J.K. Rowling has been trending on Twitter today. So, what’s she done to deserve it this time?
Apparently, her latest crime is merely existing. Thanks to the fact that she is a real person who has real opinions about things, she’s managed to land herself smack-dab in the center of Oxfam’s Axis of Evil.
Oxfam, for those not familiar with their mission, “is a global organization that fights inequality to end poverty and injustice.” And for Oxfam, it seems that one of the most effective ways to fight inequality to end injustice is to demonize a woman who has braved blacklists and death threats in order to defend womanhood. Despite claiming to care very deeply about women’s rights and gender justice, Oxfam is evidently a lot more committed to the “gender justice” part. That’s why, in honor of Pride Month, Oxfam has launched a #ProtectThePride campaign, featuring a video in which a cartoon version of J.K. Rowling makes a key cameo:
Did you catch her there? You won’t, because that’s the updated version of the video. Here’s what it originally looked like:
Nice try deleting it, Oxfam. The internet is forever. pic.twitter.com/khiME1Ipjj
— Frances Weetman (@francesweetman) June 6, 2023
That 0:14 mark is really something, isn’t it? If only Oxfam had been quicker on the memory-hole flusher! Too bad.
Given Oxfam have deleted this image (ginger woman in the middle is Rowling; they've swapped out her poppy), it's probably worth reminding them how badly their graphics department cocked up.
Any reading on who the two blokes are? Is the one on the right meant to be De Santis? pic.twitter.com/yj2FWlufKV
— Helen Dale (not on your team, but always fair) (@_HelenDale) June 6, 2023
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Andy Ngô’s name is one of those that have been bandied about as being depicted by the guy on the left.
.@Oxfam, a British anti-poverty charity, posted a pride cartoon that featured hateful characters. One of the characters is based on JK Rowling for her view that #trans women are not women. People have been speculating who the other characters are, with some speculating I inspired… pic.twitter.com/YbcdZrugFQ
— Andy Ngô 🏳️🌈 (@MrAndyNgo) June 6, 2023
Oxfam depicting Ngô as a racist caricature sounds about right, doesn’t it? The guy on the left, whoever he is, looks like he got similar treatment.
Great work all around, Oxfam.
This still of the Evil TERF (with shinigama eyes) in @Oxfam 's #ProtectThePride video
Can you imagine having gender critical views and working at Oxfam
(did you learn nothing from CGD?) https://t.co/pBNoKXbtlW pic.twitter.com/gacndIrwlZ
— Maya Forstater (@MForstater) June 5, 2023
A person (A) harasses another (B) if A engages in unwanted conduct related to a relevant protected characteristic & the conduct has the purpose or effect of (i)violating B's dignity, or (ii)creating an intimidating, hostile, degrading, humiliating or offensive environment for B pic.twitter.com/9X65T7L39v
— Maya Forstater (@MForstater) June 5, 2023
Shinigami eyes (for anyone who hasn't come across it) is a browser extension that labels accounts as "trans friendly" or "transphobic" – coloured in red https://t.co/xZHlo2pWgI pic.twitter.com/x4HEhCRegw
— Maya Forstater (@MForstater) June 5, 2023
That’s nice. Never mind that J.K. Rowling has never said or done anything that could be considered by anyone remotely intellectually honest to be transphobic.
@oxfamgb @jk_rowling @docstockk @OliLondonTV It's a deliberate reference to JK Rowling which is illegal in addition to being sexist, ageist, racist etc. pic.twitter.com/5QsPBHckdd
— laura evans (@lauraev81180802) June 6, 2023
This kind of garbage is nothing new for Rowling, unfortunately. The silver lining is that she is apparently the person that angers Oxfam the most, which means she’s doing something right. And it only makes us respect her more.
As for Oxfam, well …
Oxfam, the organization that used to be known for working on global poverty, is now just full blown culture war? https://t.co/9OTwFSZHc2
— Zaid Jilani (@ZaidJilani) June 6, 2023
Anything to distract from the moral rot within their own organization:
Remember when Oxfam employees where busy having orgies & raping children in Haiti instead of helping rebuild their country after the earthquake? I do.
Their reputation as a decent truthworthy charity should have died back then….it must die now. https://t.co/FKM3domzSQ pic.twitter.com/Gjm3sx1gxz— Aja the Empress ♀️ (@Aja02537920) June 6, 2023
We’ll take J.K. Rowling over Oxfam every day and twice on Sundays.
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Update:
Apparently Oxfam also makes life hell for employees who defend J.K. Rowling from character assassins https://t.co/YhxY5mtCPU
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) June 6, 2023
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