I know we talked about JK in another thread but I thought she deserved her own. I still can’t get over the way the rape threats, death threats and (now) pipe bomb threats against her are just ignored. If saying biological sex is violence, what is saying you’ll rape a woman for her views? It’s like feminism never happened. I saw this on twitter which is a good overview of what she’s received:

If that’s what she gets- imagine what other women without her money and independence have received.. and they’ve just quietly lost their jobs, publishing contracts, their voice. But this is fine.

James Kirkup who writes for the UK Spectator has covered the gender debate there for ages and he pointed out on twitter today that he gets no abuse at all for it. Just women.

Just saying - I don’t like the abuse, but am liking your posts ^ drawing attention to it. What makes me angry is the number of bandwagon jumpers - they’ve never read what she wrote, they’ve just read some ridiculous tweet/post about how the literal violence of her words is killing them. The pick me girls are the worst, willing to endorse violence and abuse against another woman just for some transient (ha) validation. And now the American Booksellers Association has de-listed Abigail Shrier’s book (Irreversible Damage) and issued TWO grovelling apologies. I’ve just ordered two more copies - one for each apology - and am going to give them to people.

Inez What makes me angry is the number of bandwagon jumpers - they’ve never read what she wrote, they’ve just read some ridiculous tweet/post about how the literal violence of her words is killing them. This part is really hard, I work in a really ‘woke’ area and it’s basically assumed that her name is equivalent to transphobia, it’s not even questioned. And I just have to nod alone because to question it would be like painting a scarlett X on myself and I’d become the target.

CallMeAl I’m really sorry - it’s so difficult. We all do it, though. I won’t join in a conversation with a lot of people now, because I know how it’s going to go. I don’t have the energy, and I think it’s pointless to an extent. They won’t see the truth until some woke person they follow changes sides and says it in 140 characters. I think we’re a growing, if silent, group. It would probably be a massive shock to some of these people who are so used to proclaiming right-think that many people actually think they’re the ones on the “wrong side of history”.

JK Rowling