JK Rowling Declares War on Her Nemesis
Harry Potter author misgendering her.British writer Rowling—who has faced backlash over her stance on trans women for more than four years—has been threatened with legal action by broadcaster India Willoughby, who describes herself as the world's first transgender newsreader.On Sunday, Rowling took to X, formerly Twitter, to complain about men, including those who identify as transgender, being allowed to use female locker rooms.
Another X user then sent Rowling a video of Willoughby, asking if she believed "this lady should use the men's locker room.""You've sent me the wrong video," Rowling responded. "There isn't a lady in this one, just a man [reveling] in his misogynistic performance of what he thinks 'woman' means: narcissistic, shallow and exhibitionist."When the X user asked how Willoughby could be a misogynist if she "[became] a woman," Rowling hit back: "India didn't become a woman.
India is cosplaying a misogynistic male fantasy of what a woman is."Willoughby responded by saying that she was "genuinely disgusted" by Rowling's comments about her. "Grotesque transphobia, which is upsetting," Willoughby wrote. "I am every bit as much a woman as JK Rowling.
Recognised in law, and by everyone I interact with every day. The debate about whether JK Rowling is a transphobe is over."Defending her position in a follow-up X post, Rowling, who has clashed with Willoughby in the past, said: "Accurately sexing trans-identified men who send misogynistic abuse to women is not discrimination. 'Man' is not a slur.
