JK Rowling has sadly opened her mouth again

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How the metro can put out this tweet which effectively suggests a woman shouldn't be allowed to speak is beyond me. Shocked but not surprised. Comments are heartening though, as is the ratio.

RedToothBrush · Today 12:35

Why should women be 'polite' and 'respectful' with pronouns in the face of this constant abuse?

When I took an interest in this a few years back, posters on another forum were posting links to various TEZ online stuff and that struck me right away. There's only one side being vile, making all sorts of horrible threats and slandering.

And it's not GC women. It took very little time for me to conclude who's in the right.

Also for being thick as two short planks, I imagine.

Out of interest, when was IW's last paid media appearance?

No idea, but Wikipedia shows a very limited TV career and indias company accounts are very very late!

Indeedy.

Maybe less time on Twitter and more time doing stuff in the real world would be more productive.

you might suggest that, but I couldn't possibly comment

Oh wait, (taps earpiece) this just in - It IS because IW's an insufferable bellend.

Edited to use initials rather than pronoun.

Nothing to do with being an insufferable bellend

Or a racist, misogynistic homophobe.

Ageist too

At this point there aren't many protected characteristics IW hasn't trashed.

https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/jk-rowling-misgenders-loose-women-32277094

Do you think the Mirror purposefully used photos where IW is trying to pull the same pose as JKR?

Obviously JKR looks infinitely better. (And god her hair is a stunning colour)

And the issue is speaking facts about a male's sex rather than the vile abuse a male is hurling at the female failing to obey him.

Yeah.

I don't think they've given it anywhere near that much thought.

Gosh, I go away from this thread/Twitter for five minutes and I've missed Windy being epically Windy, JKR being a fucking QUEEN again and cake. I'm most upset about the cake, TBH.

Ooh, the writer of that piece is a former Metro journalist.

In her latest offensive rants, Rowling said …

India caught wind of the vile rant …

Many people rushed to support India amid the vile comments …

I wonder if they still have the password to the Metro Twitter account? Might explain a lot.

it wouldn't wouldn't it!

I think it's fair to say the writer of the Mirror piece is about as much a fan of JKR as that tweet writer!

Patronising, sneering, diminishing. Not the tone a newspaper usually uses to report, is it?

Have you read Pink News?!

I don't think that Penis Views actually counts as a newspaper.

I can't remember the last time I visited the Mirror website. Possibly, years. Are they usually twaw?

It's supposed to be left wing and Labour supporting, so I can't see why it's got it in for women these days because... oh. Oh.

Ha ha. Quite.

Guardian the same. 🤮

It's OK it's all for you, you don't have to lick it to claim ownership!

That is an astonishingly accurate likeness, @Boiledbeetle !

"If I ever get murdered, you know who to blame. #StochasticTerrorismm^," which refers to when political or media figures publicly demonize a person or group in such a way that it inspires supporters of the figures to commit a violent act against the target of the speech.

Umm... I don't think IW thought that one through. Or the "journalist" who wrote that piece. Who is it who actually gets demonised, who gets threats of death, rape... oh, and kidnapping though doubtless IW would say that was just bantz.

I did see a great response to the #Stochastic Terrorism tweet, but I can;t finds it again.

It was something along the lines of "Blimey, I didn't think that driving instructor on Celebrity First Dates looked the murdering type".

I was looking back at an old Digital Spy thread on IW being the first person evicted from the CBB House.

All I can say is plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose.

That CBB clip doing the rounds is actually quite shocking.

IW towering over cornered Amanda
IW I am a real woman
Amanda (politely) yes
IW (shouty) a real woman
Amanda (politely) okay
IW (pointing in Amanda's face) I'm glad that's sinking in
IW (shouting) I'm gonna say one more time
IW so it really penetrates
IW (stabbing finger at stunned Amanda with every word) I. AM. A. REAL. WOMAN.

But no amount of shouting, demanding, foot stamping, name calling and bullying can alter what people see or their real thoughts.