“This isn’t a girl,” the ‘Harry Potter’ creator wrote of 26-year-old Scarlet Blake, a transgender girl, who was sentenced to life in jail for homicide.

On Monday, the Harry Potter creator — who has been embroiled in controversy over her stance on transgender points lately — known as out Sky Information on X (previously Twitter) after the UK outlet referred to a convicted assassin as a “girl,” and did not make it clear that she’s transgender. (The British information outlet didn’t check with the convicted killer, Scarlet Blake, as trans within the social media put up, however described her as transgender within the information article itself.)

Gary Oldman on Why He Thinks He Was Simply ‘Mediocre’ in Harry Potter Collection

View Story

Sky Information reported that 26-year-old Scarlet Blake was sentenced to life in jail for the 2021 homicide of Jorge Martin Carreno. Blake live-streamed the brutal torture and killing of a cat after she watched the Netflix documentary, Do not F*** With Cats: Looking an Web Killer, earlier than focusing on and murdering Carreno 4 months later.

“BREAKING: A girl who filmed herself killing a cat earlier than placing the animal in a blender has been jailed for all times for murdering a person 4 months later,” Sky Information’ X put up learn alongside the hyperlink to its story.

Rowling reshared Sky Information’ tweet, and criticized the outlet. “I am so sick of this shit,” she wrote. “This isn’t a girl. These are #NotOurCrimes.”

The 58-year-old went on to answer a social media consumer who criticized her remark.

“What a bizarre factor to complain about. As if there aren’t loads of cis ladies which have dedicated horrible crimes. What does it matter how the individual identifies?” the individual wrote, to which Rowling replied, “1. Crime statistics are rendered ineffective if violent and sexual assaults dedicated by males are recorded as feminine crimes. 2. Activists are already clamouring for this sadistic killer to be incarcerated in a ladies’s jail. 3. Ideologically-driven misinformation shouldn’t be journalism.”

In the meantime, the Improbable Beasts and The place to Discover Them screenwriter additionally reshared a put up from journalist Louise Tickle, who’s a contributor for The Guardian, and despatched a prolonged letter to the outlet after it seemingly did not initially notice Blake is transgender in its protection. (The Guardian’s article, after we just lately checked, does have that element now.)

Alongside Tickle’s put up, Rowling wrote, “Each single phrase of this.”

Regardless of her beloved Harry Potter collection, Rowling has grow to be a controversial determine for her statements on trans points that date way back to December 2019.

Her feedback have made her a problematic determine throughout the very fandom she created for her persevering with feedback about transgender ladies, which have led some to label her a TERF (trans-exclusionary radical feminist, a time period for feminists who exclude transgender ladies from their advocacy).

The creator has denied she’s transphobic, however repeatedly doubles down on her assertions equating transgender ladies to potential predators of ladies and bashing inclusive phrases like “individuals who menstruate” as eroding ladies “as a political and organic class.”

In the meantime, when Rowling’s social media conduct surrounding trans points got here to gentle, many Harry Potter stars distanced themselves from her, together with Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, and Rupert Grint. Ralph Fiennes is one of many few stars from the franchise who’ve spoken out in her protection.