JK Rowling's gender policing finally caught up to her

[Anonymous]

She claimed that the boxer Imane Khelif (gold medal women's boxing winner from Algeria) was a man or transgender. But....she's not. The famously conservative Algerian government - where transgender transition is illegal - came to Khelif's defense and stated that she is a biological female.

Now? Rowling is getting sued by Khelif in French courts for online hate speech and harassment. We've now come full circle: Rowling's true intention is to police the femineity of women who don't conform to rigid gender norms. Rowling isn't content to just let biological women live their lives; instead, they most conform to what Rowling believes a woman should look like.

Do we think Rowling has learned her lesson? Of course not. She's going to have to pay Khelif.

[Anonymous]

Sadly, Musk and Rowling won't even feel the monetary damages they will have to pay.

And neither one of them will shut up until they're dead.

[Anonymous]

What is her deal? I have seen some of her posts and truly do not understand. Why so hateful?

[Anonymous]

I think JK Rowling has an obsession, and she's going down with her obsession and hate. That being said, the Algerian athlete's gender is not a no brainer. She was declared female at birth, but it doesn't mean she is biologically female. It's a complicated situation and doesn't fit anyone's agenda.

[Anonymous]

But this individual is female.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What is her deal? I have seen some of her posts and truly do not understand. Why so hateful?

It's truly baffling to me. She was the one that defended a stage production having a black Hermione, and confirmed that Dumbledore was gay. The trans hate, I really do not understand at all.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think JK Rowling has an obsession, and she's going down with her obsession and hate. That being said, the Algerian athlete's gender is not a no brainer. She was declared female at birth, but it doesn't mean she is biologically female. It's a complicated situation and doesn't fit anyone's agenda.

But why does JK Rowling care or get an opinion about this?

This is a person who has been female since birth. If her chromosomes do not match (and that is not something that has been established), she has a medical condition. Regardless, JK believes you cannot change gender and the boxer was female at birth.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What is her deal? I have seen some of her posts and truly do not understand. Why so hateful?

It's truly baffling to me. She was the one that defended a stage production having a black Hermione, and confirmed that Dumbledore was gay. The trans hate, I really do not understand at all.

I don’t understand it either.

[Anonymous]

I'm no expert, so huge grains of salt. But here is my impression from casual observation:

I think Rowling was poorly treated by men (or at least a man) and, for that reason, has strong feelings about women's need to be protected from men. This led to heartfelt feelings about having biological males in female spaces.

(I take no real position on the right way to resolve those questions - I think they can be challenging & people of good faith can disagree; and I think that people of bad faith can use these questions as pretexts for bigotry).

In any event, Rowling expressed these feelings, possibly poorly and definitely in a way that caused offense. That said, the initial writings I saw from Rowling on this subject were not strident and, likely due to her prominence, trans-advocates came at her hard. At this point, Rowling doubled down and became more strident.

She reminds me of centrists who get attacked by the online left for having feet of clay; only to find a warm embrace from the right. Suddenly they're fascists, not so much because they like the racism and the genocide but because they like being popular.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think JK Rowling has an obsession, and she's going down with her obsession and hate. That being said, the Algerian athlete's gender is not a no brainer. She was declared female at birth, but it doesn't mean she is biologically female. It's a complicated situation and doesn't fit anyone's agenda.

But why does JK Rowling care or get an opinion about this?

This is a person who has been female since birth. If her chromosomes do not match (and that is not something that has been established), she has a medical condition. Regardless, JK believes you cannot change gender and the boxer was female at birth.

Because JK Rowling has decided to focus her life on this issue, from a hateful angle. And yes, this athlete possibly has a medical condition. It's possible she's not actually "female" genetically (we don't actually know), but she's also not trans, and was assigned female at birth. It's not a trans right issue whatsoever, but JK Rowling decided to make it about that. Here is a helpful article about what the athlete's possible condition: https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/differences-in-sex-development/

[Anonymous]

I am asking this as a legitimate question because I’m not sure if this is true or not but I have read this online. Some people are claiming that she has had genetic testing that indicates she has a Y chromosome even though she presents as woman. Is this true and if so does that provide any meaningful advantages over women with XX chromosomes? Obviously, that doesn’t change her gender identity and people should respectful of that, but fairness in women’s sports is arguably separate from gender identity in some circumstances. I feel bad for her because she is from a very conservative country where most people are not accepting of LGBT rights. This discussion about her being a “man” likely creates a risk to her safety when she visits Algeria.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm no expert, so huge grains of salt. But here is my impression from casual observation:

I think Rowling was poorly treated by men (or at least a man) and, for that reason, has strong feelings about women's need to be protected from men. This led to heartfelt feelings about having biological males in female spaces.

(I take no real position on the right way to resolve those questions - I think they can be challenging & people of good faith can disagree; and I think that people of bad faith can use these questions as pretexts for bigotry).

In any event, Rowling expressed these feelings, possibly poorly and definitely in a way that caused offense. That said, the initial writings I saw from Rowling on this subject were not strident and, likely due to her prominence, trans-advocates came at her hard. At this point, Rowling doubled down and became more strident.

She reminds me of centrists who get attacked by the online left for having feet of clay; only to find a warm embrace from the right. Suddenly they're fascists, not so much because they like the racism and the genocide but because they like being popular.

So, basically, Rowling has experienced trauma and that is the animus for lashing out in public spheres like Twitter.

Frankly, she needs a therapist. Social media is playing the role of her therapist, where she gets dopamine hits of praise (and criticism) every time she says something more outrageous. In short, she's addicted to the feedback loop of social media.

It's a really sad end to her legacy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm no expert, so huge grains of salt. But here is my impression from casual observation:

I think Rowling was poorly treated by men (or at least a man) and, for that reason, has strong feelings about women's need to be protected from men. This led to heartfelt feelings about having biological males in female spaces.

(I take no real position on the right way to resolve those questions - I think they can be challenging & people of good faith can disagree; and I think that people of bad faith can use these questions as pretexts for bigotry).

In any event, Rowling expressed these feelings, possibly poorly and definitely in a way that caused offense. That said, the initial writings I saw from Rowling on this subject were not strident and, likely due to her prominence, trans-advocates came at her hard. At this point, Rowling doubled down and became more strident.

She reminds me of centrists who get attacked by the online left for having feet of clay; only to find a warm embrace from the right. Suddenly they're fascists, not so much because they like the racism and the genocide but because they like being popular.

So, basically, Rowling has experienced trauma and that is the animus for lashing out in public spheres like Twitter.

Frankly, she needs a therapist. Social media is playing the role of her therapist, where she gets dopamine hits of praise (and criticism) every time she says something more outrageous. In short, she's addicted to the feedback loop of social media.

It's a really sad end to her legacy.

I think that's probably correct. It might be the whole story, but I think that's a good chunk of what's going on. Lots of us could use therapy instead of social media! And yet, here I am.

[Anonymous]

The US will refuse to extradite Elon musk for a crime based on protected Speech in the US. I also don’t understand French law, but it seems like a potential jurisdictional issue to me if he made these posts outside of France especially while not physically the EU.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm no expert, so huge grains of salt. But here is my impression from casual observation:

I think Rowling was poorly treated by men (or at least a man) and, for that reason, has strong feelings about women's need to be protected from men. This led to heartfelt feelings about having biological males in female spaces.

(I take no real position on the right way to resolve those questions - I think they can be challenging & people of good faith can disagree; and I think that people of bad faith can use these questions as pretexts for bigotry).

In any event, Rowling expressed these feelings, possibly poorly and definitely in a way that caused offense. That said, the initial writings I saw from Rowling on this subject were not strident and, likely due to her prominence, trans-advocates came at her hard. At this point, Rowling doubled down and became more strident.

She reminds me of centrists who get attacked by the online left for having feet of clay; only to find a warm embrace from the right. Suddenly they're fascists, not so much because they like the racism and the genocide but because they like being popular.

I think this is true. I remember reading some of her original manifesto on this and in my opinion it was nuanced and not hateful.

I wish she would leave the conversation. She said some things, she made her points, just bow out and enjoy your billions of dollars.