Last Updated on February 17, 2022
J.K. Rowling author has been subject of controversy, this time, over politically incorrect remarks concerning transgender individuals.
The controversy arose after Rowling’s opinion piece in a tweet introduced with the caption: “‘People who menstruate.’ I’m sure there used to be a word for those people. Someone help me out. Wumben? Wimpund? Woomud? Opinion: Creating a more equal post-COVID-19 world for people who menstruate.”
‘People who menstruate.’ I’m sure there used to be a word for those people. Someone help me out. Wumben? Wimpund? Woomud?
Opinion: Creating a more equal post-COVID-19 world for people who menstruate https://t.co/cVpZxG7gaA
— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) June 6, 2020
The immediate backlash from the tweet involved tweeters accusing Rowling of transphobia and of being a TERF–a trans-exclusionary radical feminist.
Many of those commenting beneath her original post argued that men could menstruate and that her words excluded non-binary people.
Some pointed out that it was 2020 and now males can menstruate.
Other commenters took it a step further and called the Scottish author a “Nazi” for her politically incorrect remarks.
https://twitter.com/LukeCB_/status/1269474353982382080
You can’t support BLM if that doesn’t also include black trans men and women. Fuck you, you gender nazi.
— SLIMEY (@tokyo_maria) June 10, 2020
https://twitter.com/KentGoertzen/status/1270507552867069959
I really do love HP, but just now y'all realized #JKRowling is a nazi weirdo? pic.twitter.com/dv1ZzaSv2w
— Nani Stockmann (@TheSeamstressed) June 7, 2020
https://twitter.com/Schmitz216/status/1269415842292420614
https://twitter.com/BeckAuburn/status/1269572902111842304
https://twitter.com/PenguinLast/status/1269644363996393472
One angered tweeter went a step further and accused Rowling of plagiarism.
They wrote: “In full context, it seems as though the word you’re looking for to describe transmen is “Mudblood”, you Nazi f***.
“Imagine learning absolutely nothing at all about the books you “wrote.” Yeah, at this point, I’m convinced you stole manuscripts from someone with real talent.”
In full context, it seems as though the word you're looking for to describe transmen is "Mudblood"
you Nazi fuck.
Imagine learning absolutely nothing at all about the books you "wrote."
Yeah, at this point, I'm convinced you stole manuscripts from someone with real talent.
— Mason (@IncompleteStop) June 7, 2020
https://twitter.com/barret_long/status/1269481972432343040
Another tweeter accused Rowling, despite her track record as a staunch progressive, of being racist.
“Listen @jk_rowling is an absolute disgusting racist. The moment she got money and fame she took a s*** on the most repressed members of our world She’s a f***ing nazi and her choice to double down on this day isn’t a mistake. SHES A F***ING NAZI,” they wrote.
https://twitter.com/MonValleyAF/status/1269439038265659394
https://twitter.com/snees/status/1269413997020958721
https://twitter.com/CarlitosGirl/status/1269407950713565185
https://twitter.com/fennec_sasha/status/1269402851056521216
The internet outrage mob continues to strikingly resemble a Titania McGrath satirical tweet as the lines between insanity and conformity remain blurred.
