JK Rowling Clarifies Political Views
JK Rowling has clarified her political views after a social media user accused her of having "far-right" sympathies over her views on transgender women.Over the past few years, the Harry Potter writer has sparked debate—and backlash—over her expressed statements on trans women, leading some activists to brand Rowling a "TERF"—an acronym for trans-exclusionary radical feminist.On Sunday, British-born Rowling responded to a person on X, formerly Twitter, who suggested that her politics were more aligned with right-wing ideologies.Newsweek has contacted a representative of Rowling via email for comment."@jk_rowling is far right," read the post. "[I don't care] how many times she pretends she isn't.
She gets all of her information from [neo-Nazi] publications and far-right hate groups. [She] believes a far-right conspiracy theory that is basically just 'the Protocols of the elders of Zion,' but for trans [people]."Sharing a lengthy response, Rowling wrote: "You can keep telling yourself this, but you're simply wrong.
I'm a left-leaning liberal who's fiercely anti-authoritarian, and if you couldn't deduce that from my work you haven't understood a word of it."I'm not an ideologue.
I mistrust ideologies," she continued. "I've never met an ideologue who wasn't prepared to deny a bit of inconvenient truth to keep their world view intact and I include ideologies with which I find myself in broad sympathy.
