<p>&#8220;Harry Potter&#8221; author J.K. Rowling has often spoken up for the sex-based rights of women, arguing for — and even helping to fund — single-sex spaces for women, particularly those who have been abused.</p>
<p>She has often faced backlash for that from transgender ideology activists — and she faced a whole new wave of criticism when she doubled down on Tuesday, admitting that she&#8217;d &#8220;happily&#8221; do prison time if forced compliance with preferred gender pronouns and identities were the alternative.</p>
<p>The conversation began with Rowling&#8217;s defiant response — &#8220;No&#8221; — to a billboard that read, &#8220;Repeat after us: Trans women are women.&#8221;</p>
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<p lang="und" dir="ltr">No. <a href="https://t.co/YhoHfKdeat">pic.twitter.com/YhoHfKdeat</a></p>
<p>&mdash; J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) <a href="https://twitter.com/jk_rowling/status/1714279937279160596?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 17, 2023</a></p></blockquote>
<p>Someone responded to her post, pointing out the fact that if Britain&#8217;s Labour Party had control of the parliament, the punishment for refusing to comply could be up to two years in prison.</p>
<p>Rowling seemed undeterred, saying that she&#8217;d prefer prison to &#8220;compelled speech&#8221; if it came to that.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">I&#39;ll happily do two years if the alternative is compelled speech and forced denial of the reality and importance of sex. Bring on the court case, I say. It&#39;ll be more fun than I&#39;ve ever had on a red carpet.</p>
<p>&mdash; J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) <a href="https://twitter.com/jk_rowling/status/1714378231753617583?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 17, 2023</a></p></blockquote>
<p>&#8220;I&#8217;ll happily do two years if the alternative is compelled speech and forced denial of the reality and importance of sex,&#8221; Rowling said. &#8220;Bring on the court case, I say. It&#8217;ll be more fun than I&#8217;ve ever had on a red carpet.&#8221;</p>
<p>The author and her followers continued the conversation, with one saying that she&#8217;d see Rowling &#8220;on the inside&#8221; and hoped that she&#8217;d be put to work in the prison kitchens. Rowling&#8217;s preference for a prison job was unsurprising: she said if given the choice, she&#8217;d like to work in the library.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Hoping for the library, obviously, but I think I could do ok in the kitchens. Laundry might be a problem. I have a tendency to shrink stuff/turn it pink accidentally. Guessing that won&#39;t be a major issue if it&#39;s mostly scrubs and sheets, though.</p>
<p>&mdash; J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) <a href="https://twitter.com/jk_rowling/status/1714381488181960979?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 17, 2023</a></p></blockquote>
<p>&#8220;Hoping for the library, obviously, but I think I could do ok in the kitchens,&#8221; Rowling said. &#8220;Laundry might be a problem. I have a tendency to shrink stuff/turn it pink accidentally. Guessing that won&#8217;t be a major issue if it&#8217;s mostly scrubs and sheets, though.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m ok at ironing. It&#8217;s the not checking there&#8217;s a random red sock in amongst the sheets that&#8217;s the issue,&#8221; she <a href="https://twitter.com/jk_rowling/status/1714383083321844064" target="_blank" rel="noopener">added</a>.</p>
<p>Someone later mused, &#8220;Imagine getting shanked by JK&#8221; — to which the author replied, &#8220;That made me laugh so hard I scared my husband.&#8221;</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">That made me laugh so hard I scared my husband.</p>
<p>&mdash; J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) <a href="https://twitter.com/jk_rowling/status/1714383307704607197?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 17, 2023</a></p></blockquote>

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