JK Rowling tweeting now about 3 actors who revealed her home address on Twitter

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The police are involved and all three have locked their accounts.

I hope their agents will take note.

mobile.twitter.com/jk_rowling/status/1462758324177444870

I also wonder about the timing so soon after it was reported that she is not part of the HP 20th birthday celebrations. I wonder if those actors scented blood in the water, and thought that she is now weakened and unsupported. They may not have committed a criminal offence but it is clear they would if they thought they could get away with it. It really feels like a red mist has come over them. They destroyed Kathleen Stock’s job and maybe thought the time was ripe to tip JKR over the edge too. I really wonder how far they would go, as they don’t seem to have any sense of boundaries. The SNP should call for calm now before they push the boundaries even further.

I've thought about this for a day, and would like to submit the following for consideration by those who may think that the three were perfectly justified in publishing the address on Twitter.

I know the man behind Holly Stars. He's a middle-aged, married gay man. At least one of his social media profiles has public posts, accessible to anyone with an account, confirming that he is Holly. Should I share the links with the media so that they can fully report on the story ? Would that be a reasonable, decent thing to do ? Or would that be something that would likely be excessively unpleasant for him, an invasion of his privacy, and thus wrong ?

As it is, I'm not going to share it with any media, at any time, because I hope he is busy reflecting on his behaviour and taking this chance to choose proper, grown-up behaviour befitting a 40-year-old going forward.

NotBadConsidering has it right. I would strongly urge you, if you think what you did was right, to come out under your real name and explain your position and your actions.

@Forgotthebins

I also wonder about the timing so soon after it was reported that she is not part of the HP 20th birthday celebrations. I wonder if those actors scented blood in the water, and thought that she is now weakened and unsupported. They may not have committed a criminal offence but it is clear they would if they thought they could get away with it. It really feels like a red mist has come over them. They destroyed Kathleen Stock’s job and maybe thought the time was ripe to tip JKR over the edge too. I really wonder how far they would go, as they don’t seem to have any sense of boundaries. The SNP should call for calm now before they push the boundaries even further.

I think it was just opportunism. Hating on JKR never really goes out of style.

The term 'trans rights activists' is being used a lot more in MSM to describe these kind of things though, a bit of distance between that movement and the less hard of thinking, perhaps?

I imagine the bods at the Guardian sitting and scratching their heads asking themselves the question: "How can we spin this story so it makes JK Rowling look bad?" Then they realised they couldn't, so they decided to ignore it altogether.

I think they did it purely to publicize their event, I'm sure they didn't expect it to blow up like this. When it dies down a little they will find they have raised their profile hugely - there is no such thing as bad publicity.

I'm rather hoping they apologise.

Naga Munchetty (who has been very vocally TWAW and "be kind" in the past) quote tweeted JKR last night and added:

"I'm so shocked that anyone is subjected to this amount of hatred.
Disagree with someone, by all means.
To threaten their safety & security?
What on earth is going on that it has got to this?"

twitter.com/TVNaga01/status/1462781681371430914?s=20

Cue several replies of "both sides are as bad as each other" and then the delightful Darren Styles (self described publisher of Attitude Magazine) responded to pretty much say "she was asking for it". Thankfully the ratio on his tweet is heartening.

twitter.com/bydarrenstyles/status/1462913160692879362?s=20

From telegraph

On Monday, Downing Street condemned the targeting of the 56-year-old, while Police Scotland confirmed it was investigating the protest, which was staged on Friday. Earlier this year, Rowling revealed that she had received a message which said: "I wish you a very nice pipe bomb in mailbox."

So funny. JKR responded with a lol

Imagine if JKR, Kathleen Stock and Maya Forstater went to Owen Jones House to protest and highlight his address...
no, me neither, I cannot imagine them stalking, harassing or taking similar action. The TRAs cry out that they are victims while all the time they are clearly the aggressors.

@RoyalCorgi

I imagine the bods at the Guardian sitting and scratching their heads asking themselves the question: "How can we spin this story so it makes JK Rowling look bad?" Then they realised they couldn't, so they decided to ignore it altogether.

They love the Kyle Rittenhouse story, although it was on a different continent and Rittenhouse was found not guilty. They will run that as well as continuing to publish stories on Trump, although he hasn't been president for almost a year.

But news that shows TRAs / trans ideology in a bad light? Never.

I like this from Twitter below

Im addressing you from the depths of a foul mood this morning, twitter, bc of a migraine. But I cannot get over a tweet last night that said Edinburgers are constantly telling people where Rowling lives. Have you met Edinburgers? We are NOT a garrulous group. Or clypes.

For Marge

Clype is Scottish word for telling on someone

Women's Hour just now - Emma Barnett just dropped JKR's tweet into her discussion with Women's minister, Caroline Nokes. Not a discussion about gender, but supportive comments about women's rights to hold strong views and speak about them without being threatened.

@TedImgoingmad

Women's Hour just now - Emma Barnett just dropped JKR's tweet into her discussion with Women's minister, Caroline Nokes. Not a discussion about gender, but supportive comments about women's rights to hold strong views and speak about them without being threatened.

Emma Barnett has turned out to be excellent. I wonder if she was always secretly terfy or peaked recently? She was brought in to replace the terfy dame Jenni so maybe she peaked and it backfired on the beeb...

@NotBadConsidering

I don’t think they should be shamed or silenced, or “cancelled”. I’d like them to have the courage of their convictions and explain their position, actions and thought process behind it. I suggest Emma Barnett on Women’s Hour as a starting place…

EB is covering women who 'raised their head above the parapet' this morning.

She specifically raised the JKR incident when talking with Caroline Noakes (The MP who has spoken recently about having her bum smacked by Boris Johnson's father years ago). It's a v good listen.

I'm pleased that Naga has also condemned this in no uncertain terms.

JKR is still trending on twitter. Hoping this is opening people's eyes to the abuse she has suffered who were previously unaware.

X post with everyone!

Can anyone explain to me what 'Don't be a cissy' is about? Are they telling everyone it is wrong to be 'cis' and we all need to choose a new 'gender identity' or else we're 'transphobes'?

Emma Barnett is clearly an fiercely intelligent woman with a good new's journalist's forensic eye for detail, an enquiring mind and an instinct for critical thinking. It would be highly surprising if she wasn't terfy, since there are only mantras and adherence to a faith position on the other side.

@Franca123

Can anyone explain to me what 'Don't be a cissy' is about? Are they telling everyone it is wrong to be 'cis' and we all need to choose a new 'gender identity' or else we're 'transphobes'?

I thought it was something to do with 'sissy porn'?

Gross

This is being reported in New York Post:

nypost.com/2021/11/22/j-k-rowling-slams-trans-activists-for-sharing-address-on-twitter/

Washington Examiner:

www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/j-k-rowling-accuses-trans-activists-of-doxxing

In fact, it's being reported all over the place. Oddly, when I search on the Guardian I get articles about Eddie Redmayne but nothing on JKR. Eddie has his own 'topic' heading/hashtag type of thing, by which I mean you can search his name and get a whole page of stories on him.

JKR doesn't seem to have that, despite being far more famous and important. Isn't that strange? Since when do newspapers choose to just ignore people they don't like?

@WinterTrees

Emma Barnett is clearly an fiercely intelligent woman with a good new's journalist's forensic eye for detail, an enquiring mind and an instinct for critical thinking. It would be highly surprising if she wasn't terfy, since there are only mantras and adherence to a faith position on the other side.

Yes indeed. I really enjoy WH now. She shoehorns stuff into lots of different discussions. She was just talking to the singer Beverley Knight about another topic and raised the issue of the Brit awards going gender-free.

She is very careful to remain impartial but is very aware and not afraid to go where many others fear to tread.