J.K. Rowling’s controversial statement this week prompted a response from Daniel Radcliffe.
flirted with a brand of feminism that excludes trans women and nonbinary people. Though, she left few questions unanswered about her views over the weekend thanks to a Twitter storm.
It started with Rowling retweeting a story about menstrual health in a post-COVID-19 world that used the term"people who menstruate" in the headline."I’m sure there used to be a word for those people. Someone help me out," tweeted Rowling."Wumben? Wimpund? Woomud?" . Those familiar with the history instantly identified the grievances Rowling aired out as coming straight from the trans-exclusionary feminist playbook.
gave her famous “Y'all Better Quiet Down” speech at the 1973 Christopher Street Liberation Day Rally after lesbian feminist Jean O'Leary stood on stage and derided the inclusion of drag queens, trans women and other nonbinary people from participating in the movement.
It's a division that has rankled queer spaces, activist organizations, and mainstream queer politics for decades, often pushed by people whose heads are so full of dogmatic theory, they have no room to recognize the actual lived experience of trans people—who are often right in front of them.
In other words, it's a strange issue for a straight white woman with an enormous net worth and a large platform to quite awkwardly wade into, and the revelation has left fans of the
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