{"id":113873,"date":"2025-10-31T09:51:06","date_gmt":"2025-10-31T09:51:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/113873\/"},"modified":"2025-10-31T09:51:06","modified_gmt":"2025-10-31T09:51:06","slug":"jk-rowling-weighs-in-after-glamour-uk-names-group-of-trans-dolls-as-women-of-the-year-men-are-better-women","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/113873\/","title":{"rendered":"JK Rowling weighs in after Glamour UK names group of trans \u2018dolls\u2019 as Women of the Year: \u2018..men are better women\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The magazine Glamour UK has released its 2025 Women of the Year issue, featuring nine transgender women on the cover. Author JK Rowling reacted sharply to the decision, saying it tells \u201cgirls that men are better women than they are.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI grew up in an era when mainstream women\u2019s magazines told girls they needed to be thinner and prettier,\u201d Rowling wrote on X (formerly Twitter). \u201cNow mainstream women\u2019s magazines tell girls that men are better women than they are,\u201d <a class=\"backlink\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.livemint.com\/topic\/j-k-rowling\" data-vars-page-type=\"story\" data-vars-link-type=\"Manual\" data-vars-anchor-text=\"she added.\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">she added.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The cover, unveiled on October 29, includes nine <a class=\"backlink\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.livemint.com\/topic\/transgender\" data-vars-page-type=\"story\" data-vars-link-type=\"Manual\" data-vars-anchor-text=\"transgender women\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">transgender women <\/a>\u2014 Munroe Bergdorf, Maxine Heron, Taira, Munya, Bel Priestley, Dani St. James, Ceval Omar, Mya Mehmi and Shon Faye \u2014 who are described as models, activists, writers, actors and more.<\/p>\n<p>Rowling, a long-time advocate of preserving female-only spaces for those born women, has previously voiced her concerns on similar issues. Rowling\u2019s post, which included a link to the magazine\u2019s cover, has received over 850,000 views as of Thursday morning.<\/p>\n<p>Rapper and influencer Zuby also commented on her post, calling the \u201ctrans movement\u2026 the most misogynistic movement in modern history.\u201d Another X user described Glamour UK\u2019s decision as \u201cutterly demeaning\u201d and \u201cinsulting to women,\u201d writing, \u201cwomen are not a costume\u2026 Glamour can F right off.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Oli London, a <a class=\"backlink\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.livemint.com\/news\/trends\/influencer-couple-dies-stacey-tourout-and-matthew-yeomans-known-for-documented-adventures-killed-in-accident-11755009563997.html\" data-vars-page-type=\"story\" data-vars-link-type=\"Manual\" data-vars-anchor-text=\"British influencer\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">British influencer <\/a>who has spoken out against the trans community after de-transitioning, has joined the criticism of Glamour UK\u2019s latest Women of the Year cover.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGlamour magazine UK features 9 Transgender men on the cover and calls them \u2018Women of the Year\u2019,\u201d London wrote on social media.<\/p>\n<p>The controversy follows a similar backlash faced by Glamour US earlier this week after naming actress Rachel Zegler and children\u2019s YouTuber Ms. Rachel among its latest Women of the Year. Both have drawn attention for their comments on Israel\u2019s war in Gaza.<\/p>\n<p>Zegler sparked debate after posting \u201cand always remember, free Palestine\u201d shortly after Disney released the trailer for Snow White. Reports later suggested tensions between her and Israeli co-star Gal Gadot over the issue.<\/p>\n<p>Ms. Rachel \u2014 whose real name is Rachel Griffin Accurso \u2014 has also spoken publicly about the deaths of children in Gaza and shared videos of herself praying for Palestinian kids.<\/p>\n<p>Her activism prompted the group StopAntisemitism to call for a US Department of Justice investigation into whether she was being supported by Hamas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The magazine Glamour UK has released its 2025 Women of the Year issue, featuring nine transgender women on&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":113874,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[321,68847,93,68845,61,60,68849,68850,68848,15715,68844,68846],"class_list":["post-113873","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-celebrities","tag-daniel-radcliffe-net-worth","tag-entertainment","tag-glamour-uk","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-is-jk-rowling-religious","tag-jk-rowling-black-mold","tag-jk-rowling-polemica","tag-jk-rowling","tag-transgender-women","tag-women-of-the-year"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113873","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=113873"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113873\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/113874"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=113873"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=113873"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=113873"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}