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Amanda Craig just got dropped by Mslexia magazine, (which “champions women's writing”, apparently) as a judge for one of its competitions, for signing a letter condemning misogynistic abuse.

Nick Cohen @NickCohen4

1. Here's how fear spreads in British culture. The distinguished novelist Amanda Craig signs the letter condemning the “insidious, misogynistic and authoritarian” #RIPJKRowling campaign along with McEwan, Stoppard and dozens of others, me included.

thetimes.co.ukLiterati rally to JK Rowling’s defence in row over Cormoran Strike bookSome of Britain’s most eminent entertainers and authors have rallied around JK Rowling after the Harry Potter writer was subjected to an onslaught of abuse and death threats on social media.The Booker

Again, this is what she signed.

We are a group of writers, actors, directors, musicians, producers, comedians and artists who wish to speak in support of JK Rowling. She has been subjected to an onslaught of abuse that highlights an insidious authoritarian and misogynistic trend in social media. Rowling has consistently shown herself to be an honourable and compassionate person and the appalling hashtag #RIPJKRowling is just the latest example of hate speech directed against her and other women that Twitter and other platforms enable and implicitly endorse.

We are signing this letter in the hope that if more people stand up against the targeting of women online, we might at least make it less acceptable to engage in it or profit from it.

We wish JK Rowling well and stand in solidarity with her. 

You can object to this disgraceful decision here.