£1 million prize offered for anyone who can provide a clear example of a transphobic J.K. Rowling quote

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As the title says, a million pounds is being offered by Distance Magazine https://www.thedistancemag.com/p/we-will-award-steve-wardlaw-1-million?r=uglk&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

"To win the Steve Wardlaw Prize™, an entrant must demonstrate that the cited statement by J.K. Rowling does not involve a rights conflict. That is, the cited statement must materially detract from the human rights of ‘transgender people’ without simultaneously arguing for the rights of another group, such as women, children, or people with faith traditions."

They've named the prize after Steve Wardlaw who I've never heard of but his pinned tweet is an apology to Alison Bailey

Forgot to include a copy of his pinned tweet for posterity

This is fantastic! Hopefully it will open eyes for many people who may have only encountered the issue online, that there isn’t a single transphobic quote.

That is genius, they might actually be motivated to read everything she has written on the subject.😅

Shine that flashlight under the bed and see there isn't a monster after all.

Disagreement doesn't equal bigotry

The TRAs will soon be screeching that it’s not what she says, it’s the tone.

Or that it is transphobic to look for a 'rights conflict'

This was Vox's attempt to stitch her up: https://www.vox.com/culture/23622610/jk-rowling-transphobic-statements-timeline-history-controversy

Seems to be a combination of:

Gender critical = transphobic

Guilt by association

Outright misrepresentation

Genius. And interesting that no-one has even attempted to find something.

How will she ever be called transphobic again?? 😁

I love these creative gotchas.

Thanks for sharing. There are some interesting articles on that website. The one about Andrea Dworkin’s account of a conversation with poet Allen Ginsberg was an eye opener.

'Yeah, right, no, but what she actually means is....'

She may have said X but she really meant Transphobia.

Besides she’s thinking transphobic thoughts.

Besides she looks transphobic, you know that look? The middle aged woman Karen look.

Brilliant.

Superb. I’m sure they’ll all be keen to win that prize and donate it to Mermaids. Crack on

Genius, won't wait with bated breath, need the oxygen too much.

This post made me realise how irritating Musk’s Twitter rebrand is for everyday users of the English language.😠

Brilliant! After all these years my vigil may at last come to an end!

<shakes knee blanket with excitement>

I look forward to the prize being won. Let the entries pour in!

Is it a million for each comment or first in, best dressed? If two people claim the same comment at the same time do they get a million each, or split the money. I don’t think they’ve thought this through, it could end up being a very inexpensive exercise…

But dog whistle

This is going to be interesting.

😏

"But but but we all know what she really means ..."

Well if anyone can decode the cryptic meaning behind her words I still reckon they should win Dusty Bin rather than the holiday.

yeah I have a spell for how many people will win this prize

Expecto patroNONE

Finally! Someone may attempt to answer this, because it sure hasn't happened on MN despite me asking many many times!

I'll do my own - £3.50 of Tesco clubcard vouchers to anyone who can define 'woman', not including all of us who know it's 'adult female', of course....

'It isn’t her words, you see, but her meaning of those words and the intent behind them.

She’s a wizard, Harry.
^^
Wardlaw is accusing J.K. Rowling of witchcraft.

Her sinister thoughts imbue supernatural power to her otherwise-normal words, harming the trans people through etheric vibration.'