12/7/2023 0 Comments Jk rowling serial killer book![]() No caption needed #RIPJKRowling /zuBLXrKa3TĪny public space you can think of in which it's suggested that men will dress as women in order to harm women are spaces actual trans people are exponentially, verifiably more likely to be harmed in Jason "David Wong" Pargin September 14, 2020 The infuriating thing about the JK Rowling news (that she's apparently writing a novel about a man who dresses like a woman to murder women in their safe spaces) is that the outrage will drive like 500% more sales than she'd have otherwise gotten. “What’s next? An evil villain who steals nuclear weapons?” ![]() “I’m honestly relieved that JK Rowling has written a 900 page book about a transvestite killer, because it’s such a hackneyed, overused, ridiculous trope that it perfectly demonstrates how out of touch with reality she is,” wrote podcaster and novelist Cate Spice. On Twitter, many are critical of Troubled Blood and Rowling, calling it everything from a cynical way to profit off transphobia to an example of how Rowling has to write fictional versions of the trans women she fears, as they don’t exist in the real world. It’s a common argument by TERFS (trans-exclusionary radical feminists) that has gained footing within popular UK feminism. Rowling has since stepped up her transphobia, in June writing a 4,000 word screed arguing for the importance of feminism on the basis of biological sex. I actually considered calling myself L A Galbraith for the Strike series, but for fairly obvious reasons decided that initials were a bad idea.“It’s an entirely common though insulting trope about trans women – that they are aggressive and unable to overcome their masculine nature, not to mention villainous – that has become all too common from cisgender authors with only a passing knowledge of trans people.” "Be that as it may, the name had a fascination for me. I don't even know how I knew that the surname existed, because I can't remember ever meeting anyone with it. ![]() "When I was a child, I really wanted to be called 'Ella Galbraith', and I've no idea why. "Galbraith came about for a slightly odd reason," she continued. Kennedy is my hero and because, mercifully, I hadn't used it for any of the characters in the Potter series or The Casual Vacancy," Rowling had written at the time. "I chose Robert because it is one of my favorite men's names, because Robert F. Rowling's representative pointed out the original explanation for the name-which was originally published on the original Robert Galbraith website-is inspired by one of the writer's heroes, Robert F. "Any assertion that there is a connection is unfounded and untrue." Rowling wasn't aware of Robert Galbraith Heath when choosing the pseudonym for her crime novels," a spokesperson told Newsweek. Rowling has garnered criticism for her new book, "Troubled Blood" this week. Rowling poses at "Harry Potter and The Cursed Child parts 1 & 2" on Broadway Opening Night at The Lyric Theatre on Apin New York City. He experimented with a variety of methods to "cure" gay men, using electroshock treatments in an attempt to change a person's sexual orientation-such procedures are now condemned by the medical community.Ī number of people have pointed out on social media the likeness between Rowling's pen name and that of the homophobic scientist but representatives for the author insist it is merely a coincidence. Galbraith Heath was a mid-20th century psychiatrist who pioneered a range of unethical practices that would later become known as conversion therapy. The book release follows months of criticism over her views on transgender issues. The "Harry Potter" author just released another book in her Cormoran Strike detective novel series titled "Troubled Blood," where a plotline involving a male serial killer who disguises himself in women's clothing being cited as transphobic in some quarters. ![]() Rowling has denied that her pseudonym Robert Galbraith is linked to the anti-LGBTQ+ gay conversion therapist named Robert Galbraith Heath. ![]()
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