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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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onepostwonder · 24/02/2026 18:44

Igneococcus · 24/02/2026 06:38

Why are they all in dresses (and hideous ones usually) if they don't see it as a symbol of womanhood? Why don't you ever see a transwoman in jeans and whatever Tshirt they came across first in the wardrobe that morning?

Have you ever met a trans woman? This is a ridiculous stereotype.

onepostwonder · 24/02/2026 18:41

TheKeatingFive · 24/02/2026 05:57

I'm not sure I'm really following this very convoluted point but the categorisation is a biological one. Being a woman is a biological state, not a behavioural one.

In much of the world, female is a bioligical state and woman is a social/cultural/interpersonal state.

ElenOfTheWays · 24/02/2026 18:32

Daygloboo · 24/02/2026 02:24

Ive often wondered ...if a trans male. to female.presented in the way they did ( for example. make up, high heels, dresses ) but didnt claim female space, or female sport and didnt claim to be a woman, would they be more accepted. I dont have a problem with a male presenting that way but i do get the GC argument.

They AREN'T presenting as "female" or as women though, although they THINK they are. They are presenting as a narrow, sexist version of femininity that exists only in their own head. So they put on their lipstick and high heels and whatever and are saying "this is what a woman is" even if they don't actually claim to BE a woman themselves. It's still what they think woman are.

So yes, I have a problem with that because it's sexist, regressive bollocks and because a great many of them are getting a boner from their "humiliation" of being seen as the lesser sex. The sex that's only there to be fucked. They've literally TOLD us this. This is how they see us. And we're expected to play along.
Fuck that!
Be a man in a dress (fine) or put your fucking trousers on.

MyAmpleSheep · 24/02/2026 17:28

soupycustard · 24/02/2026 16:52

They would be by me. I don't care how people dress or do their make up or whatever. I do care about males claiming female rights and using female spaces. Because they're male.

Eddie Izzard was a case in point. He got a lot of credit for saying he was an unconventional man who liked to wear dresses. Lost it all when he decided to say he was a woman.

TheKeatingFive · 24/02/2026 17:22

soupycustard · 24/02/2026 16:45

So she believes in the opposite of rape survivors having female support if needed? She believes in the opposite of allowing disabled women a choice over which sex their intimate care is provided by? She believes in the opposite of women being able to have fair sporting competition?
Wow. She's nice.

Seems extraordinary, doesn't it? That she could believe all this and think this makes her the good guy?

How do people's moral compasses go this far off direction?

soupycustard · 24/02/2026 16:52

Daygloboo · 24/02/2026 02:24

Ive often wondered ...if a trans male. to female.presented in the way they did ( for example. make up, high heels, dresses ) but didnt claim female space, or female sport and didnt claim to be a woman, would they be more accepted. I dont have a problem with a male presenting that way but i do get the GC argument.

They would be by me. I don't care how people dress or do their make up or whatever. I do care about males claiming female rights and using female spaces. Because they're male.

soupycustard · 24/02/2026 16:45

So she believes in the opposite of rape survivors having female support if needed? She believes in the opposite of allowing disabled women a choice over which sex their intimate care is provided by? She believes in the opposite of women being able to have fair sporting competition?
Wow. She's nice.

Helleofabore · 24/02/2026 15:24

I reckon this is a timely reminder about ‘feminine’ men and consent. You know, the consent that is the foundation to safeguarding.

https://x.com/knownheretic/status/2026070396244832609?s=46

Amy E. Sousa, MA Depth Psychology (@KnownHeretic) on X

Blocked by Alexis Blake.

https://x.com/knownheretic/status/2026070396244832609?s=46

Beowulfa · 24/02/2026 14:55

MyAmpleSheep · 24/02/2026 14:13

I just want to point out that JKR bought a yacht from someone - most likely from a man.

Which tells you everything you need to know about JKR and her evil politics.

So there. Carry on.

The name Joanne Rowling contains FIVE letters from the word "Israel". That's more than enough proof that she's been anti-Palestine and plotting to overthrow Iran since birth.

Datun · 24/02/2026 14:26

"They will often claim their hostility is because these are the product of sexual stereotypes imposed by the patriarchy but I suspect its more of an insecurity complex hence the 'over reaction' to what are mostly organic personal preferences rooted in utero hormonal & genetic influences."

Or ... it's because men in fishnets are getting a boner trying to access women in their own space.

Personally, and this is just a suggestion of course, I would take it up with them and recommend they stop taking selfies with their cocks out in women's toilets.

MyAmpleSheep · 24/02/2026 14:13

I just want to point out that JKR bought a yacht from someone - most likely from a man.

Which tells you everything you need to know about JKR and her evil politics.

So there. Carry on.

Helleofabore · 24/02/2026 13:28

Oh come on wims... wasn't this convincing?

"They will often claim their hostility is because these are the product of sexual stereotypes imposed by the patriarchy but I suspect its more of an insecurity complex hence the 'over reaction' to what are mostly organic personal preferences rooted in utero hormonal & genetic influences."

I mean seriously.

Why is it that some posters think that if they post text like this, it will be more convincing?

All because apparently, we are insecure of some people's 'femininity'?

Considering the argument used upthread about gay men not being as violent as lesbians (base on what evidence, I would love to see it!), because apparently they are 'feminine' and lesbians are 'masculine' this statement is remarkable. Also, it does seem that this poster fully embraces sex stereotypes and consider rejection of those stereotypes as 'hostile'.

I reckon there is a great, great of heavy personal investment in this topic to the point of extreme hyperbole describing a woman who rejects that male people can be women as 'evil'. By someone using terminology from a book about propaganda co-written by Noam Chomsky who supported Epstein and called women's voices and their accounts of what happened to them as propaganda ....

The twists and turns on this thread has been the usual wild ride in absurdity.

Shortshriftandlethal · 24/02/2026 13:17

Never heard of her. Stupid, ignorant virtual signalling to a crowd that is no longer in fashion.

EmpressDomesticatednottamed · 24/02/2026 13:12

I think we now need a definition of "insecurity complex", and fuck knows what the context is.

InconvenientlyMaterial · 24/02/2026 13:08

Datun · 24/02/2026 13:05

I know, it's hilarious.

And then telling women off for taking the piss out of men with comedy boobs and fishnets.

I wish he'd make up his mind. Jealous or contemptuous, envious or mocking??

Apparently we're both simultaneously, and they're both wrong. 😄

I think we're supposed to be reverent, but in a humble way which doesn't interfere with our subservience.

Datun · 24/02/2026 13:05

InconvenientlyMaterial · 24/02/2026 13:00

Oh nooooos

Aisha thinks we're..... Unfuckable?!

Say it ain't so!

I know, it's hilarious.

And then telling women off for taking the piss out of men with comedy boobs and fishnets.

I wish he'd make up his mind. Jealous or contemptuous, envious or mocking??

Apparently we're both simultaneously, and they're both wrong. 😄

InconvenientlyMaterial · 24/02/2026 13:00

Oh nooooos

Aisha thinks we're..... Unfuckable?!

Say it ain't so!

Datun · 24/02/2026 12:57

MrsOvertonsWindow · 24/02/2026 12:55

That made me laugh when I spotted it. The seething, sneering fury aimed at women is always eventually outed by these posters.

Tells you everything you need to know about their real motivations.

Same.

Shame on her!

These days, it doesn't take long at all.

MrsOvertonsWindow · 24/02/2026 12:55

nicepotoftea · 24/02/2026 10:19

They will often claim their hostility is because these are the product of sexual stereotypes imposed by the patriarchy but I suspect its more of an insecurity complex

I missed this classic piece of old school misogny.

It's on a par with 'feminists don't like page 3 because they are jealous'.

That made me laugh when I spotted it. The seething, sneering fury aimed at women is always eventually outed by these posters.

Tells you everything you need to know about their real motivations.

SnoopyPajamas · 24/02/2026 12:25

I haven't watched the show or read the book, but I believe the author got her start in fanfiction spaces. I'm honestly more surprised you're surprised by this, OP. Virtue-signalling about how "evil" JKR is is practically a requirement for entry in that environment.

I also suspect Rachel Reid is yet another straight woman getting off on writing smut about gay men. That puts her on potentially thin ice with the gay community, so of course she's going to cover her tracks by being the bestest ally possible. Straight people tend to assume that trans is just another flavour of gay, and when you add in the fact that this woman is Canadian, and their media has fully fallen to the woo . . . was it ever really going to play out any other way?

This woman is a clown and her comments are embarrassing. I agree. But she's not likely to listen to the outrage of a stranger on the internet, and value it above the feedback she's getting from her own social group.

The best way to hit back is to just stop talking about these people, I've found. Hit them in the wallet. Starve them of attention. There's no point engaging in a subject they won't change their minds on. They're too stupid for that. But they do tend to have managers and public relations people, who aren't quite so mystified when casual fans start to quietly pull back. It's satisfying to think of the arguments that are probably raging behind the scenes, as the artists involved face the "internet clout vs actual money" dilemma 😂

InconvenientlyMaterial · 24/02/2026 11:41

nicepotoftea · 24/02/2026 11:20

I always think life must be terrifying for people who think women are as likely to commit violent crimes as men.

Given the prison statistics, they must be constantly worried about running into the many thousands of violent women who they think have escaped justice.

Excellent excellent point

Helleofabore · 24/02/2026 11:21

I'm not aware of studies that show that. From my understanding the studies done are more about intimate partner violence.

So, therefore you have nothing but domestic violence statistics to make your point. Yet feel that you have any kind of evidence to support your points about safeguarding.

As I keep pointing out, it is also not just about physical risk to safety. There are many types of harms that female people need female single sex provisions to be safeguarded against:

Harms include:
-Rape and sexual assault.
-Violence.
-Sexual abuse that is not rape or sexual assault.
-Sexual abuse that also includes solo sexual acts or using the experience in future sexual acts.
-Any other abuse that may include verbal abuse, intimidation in any way etc, this includes inappropriate questions and comments.
-A male person's presence where female people need privacy and dignity.
-A male person's presence where female people need to feel safe from any male person's presence (over the age of about 8 years old).
-Female people self-excluding knowing that there may be a male person accessing that provision.
-Female people not having the freedom to discuss the issues that cause them distress, concern, or that they need to talk about because a male person is present.
-Female children (and female adults) learning to have no or too low personal boundaries because they have been taught that male people are female people and that they should ignore and overcome feelings of discomfort.

Narrowing the discussion to sex and violence offences does not remove these other harms from consideration for female single sex spaces.

However, discussion of why a group of male people should not be treated differently to all other male people is relevant to the discussion as to why no male people should be given special access to those female single sex spaces.

nicepotoftea · 24/02/2026 11:20

Helleofabore · 24/02/2026 11:13

"It's actually not rare that females attack their male partners in fact the numbers are comparable in studies. The difference is in the severity of violence. But Lesbian partners? There's significantly more severity between them and straight women. Why would that be? I suspect masculine behavioural patterns that more aligns them with male violence. Conversely that gay males are less violent than lesbians might therefore be related to effeminacy.

Why would there be significantly more severity between female on female attacks and female on male attacks?

Are you genuinely asking this? Seriously? You have artificially limited your range to domestic violence and not general violence. Then you make a statement that female person to female person violence ends up being more severe than a female person attacking a male person.

Firstly because male bodies also have stronger bones and be less inclined to soft tissue and connective issue damage, male people tend to be taller than female people meaning that where female people can reach may be restricted when attacking a male person. Even to the point of the necks of male people tend to be stronger so that presents some protection there too. This can be significant too when it comes to brain damage as female people have more delicate brain fibres than male people meaning. female brains are also more susceptible to damage.

That doesn't even then include the fact that male people have significant grip strength advantages over female people meaning that a male person is more likely to hold off a female person attacking them.

But apparently, you have artificially limited the discussion point to domestic violence situations only, seemingly so that you can present lesbians as being more of a danger to women. You then do the 'female hetersexuals do it too' deflection and throw in generalisations you do not evidence about butch lesbians having male behavioural patterns and gay male having female behavioural patterns.

At this point you do seem rather keen on arguing men's rights arguments.

"Cue trans identification?"

Why? Because you wish to argue that they are feminine so have less violent tendencies like the generalisation you used for male people who are same sex attracted? Because it comes down to whether someone is 'feminine' or 'masculine'?

Blimey.

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I always think life must be terrifying for people who think women are as likely to commit violent crimes as men.

Given the prison statistics, they must be constantly worried about running into the many thousands of violent women who they think have escaped justice.

Helleofabore · 24/02/2026 11:13

Aisha176 · 24/02/2026 06:46

"Could it have something to do with the power difference between male and female people combined with vulnerability in domestic situations? Meaning it is rare that female people attack male partners because female people will rarely overpower that male partner."

It's actually not rare that females attack their male partners in fact the numbers are comparable in studies. The difference is in the severity of violence. But Lesbian partners? There's significantly more severity between them and straight women. Why would that be? I suspect masculine behavioural patterns that more aligns them with male violence. Conversely that gay males are less violent than lesbians might therefore be related to effeminacy.

Cue trans identification?

"Do lesbian women have a greater rate of committing general female on female violence outside of domestic situations?

I'm not aware of studies that show that. From my understanding the studies done are more about intimate partner violence.

"And do lesbians also commit violence at the same rate as the male population in general? By all means, please show those rates.)"

Irrelevant to the point that lesbians are not representative of all women as trans women are not representative of all men.

"You didn't demonstrate anything that was useful to making safeguarding decisions.

I didn't need to as that isn't relevant to the point of false stereotyping by JKR being discussed on this thread.

"The point is also that even if there were sub groups within that segregation characteristic that had a lower rate of risk of committing violence or abuse towards female people, it should not also be up to female people to have to check if the male person accessing a female single sex provision is part of that sub group or not. Hence, ALL people in that segregated characteristic are excluded with no exceptions. ie. all male people above the age of about 8 years old are legitimately excluded."

Irrelevant to the discussion on this thread.

"It's actually not rare that females attack their male partners in fact the numbers are comparable in studies. The difference is in the severity of violence. But Lesbian partners? There's significantly more severity between them and straight women. Why would that be? I suspect masculine behavioural patterns that more aligns them with male violence. Conversely that gay males are less violent than lesbians might therefore be related to effeminacy.

Why would there be significantly more severity between female on female attacks and female on male attacks?

Are you genuinely asking this? Seriously? You have artificially limited your range to domestic violence and not general violence. Then you make a statement that female person to female person violence ends up being more severe than a female person attacking a male person.

Firstly because male bodies also have stronger bones and be less inclined to soft tissue and connective issue damage, male people tend to be taller than female people meaning that where female people can reach may be restricted when attacking a male person. Even to the point of the necks of male people tend to be stronger so that presents some protection there too. This can be significant too when it comes to brain damage as female people have more delicate brain fibres than male people meaning. female brains are also more susceptible to damage.

That doesn't even then include the fact that male people have significant grip strength advantages over female people meaning that a male person is more likely to hold off a female person attacking them.

But apparently, you have artificially limited the discussion point to domestic violence situations only, seemingly so that you can present lesbians as being more of a danger to women. You then do the 'female hetersexuals do it too' deflection and throw in generalisations you do not evidence about butch lesbians having male behavioural patterns and gay male having female behavioural patterns.

At this point you do seem rather keen on arguing men's rights arguments.

"Cue trans identification?"

Why? Because you wish to argue that they are feminine so have less violent tendencies like the generalisation you used for male people who are same sex attracted? Because it comes down to whether someone is 'feminine' or 'masculine'?

Blimey.

Greyskybluesky · 24/02/2026 11:11

Beowulfa · 24/02/2026 11:08

Revelation after revelation about Epstein and his circle of rich powerful male buddies, systematically exploiting young women and doing as they pleased, but it's Rowling who's labelled "evil" for highlighting women's rights and child safeguarding.

💯

Move on, JKR haters. For fuck's sake.