This thread is specifically for people who think JK Rowling is awful so..

She’s a divisive social media provocateur, and whether it’s an issue I largely agree with - like hers - or people like Andrew Tate or Katie Hopkins, anyone who is terminally online hunting down things to be offended by and posting provocative statements or photos, I find a bit pathetic.

Thanks for the info. Are you sure JKR retweeted this? By searching on that tweet and the name, there's no mention of her doing so. Usually there'd be a reaction from transactivists for her making such an error.

Trying again with the image.

Searching on X for jkr "deleted" "retweeted" and rowling "deleted" "tweeted" along with several similar rewordings shows nothing like what @justteanbiscuits described.

Just people claiming that she deleted a load of tweets about Imane Khelif after being hit with a lawsuit (which is false) and that she deleted a retweet of Stephen King and deleted tweets praising him (which is true).

So I wonder, did this happen without anyone else noticing or am I searching for the wrong words to find any mention of it?

I admire her charity work but dislike her social media presence because I think people with huge reach and influence who engage in petty smackdowns of people they disagree with is not a good look. Does she ever post about anything else?

Rowling tweeted support for Maya Forstater, the expression of whose views constitute harassment and victimisation of transwomen and discrimination against them.

Rowling spoke out against a Devex article for using the phrase "people who menstruate" instead of "women". She stated that denying the reality of biological sex erases the experiences of women worldwide and eliminates the possibility of same-sex attraction. Harassment etc, as above.

Rowling published an essay on her personal website in 2020 in which she revealed that she was a survivor of domestic abuse and sexual assault, and stated that "When you throw open the doors of bathrooms and changing rooms to any man who believes or feels he's a woman...then you open the door to any and all men who wish to come inside". This conflates TW with male predators.

Rowling argues that adults are promoting an ideology that is harmful to children, and claims the term cisgender is "ideological language signifying belief in the unfalsifiable concept of gender identity." Thus denying the existence of trans people and fulminating against healthcare for them.

She is a hypocrite who claims that her beliefs arise out of a sincere concern for transgender people, and in particular, young transgender men.

Rowling opposes legislation to advance gender self-recognition and enable transition without a medical diagnosis.

She also voiced opposition to the Scottish Gender Recognition Reform Bill, aimed at allowing transgender people to change their legal gender more easily and subsequently she donated £70,000 to the legal challenge brought by For Women Scotland against the Scottish Ministers in the UK Supreme Court, which, on 16 April 2025, ruled that the legal definition of a woman in the UK Equality Act 2010 is based on biological sex.

In response to Edinburgh's rape crisis centre being run by a trans woman, Rowling established a sexual assault crisis centre, Beira's Place in December 2022 that excludes trans women.

In response to a fan praising this decision, Rowling tweeted "Merry Terfmas".

Rowling has also expressed her opposition to the Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Act 2021, and when this went into effect in April 2024, she deliberately misgendered several transgender women to challenge the new law.

TLDR

She doesn't believe that humans can change sex.

So she didn't fact check something before retweeting and then deleted it soon after when she realised it was false? It's a mistake anyone could make. No need to despise her for it.

She could be addressing things like child poverty, she could be helping people like Marcus rashford did. I just find it all quite sad that the elite in this country focus on the divisive rhetoric rather than actually trying to improve things.

I'm not posting on MN for credibility. I was sharing an experience. Which you, and others, have chosen not to believe because I won't share the exact details. Which is your choice. I was simply pointing out that, like SO many claiming they're just protecting women, they're only interested in protecting the women that meet their criteria. JKR, and others, showed zero interest in protecting my friend and her children (including daughters) from harm.

To me. Either all women matter or none do. I will continue work to support all women - whether they agree with my opinions or not. I don't pick and choose.

If JKR had ever tweeted “I only care about women that I agree with” I’m sure more people would have remembered it. So it’s a loaded paraphrasing, at best.

God so much main character energy going on here. Start your own thread.

I will bite. I dont like her because she comes across as she thinks her opinions are worth more because she is rich and a successful author. Compare her tosomebody like Val Mcdermid who comes over as a really down to earth and nice person. . That hasn't got an inflated ego because of success.

‘When I asked her, straight out, if she supported all women what ever their POV on the trans issue, she said no, she only supports the women who agree with her. Which is her right, but she says it so nastily.’

It would be lovely to see the proof of that, as surely if someone like her interacted with you you would take a screenshot. Because if not, it’s just hearsay.

I'm not posting on MN for credibility. I was sharing an experience. Which you, and others, have chosen not to believe because I won't share the exact details. Which is your choice. I was simply pointing out that, like SO many claiming they're just protecting women, they're only interested in protecting the women that meet their criteria. JKR, and others, showed zero interest in protecting my friend and her children (including daughters) from harm.

To me. Either all women matter or none do. I will continue work to support all women - whether they agree with my opinions or not. I don't pick and choose.

Explain the irony please. I am missing something here.

So, now you are assuming I live in a bubble, and you are assuming you know what I think about Lineham and Rowling. You are off the scale with your assumptions.
Go learn how to make substantiated cases about things, learn how to argue and debate properly.
As I said before, you have no credibility.

You do know that I have absolutely no idea who you are? And I have absolutely no interest in finding out? You seem to have made up a whole scenario in your head about me and my motivations which is wholly bizarre. I am not responsible for whatever has happened to you or your friends or your friend’s children, on SM or anywhere else.

This thread is about JKR, whose stance on the rights of women and girls I support.