After intentionally misgendering transgender activist India Willoughby, J.K. Rowling is facing backlash once more.
The writer of Harry Potter has recently received resonant criticism for her views on transgender rights, saying she would rather go to prison than use a trans person’s preferred pronoun.
Rowling wrote in a protracted tirade on Sunday (3 March) that “when men – all men, however they identify – are prohibited from women’s spaces, those who disregard the ban can be challenged both inside the space and outside.”
Rowling responded to a Twitter/X user who sent her a picture of Willoughby. The user posed the question, “Hi Joanne, so you are saying this woman should use the men’s bathroom place then”? !
Rowling responded, “You’ve sent me the wrong movie,” Rowling said. “There isn’t a woman in this one; instead, there is a man who is enjoying his misogynistic portrayal of what he perceives as ‘woman,’ which is shallow, exhibitionist, and narcissistic.
“Why did India Willoughby become a female if she is a ‘misogynist’?” The person responded, “Think.”
Rowling retorted, “India didn’t become a woman.” “India is dressing up as a cruel adult version of what a female is.”
Willoughby is the first transsexual co-host of an all-women’s talk show on ITV and the first transgender presenter in Britain.
Willoughby responded to Rowling’s remarks on Monday, writing on X: “Truly horrified by this. Transphobia that is revolting is hideous. I am just as feminine as J.K. Rowling. Recognized by law and everyone I communicate with daily. The controversy over whether J.K. Rowling is a transphobe has ended.
According to Rowling in a distinct tweet, “Sexing transgender people who send misogynistic abuse to women is no discrimination.” “Man is never an insult. There is no individual right to be validated by others, but I am sure many of you will agree that the UN should step in whenever people stifle their personalities.
“You know who to blame if I ever get murdered,” Willoughby tweeted afterward. “#StochasticTerrorism” Popular figures publicly denigrate a person or group in a way that motivates their supporters to carry out a violent attack on the subject of the conversation, as is known as stochastic violence.
The pair’s views have previously been at odds with one another. Willoughby said in a tweet from January of last year, “I’m more of a woman than JK Rowling will ever be.”
The Harry Potter author shared a screenshot of this, and she captioned it with “reference needed.”
Rowling criticized Sky News last week for labeling criminal Scarlet Blake as a woman in its reporting.
After being found guilty of killing Jorge Martin Carreno in a physical assault based on a Netflix film, Blake was sentenced to life in prison.
Rowling criticized Sky News for referring to her as a woman on X/Twitter after it became clear that the criminal had transitioned to a woman. She said, “I’m so tired of this s***. This is not a woman. #NotOurCrimes are these.
