A San Francisco bookstore took its virtue signaling to a new level, implementing a book ban on all books authored by J.K. Rowling due to her very public support of women's only sports and spaces.
Remember when the left was all up in arms about book bans? Well, apparently, it's cool again to ban books after Booksmith, the shop located in the heart of the California city's liberal utopia, posted a message on its Instagram account declaring it could no longer sell the "Harry Potter" series or any other books by the famed author.
The shop said in its announcement that it made the decision after Rowling in May of 2025, "publicly committed to using "her private wealth from the Harry Potter series to develop the J.K. Rowling Women’s Fund, an organization dedicated to removing transgender rights 'in the workplace, in public life, and in protected female spaces.'”
"With this announcement, we've decided to stop carrying her books," it added. "We don't know exactly what her new 'women's fund' will entail, but we know that we aren't going to be a part of it."
It went on:
As a group of queer booklovers, we also had our adolescences shaped by wizards and elves. Look at us, it's obvious. If you or someone you love wants to dive into the world of Harry Potter, we suggest doing so by buying used copies of these books.
However, there's one slight problem with the shop's announcement, and that is that Rowling never said the Fund was dedicated to "removing transgender rights" from public spaces or workplaces.
What the famed "Harry Potter" author said that the shop, apparently, didn't like was that Rowling was funding it personally after sharing the following:
I looked into all options, and a private fund is the most efficient, streamlined way for me to do this. Lots of people are offering to contribute, which I truly appreciate, but there are many other women's rights orgs that could do with the money, so donate away, just not to me!
The post was in a longer thread announcing the creation of JK Rowling's Women's Fund.
A description of it read:
"The J.K. Rowling Women's Fund (JKRWF) offers legal funding support to individuals and organizations fighting to retain women's sex-based rights in the workplace, in public life, and in protected female spaces.
"It provides women with the means and confidence to bring to justice cases that make legal precedents, force policy change, and make positive contributions to women's lives in the future."
The author has been one of the most staunch supporters of women-only spaces, making it clear that biological men have no business being in protected female spaces, angering transgender activists who label her the ridiculous term TERF (Trans-Exclusionary Radical Feminist).
In a recent X post, Rowling torched author Vikki Patis, who wrote that "Anyone still supporting TERFs in publishing can [..] all the way off. You can not read, review, promote, or sell their bigoted bile and still pretend you support queer authors at the same time. We [..] see you."
"And we see the entitled, bratty, tantruming little Veruca Salts who believe that only they, and those who share their luxury beliefs, should be permitted to publish books," Rowling wrote on X.
As of this publication, Rowling has yet to respond to the SF bookstore. However, given her recent comments about not censoring or punishing people for their beliefs, it's fair to say that she would disagree with the Booksmith store banning her books.
I'm old enough to remember that it was only a year ago that leftists attacked and accused Republicans of banning books when some school districts across the country removed age-inappropriate and sexually explicit books from school libraries.
Rowling has been relentless in her support of women's only sports and spaces amid an onslaught from LGBTQ advocates, including recently, breaking down the transgender movement and what insanity it has become.
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