J.K. Rowling uses kindness to shut down a mansplainer who told a woman she didn't actually write a book

Kill 'em with kindness.
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J.K. Rowling uses kindness to shut down a mansplainer who told a woman she didn't actually write a book
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The term mansplaining came from an author who had a man explain her own book to her. Now, men are explaining not just the contents of books ... but the act of writing a book itself.

Author Laura Kalbag shared on Twitter on Saturday that her new book Accessibility for Everyone, about the accessibility of websites to users, was coming out soon.

Twitter user Erik Spiekermann responded in the most pedantic way possible.

"Actually, you wrote a text," he tweeted at Kalbag. "It took a few other people & skills to make that into a book."

Kalbag, a first-time author, responded kindly.

But others on Twitter took Spiekermann to task for one of the worst "Actually..."'s of all time.

More importantly, people on Twitter—including one J.K. Rowling—congratulated Kalbag for her professional milestone.

When J.K. Rowling and Roxane Gay tell you to be proud of your book, you've won. Accessibility for Everyone, available soon.

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Emma Hinchliffe

Emma Hinchliffe is a business reporter at Mashable. Before joining Mashable, she covered business and metro news at the Houston Chronicle.

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