The internet’s found its new culture war cage match, and it’s one nobody saw coming. Former adult film star and vocal commentator Mia Khalifa went ballistic on Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling following a tweet by the British author shutting down pro-Palestinian protesters. The result? A meme-drenched, insult-ridden, politically-tinged exchange blasting its way across social media timelines like a Harry Potter spell gone barmy at Hogwarts.
Rowling’s Tweets Fan the Flame
Rowling, who is just as famous for her hot-button commentary as for her wizarding world, retweeted a piece by writer Nick Cohen to advertise for his article for The Spectator called “Why won’t the Left call out anti-Semitism for what it is?”
The columnist added her own barbed spin:
“Pro-Palestinian demonstrators couldn’t give it a rest – not even for 24 hours. They were chanting all the old slogans and ducking all the hard questions. ‘Globalise the intifada,’ they cried – does that mean killing Jews in Manchester?”
Her characterization of protests as latent antisemitism elicited swift criticism online. It was Khalifa, though, who cast the highest shade.
Mia Khalifa’s Scathing Reaction
In a moment, Khalifa fired a raw, uncomplicated response:
“Shut up you f*cking c*nt.”
No lengthy essays. No intricately spun threads. One single surgical strike of profanity that trended at once. For some, it was the savagest of comebacks Rowling has been on the receiving end of, apart from her numerous online wars regarding politics, gender identity, and more.
Social Media Reacts: A Digital Meltdown
In no way surprisingly, Twitter/X went ballistic in a rage of incredulity, gallows humor, and culture war frenzy. Sample internet reactions:
- “Picture yourself living in a world where Earth’s slut tiestmost famous slut on Earth addresses one of Earth’s most famous authors on Earth a cunt.”
- We’ve got Mia Khalifa preparing J.K. Rowling for GTA 6.
- “So both of these ladies are my fans on which are my sides ????”
- “MK’s been real for a long time, but if someone told you 15 years ago that Mia Khalifa would quote tweet JK Rowling about global genocide, their brain would literally just fucking blow.”
- “You of all people saying someone’s a cunt is unreal.’ “
- “My older me wouldn’t believe me being on the other side of J.K. Rowling and on the same team as Mia Khalifa.
- “Mia Khalifa cooking J.K. Rowling was not on my bingo card for today.”
- “There’s no better written sentence in a Harry Potter book than this.”
The thread quickly sounded like a parody of Hogwarts memes, “the chosen one”-centric memes, and GIFs of individuals cackling at their iPhones.
