• AlligatorBlizzard
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    5 months ago

    Wasn’t the first indication of JK Rowling being a TERF a Tweet she liked?

    • Monomate@lemm.ee
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      5 months ago

      She said she regrets not having publicized her opinions on this subject earlier, so if her likes wouldn’t have exposed her, her subsequent retweets certainly would.

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      5 months ago

      The first time she got internet backlash was when the rape crisis center she was funding wanted to be a safe space where women with extreme trauma would be away from the source of their trauma i.e. humans with penises.

      Restricting access by sex rather than gender was seen as deeply offensive and she got a lot of hate, death threats and etc which resulted in her getting in arguments that pushed her into becoming ever more outspoken.