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And To Think, The World Almost Didn't Have Harry Potter To Blame For All Its Evils

HerBadMother — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 19:50:00 GMT

Harry Potter creator JK Rowling says that she came very, very close to committing suicide in the years before Harry Potter became a global bestseller. What saved her? Her daughter, Jessica.

Rowling says: "We're talking suicidal thoughts here, we're not talking 'I'm a little bit miserable.'"

"The thing that made me face the fact that this was not a normal state that I was in was probably my daughter [Jessica, then a baby].

"She was something that earthed me, grounded me, and I thought, 'This isn't right, this can't be right, she cannot grow up in this state,'" Rowling added.

With her regular doctor away at the time of her depression, she began seeing a therapist who "absolutely saved me."

Rowling said she has "never been remotely ashamed of having been depressed. Never."

"I think I'm abnormally shameless on that account because what's to be ashamed of?"

She urges anybody suffering from depression to "go and get help.

"I went through a really rough time," Rowling added, "and I'm quite proud of the fact that I got out of that."

And Harry Potter fans everywhere are very, very grateful.

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Oscar Winner Says Harry Potter Is Bad For Kids

HerBadMother — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 19:03:00 GMT

No, it`s not because of the witchcraft and dark arts, or because Dumbledore`s gay or because that naughty Daniel Radcliffe showed his man-parts in that dirty stage play about horses or whatever. It`s because - get this - boarding school f*cks kids up, and the Harry Potter franchise glorifies boarding school.

So says Tilda Swinton, who insists that she would never, ever take a role in the Harry Potter movies for that very reason.

The actress, who played the White Witch in The Chronicles of Narnia, told the April issue of Out magazine: "I'm loath to say anything good about going to boarding school, which is one of the reasons why I'm not a believer in Harry Potter. Because I believe it fetishizes boarding school for children."

Oooh. Fetishizes, even. Somehow, that just makes it sound all the more interesting. Which is the whole problem for Tilda, I`m guessing. Whatever. There are worse things to fetishize than studying hard and mastering all sorts of complicated arts at a boarding school, I think. I mean - it`s school. I`d much rather my kids fetishize school than, say, Miley Cyrus`s MySpace page or the cast of High School Musical (which, although it has `school` in the title, has nothing to do at all with school, being almost entirely concerned, as it is, with Zac Efron`s hair.) So, yeah - if my child grows up to devour the canon of Harry Potter novels and develops a hankering to go to boarding school, I`m not exactly going to be fussed about it.

I have every respect for Tilda, but she needs to chill.

J.K. Rowling Considering 8th Harry Potter Book

Karen — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 15:04:00 GMT

Exciting news for Harry Potter fans: J.K. Rowling is pondering the idea of writing an 8th book for the series. This time around would not have Harry as the main character, however.

In an interview with Time Magazine (who voted her as one of the People of the Year for 2007) she said, "There have been times since finishing, weak moments, when I've said 'Yeah, all right' to the eighth novel."

She is getting enormous pressure from her oldest daughter, 14, and expects more pressure as her 2 and 4 year olds get into the series.

"If - and it's a big if - I ever write an eighth book, I doubt that Harry would be the central character. I feel I've already told his story.

"But these are big ifs. Let's give it ten years."

Rowling is currently working on two writing projects – an adult novel and a "political fairy tale" – and is involved in charity work.

And so we wait. I hope she keeps writing the Harry Potter series. It's great to see kids so entangled in these stories and treasuring a good read.

J.K. Rowling Gives Britney, Lindsay and Paris A Run For Their Nipple Slipping Money

BadKitty — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 15:11:00 GMT

J.K. Rowling is totally my idol. Not only can she buy and sell all those tramps in Hollywood, she can throw down in a boob-off.

Seen here slipping her girls out at some kiddie event in LA, the mother of three is looking pretty damn good. I mean, the white, lightly-padded -for-better-nipple coverage isn't the sexiest thing I've ever seen, but as Heather points out, she is rocking the Helen Mirren cleavage. Plus it's not like she's wearing a dingy gray nursing bra. Also, do we detect a little Mummylift action?

Meh, she can afford it. Good for her. But maybe Dita Von Teese can take her lingerie shopping. Because seriously, she can afford it.

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