J.K.Rowling again received a ‘wave’ of boycotts on social networks when she released a new book

Female writer J.K.Rowling was recently boycotted by a large number of Twitter users using the hashtag because of her statements in the past. More notably, the wave of boycotting the “mother” of the Harry Potter series took place before her latest book Troubled Blood was released on September 15.

Recently, the name J.K.Rowling once again became the focus of a wave of criticism on Twitter when the hashtag #RIPJKRowling (roughly translated: J.K.Rowling is dead) suddenly became top trending on the platform. This. This boycott wave took place in America.

The New York Post on September 14 quoted a user’s comment to further explain the hashtag #RIPJKRowling and the meaning behind it: “She didn’t literally die, she killed her own career.. .”; Or another user explained: “The female writer did not die, but her career really died.” Besides, there are also some comments with rude words aimed at female writer J.K.Rowling on social networks.

The cause of the wave of boycotting the author born in 1965 stems from her statement that offended transgender women last June. The female writer quoted an article from Devex and tried to call the word “woman” into other words to refer to the transgender community and equate menstruating people with women. Many famous people have “responded” to her sarcastic and sexist statement, refusing to accept the female writer’s disregard for the transgender community.

The case of J.K.Rowling being fiercely opposed on social networks is one of the clear manifestations of the cancel culture that famous people suffer every day around the world, taking place on online platforms. society. In July, J.K.Rowling, along with 100 other authors, called for an end to this boycott culture.

Recently, J.K.Rowling has been diligently writing stories and collaborating with studios to write Hollywood movie scripts. Troubled Blood is her latest work in the Cormoran Strike series published from 2013 to present. The story follows a serial killer who likes to wear women’s clothes.