Current Events > J.K. Rowling Comes Out As A Trans-Exclusionary Radical Feminist

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https://www.forbes.com/sites/dawnstaceyennis/2019/12/19/jk-rowling-comes-out-as-a-terf/#5859490a5d70

A tweet may be limited to only 280 characters, but it can convey so much more. In the case of celebrated author J.K. Rowling, who rose to fame with her best-selling Harry Potter series of wizardry and other fantastic tales, a single tweet she sent Thursday confirmed suspicions that she is a TERF. TERF is an acronym for transgender exclusionary radical feminist, a term reportedly coined more than a decade ago by a cisgender heterosexual woman who works as a writer in Sydney, Australia. To some, TERF is a slur; to others, a descriptive. Viv Smythe wrote in The Guardian last year that the term she invented has been weaponized at times by both those who advocate trans-inclusion in feminist/female spaces, and those who push for trans-exclusion from female-only spaces.

The Maya in Rowlings hashtag, IStandWithMaya, is Maya Forstater, 45, a tax expert who worked as a visiting fellow at the Centre for Global Development, an international non-profit that advocates for an end to poverty and inequality. The Guardian reports that in March, Forstaters contract was not renewed because of tweets she posted on the topic of transgender identity, such as men cannot change into women, and it is unfair and unsafe for trans women to compete in womens sport.

The left cannibalizing itself

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Being tolerant of transgender people isn't exactly the same as liberals literally eating each other for dinner.

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what's with the trend of calling people who aren't radical feminists TERFs

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Who got suspended recently?

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Are anybody in this story American citizens?

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Neoconkers posted...

what's with the trend of calling people who aren't radical feminists TERFs

Honestly my biggest issue with the term is that transphobia and being radically feminist seem pretty mutually exclusive

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ChopinList
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Sure, whatever.

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Rich person is delusional and lives in their own world, what else is new?

Shes the one being radical.

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Butterfiles posted...

Honestly my biggest issue with the term is that transphobia and being radically feminist seem pretty mutually exclusive

They don't have to be especially radical. They just have to not accept transwomen as being equally as valid as women.

TERF is just a catchy slur against feminists that aren't pro-transwomen. Like "truscum" (pronounced like "true scum") is a slur for people who think transgenderism should be considered as a medical issue connected to gender dysphoria.

k

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People need to stop using TERF when TEF is more applicable.
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rowling is such a dull woman

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Umbreon posted...

Who got suspended recently?

That's just the porn poster and his multitude of alts (10-20+), probably is Donut too since he was always an awful poster and pushed a shitty porn agenda

Think he's Lebronwon too (guy always making topics/posting JRE clips and putting a as his only response) when people caught on

Never cared for her works, and I sure as hell don't give a fuck what she calls herself.

All I know is that she's been inserting identity politics on established characters from her books and claiming them cannon, dividing her fanbase. LMAO

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Esrac posted...

They don't have to be especially radical. They just have to not accept transwomen as being equally as valid as women.

TERF is just a catchy slur against feminists that aren't pro-transwomen. Like "truscum" (pronounced like "true scum") is a slur for people who think transgenderism should be considered as a medical issue connected to gender dysphoria.

FART works better - Feminism-Appropriating Reactionary Transphobe.

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Tryhaptaward posted...

Think he's Lebronwon too (guy always making topics/posting JRE clips and putting a as his only response) when people caught on

doubt it

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I wonder if this oppression olympics **** ever gives them a headache

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The23rdMagus posted...

FART works better - Feminism-Appropriating Reactionary Transphobe.

Don't quote that Rachel McKinnon lunatic at me.

Butterfiles posted...

Honestly my biggest issue with the term is that transphobia and being radically feminist seem pretty mutually exclusive

I'd argue that radical feminism isn't actually feminism at all so it seems consistent.

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whats up with all these weird unecessarely long made up words?

is it so hard to just come out and say "yo im cool with trans people"? holy hell! lol

Butterfiles posted...

Honestly my biggest issue with the term is that transphobia and being radically feminist seem pretty mutually exclusive

"Seem" mutually exclusive on paper, sure. But they're not. That's basically the issue.

There's actually quite a few outspoken radfem icons and longstanding figureheads that would disagree with what you believe their ideology should be when it comes to who it's supposed to support and innately exclude.

You ever heard that phrase "never meet your heroes"...?

If you value actual gender equality, honest open discussion about minimizing privilege disparities, and the inclusion of trans women under feminism despite having Y chromosomes...you might not have a good time sitting down and actually meeting certain radical feminists. And I'm afraid "no true scotsman" will not alleviate the uncomfortable revelations that follow.

They are indeed feminists. Just one type. And it might not be a type you want to associate with.

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then you need to look up the definition of radical.

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ChopinList posted...

it is unfair and unsafe for trans women to compete in womens sport.

I have no problems with trans people and support them in all facets of equality but I agree with this.

However, I actually do enjoy women's sport

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I cringed.
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Politics posted...

Being tolerant of transgender people isn't exactly the same as liberals literally eating each other for dinner.

The issue people claiming to be progressive by supporting LGB instead of LBGT...