“And in fact, a ton ofPotterfans were grateful that I’d said what I said.”
I could tell that they believed they were fighting for underdogs and difference and fairness."
“Time will tell whether I’ve got this wrong.
J.K. Rowling.TOLGA AKMEN/AFP via Getty Images
And I believe absolutely that there is something dangerous about this movement and it must be challenged.”
“My position is that I am absolutely upholding the positions that I took inPotter,” she said.
In response, shetweeted, “‘People who menstruate.’
I’m sure there used to be a word for those people.
Someone help me out.
In hindsight, Rowling compared the tweet to “dropping a hand grenade into Twitter.”
If sex isn’t real, the lived reality of women globally is erased.
It isn’t hate to speak the truth.”
To this day, Rowling still stands “by every word that I wrote” at the time.
“But the question is, What is the truth?”
Rowling continued, “So I want trans women to be safe.
At the same time, I do not want to make natal girls and women less safe.
That is the simple truth.”
She also addressed the idea of fans trying to hold her accountable for her actions online.
“I’ve heard this all the time, ‘We’re holding you accountable.
We’re holding you accountable,'” Rowling said.
How are you behaving?
“I don’t call that being held accountable.
If you want to debate with me, I am absolutely open to that.
“The response is, ‘Well, we can’t listen to you.
You must not be listened to.’
That to me is, intellectually, incredibly cowardly.
I don’t believe that any righteous movement behaves in such a way.”
“Some of you have not understood the books.
The Death Eaters claimed we have been made to live in secret and now is our time.
And any who stand in our way must be destroyed.
If you disagree with us, you must die,” she said.
I do not see this particular movement as either benign or powerless.
