Things J.K. Rowling could do instead of tweet about trans people
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J.K. Rowling is perhaps the most successful author in the history of the English language. Her Harry Potter books have sold more than 600 million copies, and she’s written eight additional best-selling novels, mostly under the pseudonym Robert Galbraith. She seemingly has a blank check from Warner Brothers to write increasingly shitty Potterverse prequel films. However, if she chose to, she could never write another word and people would still refer to her as a “celebrated author.” (Every writer’s real dream.)
So, someone please explain why she spends day after day after day tweeting mean stuff about trans people!!!
(Actually, I don’t need an explanation. Making a billion dollars rots your brain. Twitter also rots your brain. Combining them makes for an especially potent brew.)
In case you missed it, Rowling has been a ringleader of the controversy surrounding Olympic boxer Imane Khelif, who is not trans but has suffered the wrath of bigots due largely to a defunct boxing organization linked with Vladimir Putin.
wrote a clear-eyed summary of the whole situation if you want fuller context.The online debate around gender might just be society’s most poisonous, and I’ll never get over the fact that 1) a beloved children’s author is among its loudest and most spiteful voices, and 2) she could stop posting at literally any time!
Like, please. Just stop. Go away. I’m begging you, Jo.
It is my fondest wish that Rowling would go spend her well-earned fortune on something wholesome like hunting humans for sport, and let us enjoy her little wizard books without any harmful baggage attached! Here’s a helpful list of ways she might choose to pass the time instead of rage-posting on the world’s worst app.
Things J.K. Rowling could do instead of tweeting about trans people
Tweet about other stuff.
Don’t tweet! (Highly recommend.)
Spend time with her remaining friend and loved one.
Buy herself something nice, like the New York Yankees.
Start a submarine company and get crushed to death.
Try out a new hairdo.
Make an album! (It can be bad. That’s ok. As long as it has nothing to do with gender politics.)
Lean into having weird opinions, but only about harmless stuff… Become a moon landing truther! Check out that “Avril Lavigne is a clone” theory!
Meditate until she reaches a transcendental plane where no one has genitals.
Box Logan Paul.
Box Imane Khelif.
Just shut up and let us enjoy the beautiful fictional world you created, you absolute weirdo!
Adopt a pet.
“Start a submarine company and get crushed to death” 😂😂😂
“Spend time with her remaining friend and loved one” had me cacklinggggg