TheQuartering [12/13/2021]

According to Yahoo:

On Sunday (12 December), the Harry Potter author tweeted a link to a news story by The Times titled “Absurdity’ of police logging rapists as women” with a caption many have deemed “upsetting and disappointing”.

Police Scotland recently announced that they will record rapes based on the attacker’s gender identity.

Reacting to the news, Rowling tweeted: “War is Peace. Freedom is Slavery. Ignorance is Strength. The Penis-ed Individual Who Raped You Is a Woman.”

Subsequently, long-time Harry Potter fans, many of whom are members of the LGBTQ+ community and allies, called the author out for implying that “real women aren’t rapists” and “punching down” at a historically marginalised community.