JK Rowling - Thread 2

Re the discussion on the first thread about how academia has been taken over by nonsense... was this thread covered?

mobile.twitter.com/claudistics/status/1207794227637374976

It is a doozy of the "I'm an expert scientist let's talk about all these other species and hope you don't notice I'm not talking about humans much".

Thanks to the JK tweet I now know how many of my intelligent pro rational, pro science non-scientist mates who 100% think sex is on a spectrum.

My favorite is when they insist that hypospadias means sex don't real.

Not sure if it's allowed to reference a previous thread (and don't know how to link the particular comment!), but I just wanted to say a big "thank you" to the 11 women who keep this board going (ably supported by the Russian bots). You are an informative and witty bunch and even find time to keep the street violence wing going......

Very happy that ds is getting a set of HP books for Christmas

So many “biologists” crashing onto Twitter to say “Lo! Allow me to explain something about biological sex! It isn’t binary ACTUALLY, it’s VERY complicated...”

And then they wang on at length about disorders of sexual development. I’m tempted to have a shot every time I see one of these threads, but it’s early and I have stuff to do, so...

Here’s one: twitter.com/claudistics/status/1207794227637374976?s=21

Cordelia Fine has this on her page:

I also agree that "people should be legally permitted to believe that biological sex is immutable and cannot be changed, without fear of losing their jobs." (Kathleen Stock)

(Spoiler - in Rowling's case the pit is lined with 100 pound bills and adoring fan letters. And ringed with the bottles of gin many of us are going to send her if a suitable shipping address is provided.)

So, yeah, as we can see, cancelling someone on Twitter means nobody will ever like them again and they will be cast into the pit of like free despair.

I was at Gatwick yesterday and the Harry Potter store was HEAVING. I was going to buy something in support but it was too jammed!

I think it's a piss take

Yes, media companies, remove all Harry Potter content from your networks right before Christmas, because if there's anything large media companies love it's losing money!

I saw someone likening transwomen to adoptive parents. You would never saw that a parent with an adopted child wasn't their parent. BUT correct me if I am wrong, but isn't adoption a difficult and testing process where there has to be some legal confirmation first after considerable assessment of a person's suitability before they are allowed to be an adopted parent. Which is regularly checked and supervised.
The analogy doesn't work.

A bit behind, but I can't believe NBC News gave space to someone (Rachel McKinnon/Veronica Ivy) who has made public death threats to women. And there isn't even a mention of it, or of their multiple name changes to hide their past. It's like Jarvis being quoted in the Advocate - you don't need any credentials or credibility whatsoever, other than saying "I'm trans".

Jameela? What an absolute embarrassment. She's complained extensively about cancel culture... then cancels Rowling in the most attention-seeking way possible.

Challenge to Jameela - spend some time on the frontline of services for vulnerable women. Find out WHY the people running them are concerned. Extend them the basic human dignity you seem to so keen to bestow on anti-women campaigners.

my Hadgrid waifu pillow

I'm growing rather fond of Jarvis!

Gonna buy some HP books tomorrow for my nieces.

Will be interesting to see what this does to her sales - I think it could end up rejuvenating them, actually (not that they probably need much rejuvenation).

I liked this one a lot.

I don't even know if those tweets are serious.

It was the reply of WHOOSH to that prize plum that had me sobbing with laughter @BarbaraStrozzi

Omg this is hilarious!

twitter.com/journalistew/status/1207753270254604289?s=21

Jameela is really annoying me. She doesn't get that it's all body negative. All of it. And misogynistic.

Thank you Tired for that Titania thread - golden!

I love the clip of Father Ted and that sort of language. And of course, it has one poster who hasn't realised it's a parody saying "remember to buy them at a thrift shop so she doesn't get any of your money" - I love it when people are that dim!

I’m going to buy all the films now.

I saw a very funny parody of an interview with Jamila over on Spinster.

Jameela Jamil is an idiot

I just came on to say #owenjonesisawankerday is trending. Well in the top 5. So many people having fun with it too.