J.K. Rowling Writes about Her Reasons for Speaking out on Sex and Gender Issues

[MForstater]

www.jkrowling.com/answers/

And yet #IStandWithJKRowling still does not seem to be trending.

Twiiter at the fiddling

Sahbear you can read it on Twitter.
Thank you JKR

Is it weird that I'm clicking around FB hoping that someone will have shared it?

Excellent writing but I fear it will make no difference

@StealthPolarBear

Excellent writing but I fear it will make no difference

The Facebook comments are still full of people telling her to STFU, calling her a bigot and that what she wrote was erasing trans people, despite the fact she discussed knowing and being friends with trans people. So you're probably right sadly.

for you Joanne

Daniel Radcliffe, Evanna Lynch and Eddie Redmayne, here are your woke cookies enjoy!

This is a totally brilliant piece of writing which sums up up so well the trans minefield.

She really is amazing ❤

I wonder if this will be picked up by the BBC, or if they will wait until a man responds to it...

I've just emailed her so thank you to the pp for posting the link.

I'm pleased that she turned the comments off for the blog tweet. What I have seen in the comments on her previous tweets is truly horrific.

I can't get over how eloquent, reasonable and calm the whole piece is. I mean, I know she's a writer, but man she's bloody good!

I'm sure those desperate to be offended will find something to get their knickers in a twist about but I for one fail to see how anyone could read any hate in what she's said.

Wow!

wow indeed. i have emailed my profound thanks to JKR.

just shared on FB. Between JKR and Posie earlier, I can no longer stand by

@refusetobeasheep Posie's video was awesome! Another warrior.

Also @MForstater, thank you for speaking up for women.

Thank you, Jo. Thank you, Maya. Thank you all you wonderful, brave women who are risking so much speaking up and speaking out.

All the and thanks in the world.

It's really sad how much I want to share this with people but can't or I would likely lose my job and probably alot of friends.

Thank you Joanne

She clearly walks amongst us I am in no doubt.

Thanks Joanne. I will be honoured to read Harry Potter to my two girls as they get older. I enjoyed them so much as a teen myself.

You are very right about 'TERF' bringing young women into feminism in a way not seen for a few decades.

to you and to your daughter. Your bravery encourages all of us to be that little bit braver every day, even if we can't put our heads above the parapet right away, we will find a way and hopefully deal with the mess created by others, like women so often have to do.

Amazing, courageous, wonderful woman.

So, having posted JKR's blog in FB I am getting my first likes and a clear route to knowing who is worth keeping in my FB timeline!

What a well written, excellent piece she has written. I really admire her.

As a mother of an autistic daughter, I am so grateful to JKR for speaking out. Thank you, Jo.

Fabulous piece of writing that will be shared on my facebook. I love that woman. JK Rowling is truly amazing

I love her - she is my absolute hero. This whole thing has made me feel so emotional; horribly upset for JK and furious at the injustice of this. I understand that trans people are marginalised and struggle - but what about bloody women? We are half the population and I don't know a single woman who hasn't experienced some kind of violence or intimidation by men. The evidence of women's oppression around the globe is there for all to see. How can a tiny minority get to dictate our language and right to define and protect ourselves? Thank you JK ❤️

A written piece of perfection...
Disappointingly another man 'Eddie Redmayne' has come out with the trope trans women are women, completely ignoring the fact that biological sex not only exists but that he is a male not because he identifies as one but because he was born one.

Perfection

Elsewhere on MN there is an address for JK, care of her publishers. I have taken their advice and sent her a physical card. I love the idea of the publishers being inundated with cards of support.

J K Rowling
c/o Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
50, Bedford Square
LONDON
WC1B 3DP

There is much L❤ve on twitter now for JKR and it's worth enjoying.