Witch by association

Ps I don't like Harry Potter books; Diana Wynn's Jones stuff is better

I'm a HPEF who loves JKR. Am I pan-scholastic? Or A-Harrypotter?

There is no possible way JKR doesn't share the GC view. She'll be sympathetic to both sides I'm sure but she'll be GC through and through.

And the TRAs are just peaking her even more.

what just now, as a statement?

Fucking awesome, I love how you can make a statement by following someone!

Also, how the bloody Nora am I not following Magdalen?!

And does anyone know how she is?

Watching her was the first time I really got 'it.'

Bonkers isn't it? I follow a number of people I disagree with. Sometimes on one issue, often on many. I follow them because it's important to stay informed.

I have no idea whether JKR agrees with my views on the TRAs or not, but yes, the fasted way to peak trans is via the TRAs themselves. They're clueless.

PinkNews reached out to Rowling’s representatives for comment, and were told: “J.K. Rowling won’t be commenting. However, we know she follows on Twitter a wide range of people she finds interesting or thought-provoking.”

Excellent. No capitulation this time.

Crying laughing at Penis News having that screenshot of Magdalen doing one of her "Are you out of your fucking mind?" facial expressions.

www.indy100.com/article/jk-rowling-twitter-transphobe-magdalen-berns-terf-lgbt-8974041

The same author as the silly terves piece

Fuck me, if the height of the oppression faced by homosexual and trans people is a famous author following some people they disapprove on on Twitter, then I'd say the battle for equality is won, no?

Oooh. Bloody genius if she really is playing it that way. So many women who have been ripped apart for the smallest perceived transgression, and as we've said a number of times, all that's needed is to show everyone the AWA/TRAs own thinking and logic.
You can't get much more obviously barking mad than witch hunting someone for not saying a word, but following people on Twitter...

JK for your work trolling the bullies, I salute you ✊

If JK has decided that she's going to stay well back and dangle enough carrots for the AWAs to lose their shit and hoist themselves on their own petard, then I think it's a supremely subtle and classy strategy.

I love this idea. Following Fionne is a masterstroke!

To those who are confused, seeing JK Rowling taken apart for the appalling heresy of following some people on Twitter might be quite the eye opener.

I must admit to going into full eyeroll mode yesterday when I saw there was a whole article in Medium based on just that. Just how paranoid and looking for offence do you have to be to trawl through someone’s follow list and then write an article about it?

Love Fionne.

I really wish Twitter would die. The only reason for having an account is that other people do too, so a writer or a celebrity needs to have a presence otherwise they’ll lose out to other writers or celebrities. Take away the misogyny and racism and paedophilia and it’s still a shitty medium in which even the brightest people are reduced to soundbites.

Really, just now, in response to all this?

Do you know what, I've long said we all fight the fight in our own way. If JK has decided that she's going to stay well back and dangle enough carrots for the AWAs to lose their shit and hoist themselves on their own petard, then I think it's a supremely subtle and classy strategy. If she really is playing a long game and keeping her powder dry, then I shall be fearful impressed.

what just now, as a statement? good on that woman

FIONNE. just that

I've just waded through a small section of her timeline. They also accuse her of being an anti-semite.

Honestly, twitter is a cesspit of weirdos, they all find each other there - the furries, the anime lovers, the MAPs, the zoophiles....and none of them pass up the chance to call a famous woman a bigot and a TERF. They love abusing women who refuse to kowtow to them.

JK Rowling is a real heroine of mine. I love all her books, I love everything she does. I am v aligned with her politically (left leaning, anti-brexit, critical of Corbyn) - she's a real role model in my view. It's awful to see her twitter crammed full of anime avatars with 6 followers abusing her.

It’s not Mumsnet that radicalises women into terves, it’s transactivism.

Amen. Terfisaslur, followed by a lot of determined reading of TRA articles and materials trying to understand what the actual heck was going on, galloped me up a peak at high speed. Much of the 'radicalisation' here is sharing the articles, the tweets, the posts, the news events - just sharing the information produced by transactivism.

LOL at Magdalen 'spewing vitriolic hatred' - oh the drama and the total divorcement from any grip on reality. That calm, chilled out, common sense woman just quietly answering point by point, is about as hateful as a scone and jam.

That poster describes Glinner, Julie B and Magadalen as "spewing vitriolic hatred 24/7". It's utterly bizarre: do they really believe what they're saying? If so, their bar for what constitues hatred has been set extremely low

I liked the one where anyone who follows glinner is 100% transphobic. It's almost as if these silly children haven't even heard of Father Ted.
I had the theme from father Ted (beautiful songs called love, Divine Comedy) as the music for my first wedding dance. Honestly I was fated to be a witch.

I liked this ott dramatic comment. They really don't like people who don't tow the line.

I suspect they have almost zero power over jk now. Scream into the void pink hairs