JK Rowling Tweets in Support of Woman who was Fired for Alleged Transphobia

[ajadane]

Dress however you please.
Call yourself whatever you like.
Sleep with any consenting adult who’ll have you.
Live your best life in peace and security.
But force women out of their jobs for stating that sex is real? #IStandWithMaya #ThisIsNotADrill
- J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) December 19, 2019
JK Rowling, who has previously come under fire for

Comments

[nametags]

Oh so she's taking a flame thrower to a lot of her legacy

[lozbabie]

She’s not though.

[nametags]

Supporting someone who won't recognize a person's transition doesn't exactly bode with the messaging that was contained in Harry Potter?

[triviagogo29]

jk rowling supports bombing foreign countries, arming saudi arabia and has often say the left and the right are the same thing. she also uses her platform to amplify islamophobic, anti-black and right-wing voices in the UK media.

she also tweets shit like

I'll use my influence whatever way I want. This country needs to be freed of fascists on both right and left. https://t.co/vdNCFkAVGI
- J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) June 27, 2016

The far left & far right share many things, like a loathing of 'decadent' liberals #FilthyAndProudOfIt pic.twitter.com/y7lxk9naqf
- J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) August 31, 2016

I'm going nowhere! Little known fact about filthy bourgeois neoliberal centrists - we're tougher than you'd think ;) https://t.co/Sbe3Lwrq0l
- J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) August 31, 2016

[bellwetherr]

to actually call herself a bourgeois neoliberal centrist after living part of her life on food aid is so disturbing to me - money really makes you stupid

[rubidium]

[bellwetherr]

it is actually _not_ obvious after a slew of tweets about how both liberals and conservatives hate "decadent liberals"

[triviagogo29]

she's literally a tony blair stan. she is not joking.

[bellwetherr]

oh dear god

[triviagogo29]

she is openly in favor of neoliberal politics and politicians so no, she's not joking. at all.

[analievelyn]

agreed, bb

[lozbabie]

It depends if you agree that someone can transition from male to female.

Sex and gender are different. You can change gender. You can’t change sex.

Treating people with respect is part of the HP universe. It’s not denying that sex is not changeable.

[nametags]

Yes, I do believe someone can transition from male to female.

If you're not respecting someone's transition, then you're not respecting them.

[lozbabie]

Ok butt they can’t.

It’s impossible.

They can transition from man to woman.

It’s impossible to transition from male to female.

And females are oppressed on their sex. Hence why we need to have that distinction.

[windupbarbie]

Its not about what you "believe". Its science and fact that you can't change sex.

[honey_wheeler]

Can you respect a Christian person without believing Jesus is the son of god? Can you respect a vegan if you eat meat?