Maybe if we all stop talking about J.K. Rowling, she’ll just go away

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Novelist J.K. Rowling is back in the news where, apparently, she longs to be. To argue, as Paul and others have done, that Rowling has never made a transphobic statement in her life is absurd. Yes, Rowling has said she does not support violence against trans women and men. Among some Harry Potter fans, Rowling may have become She Who Must Not Be Named, but of the millions of people in the world who require protection and defense, Rowling is not one. Just tell her she sounds like one of those fanatics who used to burn “Harry Potter” books and never invite her into your home again.
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