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J.K. Rowling wants you to know that \u201cHarry Potter\u201d actors \u201chave every right\u201d to disagree with her about trans rights \u2014 but she\u2019s taking the kid gloves off. <\/p>\n
The author took to social media<\/a> Monday to share a lengthy post slamming Emma Watson, who on a podcast recently addressed her own feelings about their rift. Watson was among the Wizarding World actors who spoke out in support of the transgender community<\/a> amid the firestorm<\/a> around Rowling\u2019s numerous<\/a> anti-trans<\/a> comments in 2020<\/a>. <\/p>\n \u201cLike other people who\u2019ve never experienced adult life uncushioned by wealth and fame, Emma has so little experience of real life she\u2019s ignorant of how ignorant she is,\u201d Rowling wrote on X as she alluded to the alleged harm to women\u2019s rights Watson has caused with her support of the trans community. \u201cHer \u2018public bathroom\u2019 is single occupancy and comes with a security man standing guard outside the door,\u201d the author added. \u201cHas she had to strip off in a newly mixed-sex changing room at a council-run swimming pool?\u201d<\/p>\n Rowling has long argued that only those who are assigned female at birth should be recognized as women. Rather than acknowledging trans people and identity, Rowling referenced only \u201cideology\u201d and \u201can activist movement\u201d in her post. <\/p>\n The author specifically called out Watson and fellow \u201cHarry Potter\u201d star Daniel Radcliffe for what she sees as their continued public critiques of her anti-trans politics and \u201cassum[ing] the role of de facto spokespeople for the world [Rowling] created.\u201d <\/p>\n Rowling\u2019s lengthy post came in response to Watson saying in a recent episode of \u201cOn Purpose With Jay Shetty<\/a>\u201d that their opposing views on trans rights do not mean she can\u2019t or doesn\u2019t \u201ctreasure\u201d Rowling as a person. <\/p>\n \u201cI will never believe that one negates the other and that my experience of that person, I don\u2019t get to keep and cherish,\u201d Watson said. \u201cI think it\u2019s my deepest wish that I hope people who don\u2019t agree with my opinion will love me, and I hope I can keep loving people who I don\u2019t necessarily share the same opinion with.\u201d <\/p>\n In her X post, Rowling said that when she was receiving threats of violence because of her transphobic comments in the past, Watson wrote her a letter that \u201ccontained the single sentence \u2018I\u2019m so sorry for what you\u2019re going through\u2019 (she has my phone number)\u201d while speaking out against her publicly. Rowling also noted that Watson\u2019s latest comments come at a time when \u201cfull-throated condemnation of [the author] is no longer quite as fashionable as it was,\u201d with anti-trans activists <\/a>and politicians<\/a> gaining ground in their attacks<\/a> on trans rights.<\/p>\n \u201cEmma is rightly free to disagree with me and indeed to discuss her feelings about me in public \u2014 but I have the same right, and I\u2019ve finally decided to exercise it,\u201d Rowling said. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.latimes.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" J.K. Rowling wants you to know that \u201cHarry Potter\u201d actors \u201chave every right\u201d to disagree with her about trans rights \u2014 but she\u2019s taking the kid gloves off. 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