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“Heated Rivalry” author Rachel Reid on J. K. Rowling - “the bar is pretty high in how evil you have to be,” “ I’m extremely the opposite of everything she believes”

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YankSplaining · 23/02/2026 17:20

Well, this is disappointing.

”[Reid] has a keen desire not to disappoint her fans, especially when they’re sending her photos of freshly inked tattoos of her words on their skin. ‘I know of another author that a lot of people got tattoos of but then wanted them gone. Like, J. K. Rowling,’ she says. ‘The bar is pretty high for how evil you have to be, but I don’t want to let a single person down.’ I ask if she’s a TERF. ‘No, I’m extremely the opposite of everything she believes,’ she replies.”

Well, too late, she let me down. “Extremely the opposite of everything she believes,” huh? I guess Rachel Reid thinks teenage girls should be forced to undress after PE in front of naked male classmates who gawp as their dicks get hard. Or that female inmates should be locked in cells with male inmates serving time for serial rape.

I don’t expect Reid to agree with Rowling on trans issues. It’s the monstering of Rowling that I take issue with - the “evil,” and the framing of Rowling as so extreme that Reid feels the need to be extremely the opposite of everything she believes.

Edit: title should read “on how evil you have to be”

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callmeLoretta1 · 27/02/2026 19:40

onepostwonder · 27/02/2026 19:37

Has any one of the 4 countries' prison departments publicly presented the sex critical argument? Any of the countries adjusting their justice systems to accommodate such a dangerous cohort? Or is this information solely assembled, manipulated and spread by sex critical people?

These departments go by data. Not 'sex critical' 'arguments'. But actual numbers.

nicepotoftea · 27/02/2026 19:39

onepostwonder · 27/02/2026 19:33

This is a culture war argument rather than a biological or social fact.

I'm not sure what a social fact is, but its certainly a biological and legal fact.

onepostwonder · 27/02/2026 19:39

callmeLoretta1 · 27/02/2026 19:37

So you agree as a man you need to stay out of female only spaces. Again, there is no such thing as 'non-binary'. It does not exist.

I agree that men should stay out of women's spaces. Non-binary people don't need your permission to exist.

callmeLoretta1 · 27/02/2026 19:38

onepostwonder · 27/02/2026 19:28

Social constructs are real and have affected and continue to affect my entire life and those around me. Perhaps sex realists should share how you have managed to extricate yourself.

By sticking to the realities of sex, but sex denialists refuse to do that, they run their lives around a fake social construct of 'gender'.

onepostwonder · 27/02/2026 19:38

nicepotoftea · 27/02/2026 19:36

If you mean the constricts of gender, legislation that prevents sex discrimination, thus making gendered assumptions unlawful.

You're being obtuse. Not all gendered assumptions are unlawful.

callmeLoretta1 · 27/02/2026 19:37

onepostwonder · 27/02/2026 19:25

Agreed. Trans people can be men or women. Men need to stay out of women's spaces. Non-binary people statistically outnumber binary trans people.

So you agree as a man you need to stay out of female only spaces. Again, there is no such thing as 'non-binary'. It does not exist.

onepostwonder · 27/02/2026 19:37

callmeLoretta1 · 27/02/2026 19:08

Prison data over four (4) countries proves this. Sadly for you, the departments and government entities do prove this. And there is nothing you can do or say that proves otherwise.

Has any one of the 4 countries' prison departments publicly presented the sex critical argument? Any of the countries adjusting their justice systems to accommodate such a dangerous cohort? Or is this information solely assembled, manipulated and spread by sex critical people?

nicepotoftea · 27/02/2026 19:36

onepostwonder · 27/02/2026 19:28

Social constructs are real and have affected and continue to affect my entire life and those around me. Perhaps sex realists should share how you have managed to extricate yourself.

If you mean the constricts of gender, legislation that prevents sex discrimination, thus making gendered assumptions unlawful.

onepostwonder · 27/02/2026 19:34

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Is this the sex realist version of 'no debate?'

onepostwonder · 27/02/2026 19:33

thirdfiddle · 27/02/2026 19:03

Nobody is responsible for the behaviour of any other individual unless you're their parent or carer or something.

Nonetheless safeguarding rules reduce harm by applying rules to whole groups of people to prevent misbehaviour by a small minority of that group. Transwomen belong to the group "males", and safeguarding rules applied to the group males therefore also apply to transwomen.

This is a culture war argument rather than a biological or social fact.

nicepotoftea · 27/02/2026 19:32

callmeLoretta1 · 27/02/2026 19:07

The FACT that biology is destiny means that as a male, you've never had to consider pregnancy. You are not and never have been a female, so that part is irrelevant.

This reminds me of the American Congressman Todd Akin who argued that "If it's a legitimate rape, the female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down."

Very similar attempt to deny the material consequences of biology when they lead to women needing sex specific rights.

There really is no difference between MRA and TRA arguments.

onepostwonder · 27/02/2026 19:28

callmeLoretta1 · 27/02/2026 19:03

Exactly because 'social constructs' are fake, harmful and misogynistic.

Social constructs are real and have affected and continue to affect my entire life and those around me. Perhaps sex realists should share how you have managed to extricate yourself.

onepostwonder · 27/02/2026 19:25

callmeLoretta1 · 27/02/2026 19:03

It is 'irrelevant' if someone is trans. If someone is male they need to be kept out of female spaces. There is no such thing as 'non-binary'.

Agreed. Trans people can be men or women. Men need to stay out of women's spaces. Non-binary people statistically outnumber binary trans people.

MrsOvertonsWindow · 27/02/2026 19:25

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onepostwonder · 27/02/2026 19:24

TheKeatingFive · 27/02/2026 19:01

Men are responsible for the conduct of men.

Transwomem are men.

I disagree. Now I'm curious, are women responsible for the conduct of trans men?

callmeLoretta1 · 27/02/2026 19:09

onepostwonder · 27/02/2026 18:55

Trans people are not responsible for the conduct of men. Sex realist beliefs do not change this.

'Trans people' are irrelevant. MALES are responsible for the conduct of MALES. Sex denialist beliefs do not change this.

callmeLoretta1 · 27/02/2026 19:08

onepostwonder · 27/02/2026 18:54

Sex realist beliefs constructed the math behind this belief and perpetuate its spread. Not one of the departments or government entities are assisting sex realists in this messaging.

Prison data over four (4) countries proves this. Sadly for you, the departments and government entities do prove this. And there is nothing you can do or say that proves otherwise.

callmeLoretta1 · 27/02/2026 19:07

onepostwonder · 27/02/2026 18:52

I'm saying the sex realist belief that biology is destiny has never had influence on my life as a female or male. Obtuse.

The FACT that biology is destiny means that as a male, you've never had to consider pregnancy. You are not and never have been a female, so that part is irrelevant.

callmeLoretta1 · 27/02/2026 19:05

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callmeLoretta1 · 27/02/2026 19:05

onepostwonder · 27/02/2026 18:50

Sex realists align all trans people with mens rights movements. Believing it does not make it true.

All transwomen and sex denialists who work to undo sex-based rights are working with the Mens Rights Movement. That's a fact.

callmeLoretta1 · 27/02/2026 19:03

onepostwonder · 27/02/2026 18:49

Understood. Sex realists do not participate in cultures influenced by social constructs.

Exactly because 'social constructs' are fake, harmful and misogynistic.

thirdfiddle · 27/02/2026 19:03

Nobody is responsible for the behaviour of any other individual unless you're their parent or carer or something.

Nonetheless safeguarding rules reduce harm by applying rules to whole groups of people to prevent misbehaviour by a small minority of that group. Transwomen belong to the group "males", and safeguarding rules applied to the group males therefore also apply to transwomen.

callmeLoretta1 · 27/02/2026 19:03

onepostwonder · 27/02/2026 18:48

Agreed. It is not bad law to keep men out of women's spaces. It was enforced and continues to be enforced. Trans people are men, women and in some countries outnumbering binary trans people, both or neither.

It is 'irrelevant' if someone is trans. If someone is male they need to be kept out of female spaces. There is no such thing as 'non-binary'.

TheKeatingFive · 27/02/2026 19:01

onepostwonder · 27/02/2026 18:55

Trans people are not responsible for the conduct of men. Sex realist beliefs do not change this.

Men are responsible for the conduct of men.

Transwomem are men.

InconvenientlyMaterial · 27/02/2026 19:01

onepostwonder · 27/02/2026 18:51

Socially, trans people and non-binary people exist. Closing your eyes does not make people disappear.

Dude you're trying to compare inner feelings and self belief to the lived material reality of being a female human.

Rapists don't check gender identity before impregnating their victims and not does the feetilised egg before implantation. Employers don't check gender identity before discriminating against women who have children.

You wouldn't know this, but lots of women are just as special and internally fascinating as you. But reality gets in the fucking way and we live in a patriarchal world where we still have to beg for crumbs of equality. We have less time for your luxury beliefs.

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