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Eva, I love that JKR commented on your post with your newborn daughter - how fantastic! It was the hate to JK online that first alerted me to this whole ideology - I couldn’t understand why suddenly my “friends” were being so horrible about her. My hubby encouraged me to read her essay about what was really going on from her pov - and it was from there that I have done the deep dive on all that is trans gender. “They” said “…do your own research”…which I did, and now I’m a TERF 🫣. Finding you online - a sane and brilliant Canadian voice in our wilderness, has been so important to me (and I’m sure to many of us!). I just got trounced on a friend’s local fb site for sharing the site HeCheated.org in response to others sharing total misinformation (you can imagine). It’s the first time I’ve been called a transphobe in public - do I wear it as a badge of honour? But I only feel great sadness that so many vulnerable souls have been captured by this cult. And if I even try to explain my feelings - well, you know. Living on Salt Spring, where quite a few of my friends have young adult kids who have “transitioned” is very stressful at times. I’m thankful for having people like you, at least online, to connect with, to remind me that I am both grounded in reality and compassionate, but can do my small part to help others here not buy into the lies and guilt-tripping of the activists. Thank you for another wonderful Sunday read - and I look forward to following you and your fabulous daughter into the future (I currently only have grand dogs🤣).

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I so agree about how wonderful JK is! I love her courage and kindness and generosity too. It's wonderful that she knows and supports you. One of the things that I love about her is how she is so working class, which I think is part of why she is so wise and generous and kind and caring. She is rich now (though she donates an amazing amount of money), but class background never changes and is often so recognizable in most people.

I'd read that she made Harry Potter be a boy because she knew it would be hard to sell her book if her hero was a girl (though she has a daughter and I suspect would have liked a girl star) and she still had something like 7 rejections from publishers as it was. (That makes me wonder who else we aren't permitted to read.)

I love her mystery series too.

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I’m so happy she spoke up too! She’s been a great spokeswoman on this issue.

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Aw. That’s so sweet. 🥲 So happy JK commented on your post that day!

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Yay! Pretty cool! She likely appreciates your clear and fair prose. 💐

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I love this for you. Big hugs from Florida.

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JKR is the boss!

The whole Harry Potter thing kind of didn't grab me or my kids but I love her Robert Galbraith's Cormoran Strike novels!

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