Last week, Harry Potter actress Emma Watson made headlines after addressing her fractured relationship with the franchise’s author, J.K. Rowling, who has spent the past five years spewing transphobic misinformation on X. “I hope I can keep loving people who I don’t share the same opinion with,” Watson said in a viral podcast interview with wellness coach Jay Shetty. She explained that her beliefs don’t preclude her from treasuring her memories of the Rowling she “once had experiences with.” A pretty measured and gracious response, all things considered, so of course, the internet’s most vocal transphobe couldn’t take it lying down.

Two days after Watson’s interview aired, Rowling — who since 2020 has dedicated her X presence to so many steadfast attacks against trans women that even

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