Regardless of fame for being the creator of ‘Harry Potter,’ the best-selling guide sequence in historical past (with over 500 million copies offered as of time reported), JK Rowling is taken into account a posterchild of ‘trans-exclusionary feminism’ – a title earned for years of doubling down on her beliefs towards transwomen.
Simply the most important stain on her in any other case pristine profession, the creator seems prepared so as to add yet another ‘F-U’ to her detractors by saying a present of assist for embattled Soul singer Macy Grey, who not too long ago got here underneath hearth for the controversial remark “simply since you go change your elements, doesn’t make you a girl.”
As Grey braved the backlash – which included some longtime followers promising to boycott streaming her music and attending her concert events – Rowling took to Twitter to counsel she’s keen to choose up any slack the damaging press causes.
Tuesday morning (July 5), JK didn’t look like “jk” when she responded to a Grey critic who prompt the singer’s profession was over as a result of transphobic feedback.
“As we speak appears like a great day to make sure I’ve purchased [Macy Gray’s] total again catalogue,” stated Rowling.
Although she didn’t expound with particulars, the message of assist was loud and clear to many who already despised the best-selling author for her earlier anti-trans sentiments.
Grey’s catalog consists of a number of compilation albums, a dwell album, and ten studio albums, which have collectively offered over 25 million copies worldwide.
She’s finest identified for her debut studio effort, ‘On How Life Is’ (1999), which offered over 7 million copies worldwide and options her first and solely Scorching 100 high 10 hit, ‘I Attempt.’
