Targeting / HarassmentI still can't understand how Rowling is getting absolutely slammed over reasonable, empathetic and what should be non-controversial statements. I feel like I'm going crazy here.

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[–]haveanicedaytoo💗💜💙 44 insightful - 2 fun44 insightful - 1 fun45 insightful - 2 fun -  (4 children)

I ended up on one of her Twitter posts, linked through here, and was horrified to see an actress from Orange Is The New Black had written her an "OMG JUST STAHHHP!" type of comment. I don't participate in Twitter, but I clicked on the thingy and was glad to see many fans were telling her off (many fans were backing her up too) and there was another blue checkmark person in the comments (like a celebrity hair stylist, I think) and he was defending the actress too. (I'm sorry I'm explaining this in the style of a toddler.)

Anyway, what I'm seeing is that people are saying basically "How can you look at JK Rowling's posts and see transphobia?" and the Anti-JK Rowling people are saying "Yes, on face value it looks benign, but it's actually riddled with TERF dogwhistles and secret innuendos that somehow code into being anti-trans. Of course a normie like you wouldn't understand it, so you just need to trust us experts. Why would we lie to you?"

So a lot of people are trusting blindly.

Let me try to find that link...

EDIT - Okay, it's this one. The actress is Beth Dover. If you read though her whole thread, you kind of start getting the vibe I'm talking about. People are determined to read things into JK Rowling's posts that aren't actually there.

https://twitter.com/jk_rowling/status/1282343711620431875?s=20

"It's all about context, sweetie..."

[–]SpatOuttheKoolaid 23 insightful - 1 fun23 insightful - 0 fun24 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

There are many trans people who do not consider what JKR said transphobic at all, but many celebrities were quick to dog pile on this. Rose of Dawn, for example, who is a prominent trans voice, released a video analyzing the situation and stated that JKR is not transphobic.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ixCFuFvNgLw

[–]bellatrixbells 10 insightful - 1 fun10 insightful - 0 fun11 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

That's a great link, I hadn't heard Rose had made a video about this.
Blaire White also did, and in it she also mentions a couple of trans men standing by Rowling. In case you or anyone is interested : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jyzZ3J6IG6s

Also, that's completely off topic, but can anyone tell me what is Rose's accent ? Irish ? I thought my English was "perfect" but I often have a very hard time understanding her. I can't seem to find info on Google.

[–]yousaythosethingsFind and Replace "gatekeeping" with "having boundaries" 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I'm not British so my ears aren't as trained as someone from there, but to me Rose's accent sounds like she's originally from the north of England. Maybe from Yorkshire? Definitely doesn't sound Irish to me.

[–]bellatrixbells 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Yeah, I just looked it up and Yorkshire sounds about right. Thanks :)