JK Rowling DELETES tweet declaring love for Stephen King after US author said he believed “transgender women are women”
- Stephen King shared a post by the author of Harry Potter quoting Andrea Dworkin
- Then she replied to a fan asking her views, writing ‘trans women are women’
- Rowling then quickly deleted a tweet praising her account author.
JK Rowling has removed a tweet stating that her love for Stephen King has reached “new heights” after the American author expressed his support for transgender women.
The 54-year-old author of Harry Potter had shared a quote from the late feminist and author Andrea Dworkin in the middle of a much longer thread on recent comments by Labor MP Lloyd Russell-Moyle.
The director claimed that the author was “using her own sexual assault” to justify her controversial views on transgender issues in an article for the left-wing magazine Tribune. She has since apologized for the comments.
Towards the end of a lengthy Twitter thread about Russell-Moyle’s apology, Rowling shared the quote about how men often “react to women’s words, speaking and writing, as if they were acts of violence.”
King later shared the quote with his own 5.9 million followers, prompting Rowling to tweet that her love for the author had reached “new heights.”
JK Rowling (left) has removed a tweet stating that her love for Stephen King (right) has reached “new heights” after the American author expressed support for transgender women
As for Twitter, Rowling said: “I have always revered Stephen King, but today my love reached, perhaps not Annie Wilkes levels, but new heights.”
He added: “ I have always revered Stephen King, but today my love reached, perhaps not the Annie Wilkes levels, but new heights.
‘It is much easier for men to ignore or belittle women’s concerns, but I will never forget men who stood up when they didn’t need it. Thanks Stephen.
Then a fan asked for clarification on his views, who said: ‘You should head over to the TERF tweet. By telling us constant readers if you think trans women are women.
He replied: ‘Yes. Trans women are women.
Following her comment, Rowling deleted her post praising the author.
The term TERF, meaning ‘transsexual radical feminist’, has been linked to Rowling in the midst of a furious dispute over transgender issues over the past month.
The author of Harry Potter has sparked fury in recent weeks when she reacted to an online article titled ‘Opinion: Creating a more equitable COVID-19 world for menstruating people.’
A fan asked King for clarification on his views, who said: ‘You should go to the TERF tweet. By telling us constant readers if you think trans women are women ‘
The author of Harry Potter has sparked fury in recent weeks when she reacted to an online article titled ‘Opinion: Creating a more equitable COVID-19 world for menstruating people.’
“Menstruating people.” I’m sure there used to be a word for those people. Somebody help me. Wumben? Wimpund? Woomud? The award-winning writer told her 14.5 million followers.
Stung by criticism, the writer, whose Harry Potter books have sold more than 500 million copies worldwide, tried to justify her decision to speak in a deeply personal essay.
Recalling how the trauma of ‘a serious sexual assault I suffered in my twenties’ had informed her that she was thinking about the trans issue and women’s rights, Ms. Rowling explained:’ Like any other survivor of domestic abuse and sexual assault who I know, I feel nothing more than empathy and solidarity with trans women who have been mistreated by men. “
Russell-Moyle accused Rowling of promoting “hatred” of trans people and exploiting the sexual assault she had suffered in an article published last week in the Left-wing Tribune magazine.
“Recently, of course, we saw people like JK Rowling using their own sexual assault as justification to discriminate against a group of people who were not responsible for it,” he wrote. Her words brought swift condemnation of women’s rights activists in the Labor Party.
Writing on Twitter Sunday, Russell-Moyle, MP for Brighton Kemptown, said: “ I want to apologize (sic) without reservation for the comments in the article I wrote last week in Tribune about Trans rights in which I mention JK Rowling.
JK Rowling’s early revelations about domestic abuse and sexual assault in her recent article on Trans topics were heartfelt and must have been difficult to say.
“While I may disagree with some of her analyzes of transgender rights, it was a mistake on my part to suggest that she used her own terrible experience in anything other than good faith.” I have asked Tribune to remove the line in question.
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