JK Rowling: Should this author get cancelled following controversial tweets?
Harry Potter fans around the world are groaning and wishing that someone would take JK Rowling’s Twitter from her again. The author made some tweets yesterday saying that she has been threatened for transphobic tweets that she has made. In addition to these tweets & other writings, people have also accused the author for making ableist comments as well.
It’s a whole mess, to put it bluntly, as with everything that seems to come up in regards to the author. These latest tweets from JK Rowling have started another conversation around the author, her transphobic views, and, yes, another conversation of “death of the author”. Let’s take a look at how Twitter is reacting to JK Rowling’s latest tweets, shall we?
I suppose now is a good time to remind everyone that JK Rowling’s essay wasn’t just transphobic, but ableist, as she used it to deny the agency of autistic trans people.
Add that to the racism and anti-semitism in her books, and everyone defending her is just defending a bigot.
— Mark Grimshaw (@markgrimshaw16) July 20, 2021
Mic drop
Sharing this again because the “what did JK Rowling say that was transphobic?” question is doing the rounds and just in case anybody is asking it in good faith here is a fantastic thread by a woman who knows her stuff. https://t.co/M4AYjmJtaR
— Sooz Kempner (@SoozUK) July 20, 2021
Education through Twitter
Here’s a way to educate yourselves on why JKR’s tweets are not good.
So JK Rowling has had hundreds of threats sent to her because she's transphobic? Well, I've had thousands of threats sent to me because of JK Rowling. Two wrongs don't make a right, but let's not forget who started this fight, Jo, and let's not forget who has the bigger hammer. pic.twitter.com/g0IoZoFArg
— Nicola Spurling (@NicESpurling) July 19, 2021
The bigger hammer
And people are fighting back against the author.
I see JK Rowling is back on her wingardium leviobullshit
— Imani Gandy (@AngryBlackLady) July 20, 2021
Great job!
A reminder that JK Rowling has transphobia trending because she had some anon Twitter threats.
Meanwhile transphobes are ACTUALLY stabbing trans people and people they think are trans in California because of a made up incident.
— Erin, boycotting Arkansas businesses (@ErinInTheMorn) July 20, 2021
Stop giving her a platform
JK Rowling’s transphobic remarks are bad, but transphobes are actually attacking & killing people for existing.
JK Rowling supporters have literally threatened to mutilate my body.
Where is my massive media backlash? https://t.co/1mCMLsCi0U
— woon gumpus moor (@notCursedE) July 20, 2021
And no one sees anything wrong with this?
This tracks.
JK Rowling is trending again, reminder that she's a transphobic piece of shit who wrote children's books that for some reason appeal to baby-brained liberals pic.twitter.com/KAfbCRaA5O
— Chef Gaykwon 🏳️🌈☭🚩🐧 (@GramsciFag) July 20, 2021
Remove her from Twitter
It’s basically how she tweets these days.
JK Rowling opening her mouth and saying transphobic shit again. Must be a day that ends in y. pic.twitter.com/aAWitcClyD
— Eli (@Genus_Unknown) July 20, 2021
Are we surprised?
It tracks.
JK Rowling – if you want to paint trans women as dangerous because you’ve received some threats, logically I can do the same, right?
This is what your ‘movement’ is doing to trans people… pic.twitter.com/scNGaDLiHp
— Nicola Spurling (@NicESpurling) July 19, 2021
It goes both ways, Jo.
It looks like it goes both ways. And trans individuals are the ones who really get killed.
JK Rowling trending still, because of anon trolls tweet. Whereas her colleagues in the "Gender Critical" movement talk about how to carry illegal weapons to stab trans women trying to pee. That's how radicalised they are now. pic.twitter.com/WnV6KtP6Dl
— James Billingham (@oolon) July 20, 2021
Hello?!
And no one sees anything wrong with this?!
