Stephen King retweets JKR

Stephen King deeply admires her as a writer. He's written many reviews of her books and championed her work for years. He has a strong and unusual (though not unique) reputation as a genre writers whose writing is taken seriously by critics and the public alike. In his reviews, which are written for major, serious publications, he has made it clear that she belongs in this category as well.

This explains his following of her on Twitter.

Stephen King has made numerous feminist statements in the past (though this has been an evolution). He also tends to stand up for those who have been marginalized, bullied, or cast aside in society.

I believe his first tweet is about the former. I believe his second tweet is about the latter.

We put too much hope in these celebrities.

He presumably agrees with what was in the tweet he retweeted (the dworkin quote) but that doesn't mean he agrees with her on everything. Maybe he does think twaw. Some do. Lots of gc people were once of that opinion - until they questioned. It should be possible to disagree with someone but believe they should be able to give their view without abuse.

But I'm a bit disgusted by the way he responded to the misogynist insult term terf - when so much of the vile abuse directed at her has included that word.

indeed Freddo - it was a cuntish thing to do

How could he do that to JKR? I'm so saddened for her to have lost someone she considered a friend and ally, in such a humiliating and public manner. I've always admired Stephen King, but now he's just another virtue signalling turncoat, who values woke points more than integrity. Just another privileged man throwing women under a bus.

Ok, need to rtft...

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It sounds like a lot of women have done to thank her for speaking out, and she's definitely reading some of it or having the gist of it passed on.

I like all her comments and put something nice in the ickabog pictures

How can we support JKR. Do we follow her on Twitter and like her comments?

What's best?

Bloody coward.

Oh. Never mind.

Just read the article in the Indy, I'm very disappointed in Mr King.

Yes!!!! One of my favourite writers - I'm so chuffed to see this.

Mr King certainly hasn't been a 'woke' writer, although it might seem like that given his recent stuff like Elevation - his writing of women has been quite poor in the past. However, I think his son (Joe Hill, an excellent writer of women) has been influential on him here.

So chuffed to see this retweet. If SK - or indeed JKR - had fallen, I would be depressed indeed.

He can't take the freedom of speech angle whilst replying to a tweet that uses TERF. Those two positions are diametrically opposed. As a PP said, he seems to want to get pats on the head from everyone whilst sacrificing nothing ... but his integrity.

It shows him (and everyone) exactly what she thinks of him. It shows him that he has sacrificed honour and integrity for the baying mob.

The dignity of the woman is breathtaking. She really is incredible - because that must have felt like a slap in the face.

He's kept his re-tweet up - I suppose you can disagree with the misogynistic abuse JK is getting, but still think TWAW - but does anyone really think that?

I thought it was just "be kind" posturing to repeat TWAW. A mantra that TRAs like to get politicians and celebs to say. Because we all know it's not actually true. "Living as" women, "identifying as" women - whatever those things mean - but nobody born male can actually BE a woman. Otherwise we wouldn't have the word "trans".

How cowardly. Condemns the abuse women receive but then replies without criticism to someone calling her a TERF. How hard would it have been to just ignore or call out someone using that slur against a woman?

Previous, not precious.

Ah, didn’t realise!

Maybe he was drunk.

He’s an alcoholic and a precious cocaine addict who’s been on the wagon - as far as we know - for a very long time. He wrote It for example, mostly high, but has been sober for years.

I don’t think King drunk tweets.

Although rory you obviously like your men to flip flop around

I like the tweet

Oh no

I don’t like the tweet

I quite like a decisive man...whether they believe TWAW or not

Loving him seems a bit stalkerish

This is the problem. You just don't know what individual pressure someone is under.

Like Jonathan Ross and his woke daughters. You don't know whether he has close friends he doesn't want to fall out with or family who would cut him off. However rich and powerful and immune to twitter trolls you may be, there are personal relationships involved too - and they are important to everyone.

He should have stayed quiet if he wasn't sure where his bread was buttered, though. It has been so utterly disappointing.

I just wish it was a conversation that could be had without the extreme reactions.

I haven't said anything much in the real life apart to people who I know would hear me out. I'm a coward too, I guess.

I think King's POV is simply that of an even-more-than-averagely privileged white male. He is distributing his benevolence like sweeties to urchins. 'Sure, I'll show how kind and empathetic I am about women who are victims of male violence - I want to distance myself from that kind of asshole man' - retweets JK's Dworkin quote. Then parrots the TWAW mantra as a pat on the head to the angry animes. No skin in the game. Only his own image of himself as a good guy to polish, and the feeling of power from watching the twitter reaction.

All misogyny is deplorable, but I have a particular loathing of the kind that masquerades as progressiveness, while climbing higher and higher up the power structure.

@magicstar1 thank you , he has been added