I don't really care for J.K. Rowling, unfortunately, because the comments that she's made I don't agree with.

Someone like her, she really is just truly at the heart, bigoted, hiding in this, you know, sheep's costume,

pretending that she is an ally. I really wish this was not the hill she chose to die on.

I'm Mandy Mills.

I'm Megan Phelpsroper.

You're listening to Reflector.

And today we continue our exploration

into the state of difficult public debates

one year after the release of our series

The Witch Trials of J.K. Rolling.

Back in our initial reporting for the show, we spoke to many people who were critical of J.K.

Rolling and the coalition on the political left that she had come to represent.

Some saw her as dangerously misinformed. Some saw her as the face

of contemporary bigotry. Others were confused as to why she, of all people, would use her fame and

platform to speak up on this of all issues. She's basically used her platform more often than not to do trans bashing.

So it's like really devastating that an author, like that's this influential,

is also like this obsessively devoted to contributing to the persecution of this group of people

who's already so harassed.

I think to have the author of these beautiful, loving, accepting stories hurting marginalized communities, it sucks.

Yeah, she's super transphobic. She's a turf. She's pretty terrible.

What would you say to her if she were listening? It's just...

God, why? While some of her critics had publicly shamed Rowling and attempted to remove her voice from

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