"There is power to words with history, both good and ill," Rowling says. "I do not believe we can meaningfully analyze the harm center women and girls without using language that has concrete meaning" Ruling had been spending more time online in her case on Twitter. She continued to see how many women labeled as TERFs were attacked as hate figures.
After years of observing the conflict between advocates for trans rights and women’s rights, J.K. Rowling weighs in.
Produced by Andy Mills, Matthew Boll, and Megan Phelps-Roper, with special thanks to Candace Mittel Kahn and Emily Yoffe.
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