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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 · 27/02/2026 17:05

midgetastic · 27/02/2026 17:02

Not many people would try to deny the fact that across the world the subset of humanity formerly known as women are subject to the vilest of treatment simply because of their biology and yet not be prepared to name that group but instead pretend that women os a feeling and they only get abuse because they choose to identify as women

perceived biology. One does not require biology to receive treatment targeting women.

midgetastic · 27/02/2026 17:04

onepostwonder · 27/02/2026 17:01

I'm sorry to hear you were abused. Trans people aren't responsible for the conduct of men.

No but one man is much like another and transpeople are present in the prison population for sexual offences at a rate greater than that of men in general

onepostwonder · 27/02/2026 17:04

nicepotoftea · 27/02/2026 16:59

Genocide? The men don't want to kill the women in Afghanistan. They just want to take away their rights so that they can exploit and abuse them.

No, I didn't type out 'targets of systemic violence with extreme restrictions on movement, public participation and personhood.' My bad.

midgetastic · 27/02/2026 17:02

onepostwonder · 27/02/2026 16:56

Not many people would contrast an individual's participation on a single-interest bulletin board with the genocide of a people.

Not many people would try to deny the fact that across the world the subset of humanity formerly known as women are subject to the vilest of treatment simply because of their biology and yet not be prepared to name that group but instead pretend that women os a feeling and they only get abuse because they choose to identify as women

nicepotoftea · 27/02/2026 17:01

onepostwonder · 27/02/2026 16:58

I've never had to consider the impact of pregnancy as a male, either. Biological children were just never going to be a thing in my life.

Biological children were just never going to be a thing in my life

but unlike a woman, any choice to avoid pregnancy did not depend on access to contraception and abortion.

thirdfiddle · 27/02/2026 17:01

midgetastic · 27/02/2026 16:44

Does that mean that only around 1 in 16 of the population are women and the rest are men ?

Lol.
It means the poster in question is (pretending to be?) so ill educated as to not understand how biological sex classes work. Better hope they don't work in farming. They would have no clue which animals to get pregnancy tested and which to keep separate when you didn't want to breed from them. Good luck asking a sheep for its identity.

onepostwonder · 27/02/2026 17:01

TakeTheCuntingQuichePatricia · 27/02/2026 16:55

No trans person changes sex to watch people undress

My abuser often used to say things like "isn't it a shame I can't come on Guide camp with you"

Now he wasn't trans, but up until recently when GG reluctantly agreed to follow the law, he could have claimed he was trans and would have been allowed to come along. Of course, that would have made him my "sister" so we most likely would have been in the same tent. Thankfully we were teens before GG ever let males in so I was safe.

Just to clarify, I'm not saying transwomen are claiming to be trans for this reason. But we can't tell which ones are and which ones aren't.

I'm sorry to hear you were abused. Trans people aren't responsible for the conduct of men.

onepostwonder · 27/02/2026 17:00

nicepotoftea · 27/02/2026 16:52

Nope, because the reasons why a woman doesn't menstruate are sex specific, e.g. pregnancy, menopause, a symptom of malnutrition. Women who don't menstruate because of e.g. MRKH have a sex specific condition.

The reason men don't menstruate is because they are men.

Please tell me how the any of the above influences interpersonal day to day social interactions between people in the workplace, transit or shops?

nicepotoftea · 27/02/2026 16:59

onepostwonder · 27/02/2026 16:56

Not many people would contrast an individual's participation on a single-interest bulletin board with the genocide of a people.

Genocide? The men don't want to kill the women in Afghanistan. They just want to take away their rights so that they can exploit and abuse them.

onepostwonder · 27/02/2026 16:58

nicepotoftea · 27/02/2026 16:56

Spoken like somebody who has never had to consider the impact of a potential pregnancy. It's just something that can be waved away.

I've never had to consider the impact of pregnancy as a male, either. Biological children were just never going to be a thing in my life.

nicepotoftea · 27/02/2026 16:56

onepostwonder · 27/02/2026 16:47

That's not what they wrote though.

I would answer your suggestion for humans, some women, some trans men and some non-binary people could get pregnant but not every woman, trans man or non-binary person.

Spoken like somebody who has never had to consider the impact of a potential pregnancy. It's just something that can be waved away.

onepostwonder · 27/02/2026 16:56

midgetastic · 27/02/2026 16:50

Not many men would either -

Not many people would contrast an individual's participation on a single-interest bulletin board with the genocide of a people.

TakeTheCuntingQuichePatricia · 27/02/2026 16:55

onepostwonder · 27/02/2026 16:05

No trans person changes sex to watch people undress. That belief is just as silly as the belief that trans people change sex to take competitive advantage in sport.

The exact same words and phrasings were invented by race realists and homophobes who hated people of colour and gay and lesbian people. The evil people were forcing their beliefs on the normal people.

Sex realism is a tool of conservative men.

No trans person changes sex to watch people undress

My abuser often used to say things like "isn't it a shame I can't come on Guide camp with you"

Now he wasn't trans, but up until recently when GG reluctantly agreed to follow the law, he could have claimed he was trans and would have been allowed to come along. Of course, that would have made him my "sister" so we most likely would have been in the same tent. Thankfully we were teens before GG ever let males in so I was safe.

Just to clarify, I'm not saying transwomen are claiming to be trans for this reason. But we can't tell which ones are and which ones aren't.

nicepotoftea · 27/02/2026 16:52

onepostwonder · 27/02/2026 16:41

Sex realist belief would require that a person who does not menstruate must therefore be a man.

Nope, because the reasons why a woman doesn't menstruate are sex specific, e.g. pregnancy, menopause, a symptom of malnutrition. Women who don't menstruate because of e.g. MRKH have a sex specific condition.

The reason men don't menstruate is because they are men.

midgetastic · 27/02/2026 16:50

Not many men would either -

Catabogus · 27/02/2026 16:49

onepostwonder · 27/02/2026 16:48

I can only hope the women of Afghanistan will find a way to eventually forgive me.

I really don’t think any woman would post this.

midgetastic · 27/02/2026 16:49

So the words woman man and none binary are as meaningless as every thing else you type ?

Does anyone feel the quality of the jokers has deteriorated over recent years ?

onepostwonder · 27/02/2026 16:48

Heggettypeg · 27/02/2026 16:47

Thank you for confirming that I have not done you an injustice.

I can only hope the women of Afghanistan will find a way to eventually forgive me.

onepostwonder · 27/02/2026 16:47

Catabogus · 27/02/2026 16:42

No - that’s what not being pregnant means. But PP were asking what class of humans we fit into. The class who COULD get pregnant although are NOT NECESSARILY pregnant right now.

That's not what they wrote though.

I would answer your suggestion for humans, some women, some trans men and some non-binary people could get pregnant but not every woman, trans man or non-binary person.

Heggettypeg · 27/02/2026 16:47

onepostwonder · 27/02/2026 16:43

I am sorry for not living up to your requirements.

Thank you for confirming that I have not done you an injustice.

midgetastic · 27/02/2026 16:44

onepostwonder · 27/02/2026 16:41

Sex realist belief would require that a person who does not menstruate must therefore be a man.

Does that mean that only around 1 in 16 of the population are women and the rest are men ?

onepostwonder · 27/02/2026 16:43

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I am sorry for not living up to your requirements.

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Catabogus · 27/02/2026 16:42

onepostwonder · 27/02/2026 16:37

I would then guess you are not currently gestating a child.

No - that’s what not being pregnant means. But PP were asking what class of humans we fit into. The class who COULD get pregnant although are NOT NECESSARILY pregnant right now.

Heggettypeg · 27/02/2026 16:41

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