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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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LouHotel · 10/06/2020 17:46

I love her.

Beamur · 10/06/2020 17:46

No retraction, no backpedaling.
Very honest and authentic.
However, this could also be like pouring fuel on a fire. JKR has come out and said all the things many of us have been thinking and more besides.

Toomuchtea · 10/06/2020 17:45

I am another lurker. Thank you, thank you JKR. You are an amazing woman.

zanahoria · 10/06/2020 17:45

I bet some moron still tells her to educate herself

MoltenLasagne · 10/06/2020 17:45

I feel like giving her a standing ovation. Brava JKR! Flowers

stillathing · 10/06/2020 17:45

Just wow.

The result of when the demand to "educate yourself" is taken perhaps more literally than a TRA would intend.

Sameold2020 · 10/06/2020 17:44
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StrangeLookingParasite · 10/06/2020 17:43

That was wonderful.

StandWithYou · 10/06/2020 17:42

Amazing piece of writing. Thank you Jo.

Poppyismyfavourite · 10/06/2020 17:42

I hope she reads this thread - if you are Jo - I think you're brilliant, thank you!

ItsAllGoingToBeFine · 10/06/2020 17:41

When DP told me about this I was so worried it would be a grovelling retraction. He assures me it isn't, so I am off to read now.

SpringerJS · 10/06/2020 17:41

It's a very powerful piece of writing. I'm going to send her a thank you card in the post tomorrow. She's a brave woman.

potter5 · 10/06/2020 17:41

So eloquent. Spoken from the heart. Made me cry.

lionheart · 10/06/2020 17:40

Thank goodness for JKR.

JK new post on her reasons for writing about gender
DuDuDuLangaLangaBingBong · 10/06/2020 17:39

She’s a superstar.

PrimalLass · 10/06/2020 17:39

Which of the newspapers other than the Times will dare to cover it?

Collidascope · 10/06/2020 17:38

Amazing. And yeah, made me well up too.

PrimalLass · 10/06/2020 17:38

She is utterly wonderful.

Michaelbaubles · 10/06/2020 17:37

Oh, destransitioners weren’t ever really trans, even though anyone is trans if they say they are.

Apileofballyhoo · 10/06/2020 17:36

I'm in tears also. Don't know if you believe in God JK, but may you be showered with all the blessings of the universe.

SkaraBrae · 10/06/2020 17:36

Great piece.

The part about her teenage years really resonated with me, as I think it would with many young girls.
Puberty is a difficult, confusing and isolating time for many teenagers.
I was miserable through most of it- I hated my body, had no sense of belonging to girls around me, or even my family.

Although sadly I am convinced that thousands of transactivists will beat her down for being insulting to their trans-ness.

What do they say about de-transitioners by the way?

WomaninBoots · 10/06/2020 17:35

Holy crap I am SO close to sharing this on Facebook and losing all my friends... SO close.

ofwarren · 10/06/2020 17:34

Im just a lurker and have been for years but this has me in tears.
You are bloody amazing Joanne Flowers

BatShite · 10/06/2020 17:34

What an amazing fucking woman.

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