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Chapter 5: The Tweets

The Witch Trials of J.K. Rowling

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Trans Women and Domestic Abuse

The majority of trans-identified people not only pose zero threat to others, but are vulnerable for all the reasons I've outlined. Like women, they're most likely to be killed by sexual partners. Trans women who work in the sex industry, particularly trans women of colour, are at particular risk. If you could come inside my head and understand what I feel when I read about a trans woman dying at the hands of a violent man, you'd find solidarity and kinship. JK Ruling uses the fact that misogyny is real, it does exist, to be the constant victim. In her warped, awful morality, she thinks being a victim entitles her to victimize anyone that she

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