JK Rowling made secret donation to save female lawyers and their families in Afghanistan

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JK Rowling made secret donation to save female lawyers in Afghanistan https://t.co/Uvazo5P5bW
- Daily Mail Online (@MailOnline) January 27, 2023
On Thursday in a House of Lords debate it was revealed that J.K. Rowling and Lord Michael Hintze made a secret donation in August 2021 to rescue over a hundred female lawyers and their families from

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[syvlie0o0]

Did Jo stipulate that they needed to identify as their assigned at birth gender before they could leave the country? 🙄

[inkstainedlips]

I'm glad she put her money to good use.

It's infuriating that those women were on a kill list just for being lawyers.

[cettefemme90]

It's terrifying the level of hatred men can have for women.

[flawed_x_design]

Honestly so many women in Afghanistan are on kill lists right now for even more ridiculous or falsified reasons.
It's insane to me how Western nations just up and left these atrocities - essentially a gendercide - to happen and have been silent af about. (and left weapons to enable it, thanks america). Following it all has been heart wrenching and sickening.

Meanwhile, the reporting on Ukraine is never ending and highly sympathetic and condeming. Qwhite the fucked up contrast.
The world doesn't care about women and they don't care about WOC.

This was a really good thing she did.

[recognitions]

Why even make this post

Nvm, I didn't see the OP at first

[bakemonos]

I'm sure she made sure that they were cisgender before giving over the money.

[fernandocolunga]

Trans people doesn’t exist in Afghanistan. It’s a western mental disorder. Probably why she felt so aligned to help them, she feels aligned with this way of gender assignment.

[loonyluna26]

I'm kinda side eyeing this comment. Are we calling it a mental disorder now?

[emmanium]

That comment is very likely sarcastic.

[matsaurus]

That is wonderful that the contribution enabled people to get out, and I hope they find safety and a secure future. I won't praise the individual for putting money they don't need somewhere it belongs, but I'm glad for those it benifitted.

[angriest_girl]

This is probably the most perfect way to comment on this story.

[arabian]

This is the best response.

[noodlecookie]

Exactly.