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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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SecretSquirrelLoo · 23/02/2026 18:11

The evil of funding a rape crisis centre! And saying no to men!

MrsOvertonsWindow · 23/02/2026 18:09

WallaceinAnderland · 23/02/2026 17:52

Remember 'Anne' the middle aged man who used to walk through the girl's changing room at the swimming pool.

Rachel Reid wants that? How embarrassing for her 😳

This "Anne"?

www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12350741/Parents-raised-concerns-transgender-pool-official-using-womens-changing-room-time-young-girls.html

WallaceinAnderland · 23/02/2026 17:52

Remember 'Anne' the middle aged man who used to walk through the girl's changing room at the swimming pool.

Rachel Reid wants that? How embarrassing for her 😳

roseyposey · 23/02/2026 17:47

mazedasamarchhare · 23/02/2026 17:43

I agree with Reid on one point she is ‘extremely opposite’ to Rowling;
Rowling is articulate, intelligent, witty, generous, and an extraordinarily talented author.

Good point

mazedasamarchhare · 23/02/2026 17:43

I agree with Reid on one point she is ‘extremely opposite’ to Rowling;
Rowling is articulate, intelligent, witty, generous, and an extraordinarily talented author.

roseyposey · 23/02/2026 17:36

LittleJustice · 23/02/2026 17:28

Well never heard of her but Googled her and she's a queer Canadian author so of course she's gonna say all that

These people are very tiresome

InconvenientlyMaterial · 23/02/2026 17:34

Gosh Rachel Reid. Did you really mean that?

Well JKR is a philanthropist, so Rachel Reid keeps her wealth to herself.

JKR pays more than her fair share of taxes, so Rachel Reid uses tax avoidance schemes.

JKR is a socialist whose stopped her Labour party membership, so Rachel Reid is a capitalist who has left the Conservatives for a different party, perhaps Reform?

JKR creates services and charities which support vulnerable women and children, so Rachel Reid volunteers behind the bar at the Bullingdon Club

Etc etc etc

dinodart · 23/02/2026 17:34

Yeah, I'm so tired of hearing about how evil she is, when she is basically the opposite of evil, she is one of the most generous and thoughtful rich people in existence. Yes, she's SO EVIL for wanting girls and women to have single sex spaces and kids to avoid being medical patients for life.

I've lost so much content I used to enjoy to this ideology, including many authors (I now avoid checking author's social media in fear I will see their pro trans BS). I just can't stand listening to people deny reality and throw women and girls under the bus, and even more than that... they think they are so virtuous and kind.

Like I really enjoy Brandon Sanderson's podcast and though Brandon himself always avoids calling people out directly, his podcast host Dan Wells has several times called out JKR, like I can't stand Dan anymore now. -_- It makes me so sad losing all this stuff I liked over the years... but books, fandoms, are just so absolutely full of this garbage and hating on JKR.

To think I used to look up and like some of these people for their views. Now I see they were just sheep following the tribe.

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SilenceInside · 23/02/2026 17:31

One of these days one of these interviewers might actually ask these people what exactly and specifically they are referring to when they discuss JKR and what she supposedly believes. Just once would be nice. That’s what I’d ask next - “oh, really, what is it that you are extremely the opposite of?”. But they never ever ask.

thirdfiddle · 23/02/2026 17:30

Who?

LittleJustice · 23/02/2026 17:28

Well never heard of her but Googled her and she's a queer Canadian author so of course she's gonna say all that

YankSplaining · 23/02/2026 17:27

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JellySaurus · 23/02/2026 17:26

So she doesn’t believe in loyalty, honesty, integrity or generosity? All values that JKR’s writings are centred on, and that she exemplifies in her own life.

Well, Reid, if that’s the person you want to be…

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