub event is a way to reclaim the magic from the transphobic she-who-must-not-be-named author, Nyman says.

• 2021, Molly Roberts, "Quidditch’s new name might teach J.K. Rowling a surprising lesson", Washington Post, 21 December 2021:

  Everyone, it seems, wants some space from today’s she-who-must-not-be-named.

• 2021, Leaf Arbuthnot, "Why the Harry Potter generation rejected JK Rowling", The Times (UK), 25 December 2021:

  In the US, two Quidditch leagues are consulting on how to ditch the name of the sport, and along with it, the vapours it carries of She-who-must-not-be-named.

• 2022, Barry Hertz, "Pssst: The real secret of Dumbledore is that the new Fantastic Beasts movie is deathly boring", The Globe and Mail, 5 April 2022:

  Director David Yates and screenwriter Steve Kloves, who are both as much a part of Wizarding World by now as Rowling herself (or maybe we should start calling her She-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named), seem to recognize their film’s need for a glossary, stopping the action several times to reintroduce key players and rehash even

• 2022, Josie Anne Gaitens, "Witch Hunt", Reykjavík Grapevine, Issue 5 (2022), page 30:

  Witchcraft and wizardry have been the subject of fascination for centuries—just look at the success of a certain magical franchise written by She Who Must Not Be Named.

• 2022, Robbie Crouch, quoted in Prerana Srikantappa, "Robbie Crouch", Vulkan, December 2022, page 83:

  I used to worship She Who Must Not Be Named of Harry Potter before she started using her platform to peddle a bunch of harmful garbage.

• 2023, Brendan O'Neill, "The war on JK Rowling", The Spector, 13 January 2023:

  She really has become Voldemort to the right-on – she who must not be named, lest evil spirits, or just bad feelings, be conjured forth.

• 2023, Mary McNamara, "Maybe if we all stop talking about J.K. Rowling, she’ll just go away", Las Vegas Sun, 25 February 2023:

  Among some Harry Potter fans, Rowling may have become She Who Must Not Be Named, but of the millions of people in the world who require protection and defense, Rowling is not one.