What happened to JK Rowling?

In April this year the UK Supreme Court ruled that the legal definition of a “woman” excludes trans women. Then — apparently celebrating her years-long TERFdom — JK Rowling tweeted an image of herself on a yacht, smoking a cigar, and captioned it with “I love it when a plan comes together.” The question we’re looking at today is: was it Rowling who changed or was it the world that changed?

Matt Bernstein joins us to trace Rowling’s radicalization journey, and discuss how we’ve ended up with a bunch of British women who want to brand themselves as liberal, but are socially regressive in basically every way.

Matt can be found online @mattxiv. He hosts A Bit Fruity, out anywhere you listen to podcasts. You can also check out Ryan’s recent appearance on the show, about male loneliness (naturally)    • “Alpha Males” Are Making Men Lonelier  

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CHAPTERS:
00:00 - Intro
00:50 - Hogwarts House Sorting
03:14 - Harry Potter's Impact on Queer Kids
04:45 - JK Rowling's Radicalization
10:35 - The Satanic Panic
18:18 - JK Rowling's Politics
19:02 - Dumbledore's Revelation and Social Media Influence
27:10 - Social Media Battles
31:21 - The Turning Point: 2019 and Beyond
37:48 - The 2020 Essay
42:43 - Transphobia and Public Backlash
51:24 - The Witch Trials of JK Rowling
59:56 - Final Thoughts

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