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Feminism: Sex and gender discussions

Fantastic JKR post on X

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DialSquare · 06/02/2025 13:44

Copied and pasted below:

"This 'why do you care about a tiny fraction of the population?' line is, and always was, utterly ridiculous.

Gender ideology has undermined freedom of speech, scientific truth, gay rights, and women's and girls' safety, privacy and dignity. It's also caused irreparable physical damage to vulnerable kids.

Nobody voted for it, the vast majority of people disagree with it, yet it has been imposed, top down, by politicians, healthcare bodies, academia, sections of the media, celebrities and even the police. Its activists have threatened and enacted violence on those who've dared oppose it. People have been defamed and discriminated against for questioning it. Jobs have been lost and lives have been ruined, all for the crime of knowing that sex is real and matters.

When the smoke clears, it will be only too evident that this was never about a so-called vulnerable minority, notwithstanding the fact that some very vulnerable people have been harmed. The power dynamics underpinning our society have been reinforced, not dismantled. The loudest voices throughout this entire fiasco have been people insulated from consequences by their wealth and/or status. They aren't likely to find themselves locked in a prison cell with a 6'4" rapist who's decided his name's now Dolores. They don't need state-funded rape crisis centres, nor do they ever frequent high street changing rooms. They simper from talk show sofas about those nasty far-right bigots who don't want penises swinging around the girls' showers, secure in the knowledge that their private pool remains the safe place it always was.

Those who've benefited most from gender identity ideology are men, both trans-identified and not. Some have been rewarded for having a cross-dressing kink by access to all spaces previously reserved for women. Others have parlayed their delicious new victim status into an excuse to threaten, assault and harass women. Non-trans-identified leftybros have found a magnificent platform from which to display their own impeccably progressive credentials, by jeering and sneering at the needs of women and girls, all while patting themselves on the back for giving away rights that aren't theirs.

The actual victims in this mess have been women and children, especially the most vulnerable, gay people who've resisted the movement and paid a horrible price, and regular people working in environments where one misplaced pronoun could see you vilified or constructively dismissed. Do not tell me this is about a tiny minority. This movement has impacted society in disastrous ways, and if you had any sense, you'd be quietly deleting every trace of activist mantras, ad hominem attacks, false equivalence and circular arguments from your X feeds, because the day is fast approaching when you'll want to pretend you always saw through the craziness and never believed it for a second."

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Gasp0deTheW0nderD0g · 06/02/2025 15:49

Before anyone mentions the rapist Isla, it's worth pointing out some context the tabloids missed out on. She wasn't sent to a woman's prison to serve her sentence, she was only sent to one on remand while the decision on where to send her was made and in that time she was in solitary.

He, not she.

DialSquare · 06/02/2025 15:51

What's the opposite of a wordsmith? A trans wordsmith?

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Gasp0deTheW0nderD0g · 06/02/2025 15:51

TheywontletmehavethenameIwant · 06/02/2025 15:46

I fully in support of her, so I must revolt you too, and I fine with that, who'd want to be liked by the likes of you anyway. 🤣

Edited

You appear to be saying you are fully in support of women who are "pick me, I'm not a hag like THOSE b*s" handmaiden. Did you mean to say you fully support J. K. Rowling?

notwavingbutsinking · 06/02/2025 15:55

I haven't learned anything by heart since studying poetry at school, and I hated having to do it then.

But I am actually think I might commit to learning this by heart. It says everything I want to say.

CocoapuffPuff · 06/02/2025 16:02

Gasp0deTheW0nderD0g · 06/02/2025 15:51

You appear to be saying you are fully in support of women who are "pick me, I'm not a hag like THOSE b*s" handmaiden. Did you mean to say you fully support J. K. Rowling?

I was wondering that too.

Just in case anyone has misunderstood - the pick me woman is most definitely NOT JKR. I can't think of anyone less "pick me", to be honest. I didn't think my comment was that obtuse, but in case it is.....

BUT, if the poster who made the comment IS a big fan of the "pick me" woman, g'wan yersel' hen. The farther the better.

SereneCapybara · 06/02/2025 16:02

Christinapple · 06/02/2025 15:35

It's just the same speculation, manipulation and tropes she's said over and over for years on end now.

"Gender ideology has undermined freedom of ...gay rights..."

Any gay bar, pride event and almost all gay rights charities (excluding the handful of ones funded by Rowling that propped up in the past couple of years which are specifically gender critical) the length of the country are fully supportive and inclusive of trans people and their rights.

"People have been defamed and discriminated against for questioning it."

Didn't Graham Linehan, known for his views on the topic, lose a court case just yesterday against a gay actor after a judge ruled Graham's statements were "defamation on common law".

"The actual victims in this mess have been ...gay people ..."

This is just manipulation. As stated above, go to any gay bar and you will find it and everyone in it supportive of trans people and their rights. A gay actor as mentioned also just sued and won a defamation case against Graham Linehan. Turns out there are laws after all against throwing around unfounded accusations against people who are gay or trans.

"They aren't likely to find themselves locked in a prison cell with a 6'4" rapist who's decided his name's now Dolores."

In the UK, being a trans woman isn't an automatic qualifier for criminals to be sent to a women's prison, it is decided by the prison system on a case by case basis. Violent or sexual crimes or anyone who says they are trans after being sentenced for example wouldn't qualify.

Before anyone mentions the rapist Isla, it's worth pointing out some context the tabloids missed out on. She wasn't sent to a woman's prison to serve her sentence, she was only sent to one on remand while the decision on where to send her was made and in that time she was in solitary.

"Some have been rewarded for having a cross-dressing kink by access to all spaces previously reserved for women"

A harmful trope that trans women "just have a cross-dressing kink". This only stirs up hate that can lead to trans women being hurt (and often, many are assaulted or murdered).

@Christinapple people don't need to mention 'Isla.'
You need to open your mind and eyes and read about "Karen White".
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/oct/11/transgender-prisoner-who-sexually-assaulted-inmates-jailed-for-life www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/oct/11/transgender-prisoner-who-sexually-assaulted-inmates-jailed-for-life]]]]

oakleaffy · 06/02/2025 16:06

''Before anyone mentions the rapist Isla, it's worth pointing out some context the tabloids missed out on. She wasn't sent to a woman's prison to serve her sentence, she was only sent to one on remand while the decision on where to send her was made and in that time she was in solitary.''

Bryson is an XY man.

Bryson raped XX women.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-64796926

oakleaffy · 06/02/2025 16:09

SereneCapybara · 06/02/2025 16:02

Yes, White was another weasel in the hen house. {Rapist who assaulted XX women in prison.}

GetDressedYouMerryGentlemen · 06/02/2025 16:12

In the UK, being a trans woman isn't an automatic qualifier for criminals to be sent to a women's prison, it is decided by the prison system on a case by case basis

And this is only the case because of the amazing women who have fought tooth and nail to get men out of women's prisons but hey you've still got open access to changing rooms and toilets.

Oh and 'only' remand' and 'in solitary' isn't the get out of jail free card (as it were) that you think it is. The female prison staff still have to deal with the men in women's prisons regardless.

oakleaffy · 06/02/2025 16:12

EnjoythemoneyJane · 06/02/2025 14:41

I’m not on twitter so thanks for posting here.

She’s utterly fucking magnificent - a beacon of clarity and sanity.

Thank god for JK and the women like her who have a big enough platform to cut through the noise, and the bravery and rage on all our behalves to use it.

JK has the money and self worth to not be affected by ''being cancelled''.
She's a heroine.

TheywontletmehavethenameIwant · 06/02/2025 16:14

Gasp0deTheW0nderD0g · 06/02/2025 15:51

You appear to be saying you are fully in support of women who are "pick me, I'm not a hag like THOSE b*s" handmaiden. Did you mean to say you fully support J. K. Rowling?

Sorry I miss understood the post. My bad. 😥

I'm fully support what JKR said.

Costaesque · 06/02/2025 16:15

Christinapple · 06/02/2025 15:35

It's just the same speculation, manipulation and tropes she's said over and over for years on end now.

"Gender ideology has undermined freedom of ...gay rights..."

Any gay bar, pride event and almost all gay rights charities (excluding the handful of ones funded by Rowling that propped up in the past couple of years which are specifically gender critical) the length of the country are fully supportive and inclusive of trans people and their rights.

"People have been defamed and discriminated against for questioning it."

Didn't Graham Linehan, known for his views on the topic, lose a court case just yesterday against a gay actor after a judge ruled Graham's statements were "defamation on common law".

"The actual victims in this mess have been ...gay people ..."

This is just manipulation. As stated above, go to any gay bar and you will find it and everyone in it supportive of trans people and their rights. A gay actor as mentioned also just sued and won a defamation case against Graham Linehan. Turns out there are laws after all against throwing around unfounded accusations against people who are gay or trans.

"They aren't likely to find themselves locked in a prison cell with a 6'4" rapist who's decided his name's now Dolores."

In the UK, being a trans woman isn't an automatic qualifier for criminals to be sent to a women's prison, it is decided by the prison system on a case by case basis. Violent or sexual crimes or anyone who says they are trans after being sentenced for example wouldn't qualify.

Before anyone mentions the rapist Isla, it's worth pointing out some context the tabloids missed out on. She wasn't sent to a woman's prison to serve her sentence, she was only sent to one on remand while the decision on where to send her was made and in that time she was in solitary.

"Some have been rewarded for having a cross-dressing kink by access to all spaces previously reserved for women"

A harmful trope that trans women "just have a cross-dressing kink". This only stirs up hate that can lead to trans women being hurt (and often, many are assaulted or murdered).

It's not fair to associate JKR with Linehan's big legal defeat yesterday, she goes out of her way to pretend he doesn't exist however much he vies for her attention.

BackToLurk · 06/02/2025 16:16

GetDressedYouMerryGentlemen · 06/02/2025 16:12

In the UK, being a trans woman isn't an automatic qualifier for criminals to be sent to a women's prison, it is decided by the prison system on a case by case basis

And this is only the case because of the amazing women who have fought tooth and nail to get men out of women's prisons but hey you've still got open access to changing rooms and toilets.

Oh and 'only' remand' and 'in solitary' isn't the get out of jail free card (as it were) that you think it is. The female prison staff still have to deal with the men in women's prisons regardless.

Edited

How deluded do you have to be to think "we don't automatically imprison males in women's prisons" is some kind of gotcha

CervixSampler · 06/02/2025 16:24

Fucking awesome woman!

GetDressedYouMerryGentlemen · 06/02/2025 16:25

BackToLurk · 06/02/2025 16:16

How deluded do you have to be to think "we don't automatically imprison males in women's prisons" is some kind of gotcha

Amazing isn't it? We ought to be jolly greatful that not all the criminal men who want to be in women's prisons are let in, some of the poor little poppets still have to go to man jail.

INeedAPensieve · 06/02/2025 16:25

What a wonderful summary. I love jkr. I wonder if she's been watching the tribunal today and was so enraged she fired this out. I've been crying for Sandie today and also was so angry with that Dr and what they said. Ugh. Jkr nails it.

laveritable · 06/02/2025 16:26

I love her dogged determination in the face of these bullies!

Fordian · 06/02/2025 16:32

laveritable · 06/02/2025 16:26

I love her dogged determination in the face of these bullies!

Yes, I agree entirely.

She could have sat back and done nothing; or worse, invoke her wealth privilege as so many 'pick me' rich and influential women have, in throwing others under the bus, but she didn't.

RoyalCorgi · 06/02/2025 16:40

GetDressedYouMerryGentlemen · 06/02/2025 16:12

In the UK, being a trans woman isn't an automatic qualifier for criminals to be sent to a women's prison, it is decided by the prison system on a case by case basis

And this is only the case because of the amazing women who have fought tooth and nail to get men out of women's prisons but hey you've still got open access to changing rooms and toilets.

Oh and 'only' remand' and 'in solitary' isn't the get out of jail free card (as it were) that you think it is. The female prison staff still have to deal with the men in women's prisons regardless.

Edited

Absolutely. In the Scottish Prison Service the policy since 2014 has been for male prisoners to go to the prison that aligns with their gender identity. They only sent Isla Bryson to a men's prison because of a big public fuss.

In England, it was the last Tory government that changed the rules so that violent male offenders could no longer be put in women's prisons. But that was very recent.

In California, as we all know, violent male rapists who identify as women are sent to women's prisons where they are free to sexually assault the female inmates.

Tabitha005 · 06/02/2025 16:41

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TWETMIRF · 06/02/2025 16:45

I'm sure all the gay bars and groups are full of trans fans as the same sex attracted gay people have been driven away.

Ereshkigalangcleg · 06/02/2025 16:46

In England, it was the last Tory government that changed the rules so that violent male offenders could no longer be put in women's prisons. But that was very recent.

And this happened largely due to the lobbying and work of Keep Prisons Single Sex.

CandyLeBonBon · 06/02/2025 16:49

Brilliant.

TheKeatingFive · 06/02/2025 16:55

This is her best post yet

MrsOvertonsWindow · 06/02/2025 16:56

A fantastic post from her. So glad she's prepared to ignore all the threats of violence that come her way from transactivists. So many good points but this last para really nails it:
"Do not tell me this is about a tiny minority. This movement has impacted society in disastrous ways, and if you had any sense, you'd be quietly deleting every trace of activist mantras, ad hominem attacks, false equivalence and circular arguments from your X feeds, because the day is fast approaching when you'll want to pretend you always saw through the craziness and never believed it for a second".