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.