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There is a problem when cis authors write content, in this case, emboldened by the facade of a male writer, to exploit the concepts of Transness to sensationalize or demean us. The claim is a stretch, given that trans issues were not a significant issue in an election largely dominated by the looming prospect of Brexit and that many of the loudest anti-trans voices in the UK are in the Labour Party. But Trump’s path to victory has not been entirely ruled out. It’s not the first time that someone has exhibited outspoken allegiance with women, people of color and gay men, but felt that embracing the Transgender community was stepping too far outside their comfort zone. And it won’t be fun for you inside, Pippa,’ he added. So tell us again how our desire to retain our safe spaces and sex based rights are bigoted and unreasonable? Repeated, I say? “Anti-trans feminists think they have science on their side.
In a particularly revealing scene, Rowling’s hero traps Pippa in his office and says, “‘If you go for that door one more time I’m calling the police and I’ll testify and be glad to watch you go down for attempted murder. What Would It Take For Museums to be Progressive? ‘Not pre-op.’”. Trump: “We’re watching Pennsylvania.” Philadelphia: Okay, here’s a livestream.
This also isn’t the first Cormoran Strike novel to contain transphobic concepts. Robert Galbraith is the pseudonym used by Rowling to write material beyond the boundaries of the Harry Potter Universe she created back in 1997. There is a reason that many Harry potter fans identify as LGBT… it is one of the few pieces of literary fiction that provides us access and underscores the emotional and psychological trials of being an undesirable, an outcast. Making things more dubious as I pondered whether or not Rowling was, in fact, transphobic, I discovered this passage, written by herself under the name Robert Galbraith. Her willingness to be vocal on a plethora of issues, often those targeting minorities has launched her to the frontlines of activism. “Call yourself whatever you like. It may sound familiar from the debate surrounding the North Carolina bathroom bill. She also serves as a Voices contributor at PopSugar. The entire idea of a cisgender man dressing up as a woman in order to murder women promotes dangerous ideas about trans women. Among her history remains another anti-trans article that Rowling must have butt-liked. The Silkworm, published in 2014, features a trans woman named Pippa, and the way she is described and treated showcases Rowling’s attitudes towards trans women in a disturbing way. You have had a taste of what it might be like to try to navigate a male dominated world as a woman, and of how a socially conditioned fear of male bodies might ingrain itself.