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really getting sick of people who aren’t trans women saying “y’all find out JK Rowling is a terf every three months…. we already fucking knew” like. sorry, but it didn’t stop being a big deal that the most well known author in the fucking world literally belongs to a hate group dedicated to eliminating trans women’s rights. that’s a big fucking deal, and people are allowed to talk and post about it when it happens.

“y’all find out JKR is a terf every two months!!!” is just a way to dismiss trans women’s worries about her. yeah we already knew, but she’s STILL doing it and it’s HURTING us. but you wouldn’t know because y’all don’t actually give a shit about trans women.

stop saying shit like this.

y’all don’t realise like. JK Rowling being a terf isn’t like a fun example of this annoying “boomer” being out of touch and politically incorrect; JK Rowling is the MOST WELL KNOWN AUTHOR in the WORLD and she is now actively telling people they should join the terf movement. this is going to cause trans women to die. she’s already buddy-buddy with politicians who have the power to cause trans-related legislation.

JK Rowling being openly a terf and advocating for terf politics and policies on her Twitter is going to have real world effects. this isn’t dumb fandom drama. this isn’t “read another book”. trans women are BEING HURT and are GOING TO GET HURT because of this. i have already had an uptick in terfs in my inbox/notes after this. this isn’t funny. this isn’t meaningless. this is NEWS and it’s SCARY so stop fucking joking about it.

Also people saying “JK Rowling is being transphobic” isn’t people “rediscovering she’s a terf” it’s people saying “LOOK SHE’S STILL DOING THIS WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS” like this woman isn’t going to go away if you just ignore her. She’s not going to go away if we stop talking about her and Harry Potter altogether. She’s still wealthy and famous and has influence on the world. If we want to counter her influence we need to be active about it, not just ignore her and hope she goes away.

the HP cast thanking Rowling for starting their careers and then going off on her for being a misogynist is amazing i love them more now.

Is there anything that makes me happier than the Harry Potter cast basically saying "fuck you JKR" and speaking up against transphobia? The answer is no