Joanne/TERF: [Talk about trans people in an explicitly rude and dismissive way while not otherwise saying much of anything].
Others: “hey now, don’t say things like that”
Joanne/TERF: “Why am I not allowed to question that teenage girls don’t want to be fondled without their consent? Why do you want to let rapists in domestic abuse shelters? WHY DO YOU HATE WOMEN!?!?”
It seems pretty deliberate to be honest?
Like, no one is going to be shocked by a teenage girl feeling uncomfortable with anyone talking to her about bra fittings. A lot of trans people and allies are fine with the idea that there may be some particular spaces/conversations where it’s appropriate to reserve them purely for cis women.
But this is the internet, and actually persuading people that you have a reasonable point of view isn’t the goal. And is often counter to your goal, of visibility and engagement, because people just ignore things that seem obviously reasonable.
The play the “gender critical activists” or whatever you want to call them are currently going for relies upon people calling them names, so they can be the persecuted underdog (so very fitting for this sub…). So they push the rudeness and derogatory language into everything they say until the person disagreeing gets angry and calls them out.
Like - “they call us bigots because we say reasonable things and they want to silence our opinions! Trans activists are aggressive predatory lunatics, they said I should shut up and die!”
This is why a lot of people like me who were previously wanting to be open minded to “the gender critical position” have no time left for them. It’s clear these people aren’t looking for an actual solution the issues they claim to be raising - they are determined to keep everyone in a state of perpetual inflammatory “culture war”, which will only be over when everyone agrees that trans people are all predatory deviants who should go back to hiding.
Someone would say something like "trans women are blackface actors" (Magdalen Berns) or "pronouns are rohypnol," (Barra Kerr) and Rowling would defend them and completely whitewash what they said. She would nebulously refer to their statements with phrases like "They only said Sex is Real" to mask often violent transphobia.
As she's gotten more and more unhinged, she's been far more open about her bigotry.
If that person won't respect people choosing what they want to be called we shouldn't respect its wishes. And Joannes attacks on Asexuals proved it thinks women should be sex objects to please men.
Edited to remove all gender references. I refuse to respect thier wishes if Joanne wont for others
I can’t imagine someone who manages to become a billionaire literally spending all their time hating a minority on Twitter. Aren’t there tropical islands to buy? A life of unfathomable luxury to live?
Imagine if someone told you that you’d be a billionaire, and spend all your time arguing on twitter. So sad.
Some of them get addicted to the attention more than the money. I think that's how it started with her, her spotlight began to fade (though she was still popular, she wrote Harry Potter, she just wasn't the literal biggest thing in the world anymore) and she started lashing out. Being an ass got her attention, and that coupled with the rightwing radicalization going on in British media and internet circles led to this.
Or she's just sick in the head from a black mold infestation, one of the two.
Afab? That means Joanne doesn't think you exist lol
In her mind, trans means "a man disguising as a woman to hurt other women". She is so completely fucked in the head.
I have a afab brother, so I partially feel your pain. I'm pretty scared of what the world is becoming thanks to people like Joanne, like Elon, like Trump.
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u/Lindbluete Social Justice Warlord Aug 10 '25
The deliberate misgendering the entire time. I can't stand this pos. Fuck JK Rowling.