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J.K. Rowling slammed for ‘transphobic’ new book about cross-dressing serial killer
15 September 2020, 11:44
Daniel Radcliffe reads the first chapter of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone
Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling is once again being called out as she releases new book Troubled Blood, not only with an anti-trans plot line, but under her pen name Robert Galbraith - a known LGBTQ+ conversion therapist.
J.K. Rowling, the Harry Potter author and known internet 'TERF', has come under fire again following the release of her new book, Troubled Blood.
The book itself is being called out for its anti-trans plot line, as a cisgender male cross-dresses as a woman to abduct his victims. It's thought by theorists that the story is based off the murder of GP Margot Bamborough in 1974, a victim of Dennis Creed, a cross-dressing serial killer. Critics online believe the moral of the storyline seems to be “never trust a man in a dress.”
Not only that, but the new novel is penned under J.K. Rowling's known pseudonym, Robert Galbraith, which is the name of a famous American psychiatrist from the 1900s, who practised LGBTQ+ conversion therapy. It's not known whether it's merely a coincidence, as the name is reportedly a combination of the author's favourite political figure (Robert F. Kennedy) and her childhood fantasy name, Ella Galbraith. However, she's yet to comment on the conspiracy.
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Only recently was the 55-year-old called out for transphobia on Twitter, by using her platform to invalidate trans women, and the internet has officially had enough.
Rowling tweeted about an article on healthcare in equality: “‘People who menstruate.’ I’m sure there used to be a word for those people. Someone help me out. Wumben? Wimpund? Woomud?”
Not for the first time, #RIPJKRowling was soon trending worldwide in light of her recent move, and Twitter itself had to issue a correction that she hadn't actually died, but was being cancelled by former readers.
Many are now using the thread to champion LGBTQ+ charities and creators.
inner peace is pretending that jk rowling didn't write harry potter ❤
— ynna (@chynnapenales) September 15, 2020
JK Rowling could've easily done the same thing as Enya who made millions, bought a castle to live in with her 12 cats & quietly lives her life being an unproblematic queen- but no, she chose to be a transphobe instead of being a castle cat lady. Bad decision making skills.
— Roxi Horror 💀🌸 (@roxiqt) September 15, 2020
jk who? i only know dobby🥰😫🤤 #RIPJKRowling pic.twitter.com/aYIoMSjOBb
— 𝗯𝗮𝗻𝘂𝗸𝗮 | 33 (@letscrytgt) September 14, 2020
#RIPJKRowling AGAHA I find it SO FUNNY that twitter had to specify that J.K. Rowling isn't dead.... Well... Her career is dead but you get the point pic.twitter.com/ycQawSU33Z
— 𝐽𝑎𝑦♥︎ (@macncheesehoee) September 14, 2020
JK Rowling could’ve kept her shitty views to herself, cashed checks and retired as the patron saint of overhyped w*ite women everywhere but instead she decided NO. I need to be evil
— first-mate prance (@bocxtop) September 14, 2020
JK Rowling's new book is about a cis woman investigating a cis male serial killer who dresses as a woman to kill his cis female victims. Like...how much more blatantly does Rowling have to out herself as a transphobe for y'all to stop buying her books and publishers to drop her?
— Serena Daniari (@serenajazmine) September 14, 2020
Robbie Coltrane, who played Hagrid in the Harry Potter franchise, has since defended the author over accusations of transphobia.
He told Radio Times: "I don't think what she said was offensive really. I don't know why but there's a whole Twitter generation of people who hang around waiting to be offended.
"They wouldn't have won the war, would they? That's me talking like a grumpy old man, but you just think, 'Oh, get over yourself. Wise up, stand up straight and carry on."
J.K. Rowling is yet to comment on the matter. So...I guess we're Lord Of The Rings fans now.