Maybe Rowling and her defenders could consider reading a letter from a young transgender once-fan, instead of just blindly charging ahead. #RIPJKRowling pls why is this so funny □□ /Irai2RLJwR Twitter has helpfully pointed out that no, Rowling isn’t dead. Naturally, this has been seen as misogynistic by TERFs, who are claiming this is a perfect example of the violent trans activist movement. In response, #RIPJKRowling is trending on Twitter, as people say the once-beloved Harry Potter author is now dead to them. The novel is a heavy-handed and often grisly tale about a serial killer, who likes to slice up his victims and cut off body parts as trophies and many chapters start with a quotation from. No caption needed #RIPJKRowling /zuBLXrKa3TĪny public space you can think of in which it's suggested that men will dress as women in order to harm women are spaces actual trans people are exponentially, verifiably more likely to be harmed in Jason "David Wong" Pargin September 14, 2020 The infuriating thing about the JK Rowling news (that she's apparently writing a novel about a man who dresses like a woman to murder women in their safe spaces) is that the outrage will drive like 500% more sales than she'd have otherwise gotten. “What’s next? An evil villain who steals nuclear weapons?” “I’m honestly relieved that JK Rowling has written a 900 page book about a transvestite killer, because it’s such a hackneyed, overused, ridiculous trope that it perfectly demonstrates how out of touch with reality she is,” wrote podcaster and novelist Cate Spice. On Twitter, many are critical of Troubled Blood and Rowling, calling it everything from a cynical way to profit off transphobia to an example of how Rowling has to write fictional versions of the trans women she fears, as they don’t exist in the real world. It’s a common argument by TERFS (trans-exclusionary radical feminists) that has gained footing within popular UK feminism. Rowling has since stepped up her transphobia, in June writing a 4,000 word screed arguing for the importance of feminism on the basis of biological sex. Michael Schaub is a Texas-based journalist and regular contributor to NPR.“It’s an entirely common though insulting trope about trans women – that they are aggressive and unable to overcome their masculine nature, not to mention villainous – that has become all too common from cisgender authors with only a passing knowledge of trans people.” I don’t have patience for people who deny science and target the most vulnerable, whether it’s or George Takei September 15, 2020 “I don’t have patience for people who deny science and target the most vulnerable, whether it’s or tweeted actor and author George Takei. In the last several years Joanne JK Rowling has doubled, tripled, and as of. On Twitter, supporters of trans rights criticized Rowling for her new book. It’s been revealed that an upcoming novel by the Harry Potter author features a crossdressing serial killer. She has tweeted that people who support transgender rights believe that “sex isn’t real” and, in a long essay, referenced the debunked myth that cisgender men transition in order to gain access to women’s restrooms. Rowling has been criticized for her comments about transgender people, which are widely seen as retrograde and hostile. A reviewer for the Telegraph wrote, “One wonders what critics of Rowling’s stance on trans issues will make of a book whose moral seems to be: never trust a man in a dress.”Ī Kirkus reviewer also noted Rowling’s decision to have the murderer be a man who dresses in women’s clothing, calling it “a choice that will raise red flags coming from Rowling.” Vanity Fair reports that the book, Troubled Blood, written under the pseudonym Robert Galbraith, follows detective Cormoran Strike investigating a cold case from 1974. Rowling is drawing criticism for her new novel, which features a cisgender male serial killer who dresses in women’s clothing. Rowling proved her commitment to being transphobic in her new fictional book, Troubled Blood, and Cynthia Nixon also called out the Harry Potter author for her painful anti-trans comments.
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