J.K. Rowling criticized The New York Times for downplaying alleged threats and harassment she said she faced, including doxxing and bomb-making guides targeting her family. The American newspaper framed backlash against the Harry Potter author as limited to accusations of “betraying real feminism.”
“When J.K. Rowling said that denying any relationship between sex and biology was ‘deeply misogynistic and regressive,’ a prominent L.G.B.T.Q. group accused her of betraying ‘real feminism’,” Jeremy W. Peters for The New York Times wrote in an article published on November 26.
The outlet further stated: “A few angry critics posted videos of themselves burning her books.”
