JKR "An Update to My Essay of June 2020"

Large numbers of women who’ve never been poor, who’ve never worked the kind of job where they’d be vulnerable to predatory men and who’ve never needed a rape crisis centre have spent the last few years vilifying members of their own sex for fighting to retain their hard-won rights and single-sex spaces, in ways that have shocked and disgusted me. I freely confess that I feel an extra layer of abhorrence for any woman who claims to be a feminist while doing it.

Brava, my sentiments exactly 👏

You haven't read what she actually wrote, have you?
It's almost as if you already had a 'JKR-response' all primed and ready, and actually reading, absorbing and understanding what she actually wrote would be a waste of time.

Note that anyone is free to read, absorb and understand what JKR wrote, and then disagree with it, argue against it, critique it.

But superficial reflex negative responses which don't engage with the actual text as written don't carry much weight .

You haven't read what she actually wrote, have you?
It's almost as if you already had a 'JKR-response' all primed and ready, and actually reading, absorbing and understanding what she actually wrote would be a waste of time.

Note that anyone is free to read, absorb and understand what JKR wrote, and then disagree with it, argue against it, critique it.

But superficial reflex negative responses which don't engage with the actual text as written don't carry much weight .

So what's the 'update'?

JKR is very angry. She's especially angry with women who won't agree with her that trans people are a danger. She thinks these women must live in an elite bubble where violence never happens.

Or maybe, just maybe they live in the real world not a castle & never noticed a dangerous trans woman.

Yes indeed Joanne, experience does shape one's perceptions.

The last trans woman I met was a sex offender.

Maybe's she pissed off by public bodies continuing to break the law, knowing that it's tax payers' money they'll be wasting as the court cases roll around.

God knows, I'm angry, so can 100% understand why she would be.

So what's the real reason for the 'update'? To warm over cold left overs? I think not. This is a highly strategic individual.

Maybe JKR is raging that the trans panic has lost steam/public interest (read: her personal relevance as defender of the faith) & this is a desperate attempt resuscitate it? The minions have lost interest in their shiny toy & moved on to other rage bait?

Oh well, such is the life span of a news cycle nowadays that even a billionaire can't buy…

So what's the 'update'?

JKR is very angry. She's especially angry with women who won't agree with her that trans people are a danger. She thinks these women must live in an elite bubble where violence never happens.

Or maybe, just maybe they live in the real world not a castle & never noticed a dangerous trans woman.

Yes indeed Joanne, experience does shape one's perceptions.

So what's the real reason for the 'update'? To warm over cold left overs? I think not. This is a highly strategic individual.

Maybe JKR is raging that the trans panic has lost steam/public interest (read: her personal relevance as defender of the faith) & this is a desperate attempt resuscitate it? The minions have lost interest in their shiny toy & moved on to other rage bait?

Oh well, such is the life span of a news cycle nowadays that even a billionaire can't buy…

https://www.jkrowling.com/opinions/an-update-to-my-essay-of-june-2020/

So what's the 'update'?

JKR is very angry. She's especially angry with women who won't agree with her that trans people are a danger. She thinks these women must live in an elite bubble where violence never happens.

Or maybe, just maybe they live in the real world not a castle & never noticed a dangerous trans woman.

Yes indeed Joanne, experience does shape one's perceptions.

So what's the 'update'?

JKR is very angry. She's especially angry with women who won't agree with her that trans people are a danger. She thinks these women must live in an elite bubble where violence never happens.

Or maybe, just maybe they live in the real world not a castle & never noticed a dangerous trans woman.

Yes indeed Joanne, experience does shape one's perceptions.

https://www.jkrowling.com/opinions/an-update-to-my-essay-of-june-2020/

She should consider a career as a writer.

Why would you start a thread about that on FWR which exists so that women can say that.

If you really wanted an answer you should have posted on Feminist Chat which is for be kind feminists.

Hopefully now that we have FWR we can move beyond the same old pressure to justify ourselves.

The important question is as we know or agree is what do we do know.

We many not have JKR's public reach, or financial resources, but can do something?

I remember the day she joined properly (not the senior moment) I just felt such a massive wave of relief.

Thank you J.K. for all that you do, I know it must be really difficult sometimes, and we all know how much you have sacrificed for your stand on this.

There are millions of women who will be eternally grateful. Also to all the other wonderful women that have put their heads above the parapet.