J.K. Rowling posts transphobic AI slop; internet blames black mold

In a September 8 tweet, Rowling wrote an X post claiming that "gender ideology" is homophobic.

She included a six-second video that shows a tweet from Dr. Helen Webberley saying, "Have you noticed that the only argument they have is that if you have a willy, you must be a man. I wonder whether an absolute fear of willies is what drives them? Phallophobes need help, bless them, cos some people find willies wealy wealy scarwy."

Then, after two seconds, an image of a finger comes into the bottom corner, and the tweet is replaced with images that were clearly created by AI. These images look like a social media comment sections, but they do not include any real words. Instead, the images show gibberish written in a combination of real letters and jumbled, distorted letters.

All of this is accompanied by a sound that is similar to typing on a phone.

In 2024, Rowling became the subject of memes when a social media user noticed that she appeared to have a large amount of black mold growing on her wall in her X profile picture. Many people suggested that the mold might be part of the reason she went from a beloved children's book author to an anti-trans activist spouting conservative talking points in just a few years.

"Sorry but is that black mould growing up the walls of her house? Is that why she's the way she is," asked @mushycrouton on X.

Soon, people across the internet were asking the same question.

"Jk rowling's profile picture revealing visible black mold that is apparently growing up her walls is probably the greatest chekhov's gun of all time," wrote @MNateShyamalan.

Now, people are bringing up the mold again in light of her recent post.