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JK new post on her reasons for writing about gender

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BlackKite · 10/06/2020 17:13

www.jkrowling.com/opinions/j-k-rowling-writes-about-her-reasons-for-speaking-out-on-sex-and-gender-issues/

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happydappy2 · 10/06/2020 20:07

Heart warming, like many of us have always said-we don’t hate trans people, it is the ideology that is so harmful to women and children. Beautifully written

TooTiredTodayOk · 10/06/2020 20:07

What's the email address to write to for her please?

FedUpWithBriiiiick · 10/06/2020 20:04

Amazing. I put my head above the parapet for the first time on Twitter by retweeting the essay with a comment about how it reflects everything I want to articulate but can't, and the first reply was "ok terf quiet down".

Sunlight. Sunlight. Sunlight.

MadauntofA · 10/06/2020 20:04

That is the best piece of writing I have read in a very long time - deserves a standing ovation.

RasberryRoyale · 10/06/2020 20:03

Beautifully written, I have shared it among my family. Thinking about sharing it on my social media although I will get dogs abuse if I do.

YgritteSnow · 10/06/2020 20:02

I am nervously waiting for something from Emma Watson. Who I do hope won’t let us all down 😕

She's already nailed her colours to the mast, she posted a heavily filtered, blurry photo of herself with big hair, pouting and wearing a trans rights are human rights t shirt ages ago.

ThisIsMeOrIsIt · 10/06/2020 20:02

I've just emailed her. I really wanted to show my support and, at the moment, that's the only way I can. I'm not ready to share on my FB yet, but I hope I will find the courage in the next day or two. I'm definitely going to write to my MP as well, that's a great idea.

YRGAM · 10/06/2020 20:01

@OceanOrchid

I emailed the address from earlier in the thread and got a reply from her team so they are reading the emails. Defo worth doing it if you can cos you don’t for damned sure those who hate her will be, and I think it’s important to show her and her team how many of us agree with her.
I got one too
Powergower · 10/06/2020 20:01

Yes I emailed this morning and received a lovely response. I work in a high preyed job, with very intelligent people, but if i shared this I would be sacked. Ours absolutely appalling how women have been silenced en masse.

SirVixofVixHall · 10/06/2020 19:59

What have the BodyShop said ? I can’t find it.

AlecTrevelyan006 · 10/06/2020 19:58

Can't see anything about on BBC online - maybe it doesn't fit their narrative?

OceanOrchid · 10/06/2020 19:58

I emailed the address from earlier in the thread and got a reply from her team so they are reading the emails. Defo worth doing it if you can cos you don’t for damned sure those who hate her will be, and I think it’s important to show her and her team how many of us agree with her.

Techway · 10/06/2020 19:58

Email JK for support and also your MPs. They have to know they the silent majority, isn't that silent.

mateysmum · 10/06/2020 19:58

Emailed

Ploppymoodypants · 10/06/2020 19:57

Well done JK. I really want to post this on my page, but I KNOW I’ll get a backlash saying that we should be concentrating on BLM and not ‘pushing feminism again’ ☹️

I was soooo disappointed and felt so let down by Daniel Radcliffe who I have long admired for his feminist support and the way in which he conducts himself publicly.

I am nervously waiting for something from Emma Watson. Who I do hope won’t let us all down 😕

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TooOldForSims · 10/06/2020 19:56

@iswhois

If the Harry Potter reddit is anything to go by it's already being deliberately twisted and misquoted
Seriously, why do people do this? Angry
ThePankhurstConnection · 10/06/2020 19:55

That was a very moving piece of writing and I really agreed with every word, she expressed the way I feel too. It's unlikely she reads here but thank you J K Rowling, truly, thank you so much.

iswhois · 10/06/2020 19:55

If the Harry Potter reddit is anything to go by it's already being deliberately twisted and misquoted

CheerfuIPotato · 10/06/2020 19:54

Wouldn’t it be a wonderful gesture from Daniel Radcliffe, Evanna Lynch and Eddie Redmayne if they showed their support for the trans activists by donating the ‘dirty money’ they received playing characters in JK Rowlings’ stories, to Trans Charities? grin It must be terrible for them knowing how some of their wealth has been accumulated

Now THIS needs to go viral!! Fabulous!

PerfectPenquins · 10/06/2020 19:54

Shared the hell out of her response. The body shops mocking tweet is disgraceful I hope they go under with the recession. You cant stand by passively supporting her in private, we need to loudly support each other against the vile abuse given out to women for having an opinion on their own dam sex based rights.

Desperatelyseekingreason · 10/06/2020 19:54

Another lurker here. Thanks JK, beautifully put. What have we come to that women are frightened of the consequences of voicing their views but I've just shared it on Facebook anyway. Time to get a hard hat...

TooOldForSims · 10/06/2020 19:53

I think I am going to send her an email as well to show my support.

Susanna85 · 10/06/2020 19:53

What a woman.
And I'll stand beside her!!!