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J.K. Rowling’s 5 Things to Know
Last night I published an extensive piece systemically refuting J.K. Rowling’s recent hate piece against the transgender community. Today I want to distill that into a much shorter read for those who didn’t have the time to digest the entire argument.
Gaslighting is her favorite spell work
In her piece she refused to acknowledge anything that she has said previously as damaging to the lives of transgender folks. Worse yet, she has taken the stance that she is the victim not the abuser. To do this Rowling equated tweets from those condemning her views and holding her accountable to being the same as the man that sexually assaulted her. She does this because it paints her as a victim, and ties trans women to being men. Throughout her argument she continues to talk about the fact that society can not trust trans women and that men are just trying to assault women. To do this she equates her Twitter experience with trans women to that of sexual assault. She argued that this weekend being told she was wrong was the same as being sexually assaulted. This gaslighting of the event changes the conversation from Twitter and demeaning words she used, to trans women are trying to assault her and other women. The second is not the case at all, but two other TERFS they now have material to share.
