J.K. Rowling talks about female empowerment yet based in male storytelling
While J.K. Rowling made some damning statements in her blog post, another part that’s important to note is that she commented on feminism as if she didn’t benefit from creating male stories.
J.K. Rowling has been a hot topic of conversation for fans recently. Her transphobic comments to help push for her vision of “feminism” hit many fans hard but it’s also important to note that Rowling kept talking about feminism as if she hadn’t benefitted from a patriarchial society or writing under male pseudonyms and for male characters.
Look at Robert Galbraith. Rowling wrote the Cormoran Strike series under the name Robert Galbraith until admitting that it was her. Her name is Joanne and yet goes by J.K (which could have been a publishing decision but she still went with it) and then her novel that made her a household name is about the Boy Who Lived.
The idea of feminism and what we should or should not consider coming from her is almost laughable. While her views on trans people are extremely outdated and transphobic, her reasoning behind them is almost even more absurd. Rowling keeps doubling down on how it is a women’s issue but it is not.
In her own misguided view of feminism, it seems as if she’s also saying that only women can be feminists? Which isn’t true at all. Men, women, non-binary individuals, and pretty much anyone can be a feminist (and many are) but acting as if she is a beacon of what feminism should be while making a name for herself while benefitting off of male pennames and male stories is extremely laughable.
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