JK Rowling: hello children Rowling: exciting newssss Rowling: i jussst sspoke to my transss friend Rowling: who agreesss with everything I'm doing and thinksss itsss real great Poe: King: Koontz: Lovecraft: Barker: ah ha ha ha ha ha Poe: clive Barker: no wait i wasn't done Barker: aha haha ha ha!!
Rowling: whatsss ssso funny? isss it ssso beyond believable that i would have a transss friend? Barker: yeah it kinda is Rowling: well you have to underssstand Rowling: sshe'ss one of the good onesss Barker: ah ha ha ha ha Barker: oh my god Barker: oh my god you're killing me Barker: ha ha ha
Rowling: yess it'ss true Rowling: i do have a transss friend Poe: what's her name? Rowling: Ima Fakelady Rowling: you probably don't know her tho Rowling: she livesss in canada
Rowling: anyway my transs friend ssaid Rowling: "joanne i think everything that you're saying is correct" Rowling: "truly i am an abomination that she's be and also my breed of subhuman fetishist shouldn't be allowed to exist" Barker: oh damn i didn't know you were friends with brianna wu
Rowling: why are you all ssso ssskeptical that i have a transs friend Poe: well joanne it's just that Poe: you're uh kind of known for Poe: not liking them Poe: it's kind of your whole thing Rowling: i'm known for other sstuff too Poe: Poe: not really King: yeah not really
Poe: isn't your trans friend bothered by the sorts of things you post online? Rowling: oh well she's really not very online tbh Barker: a trans person who not very online? Barker: now i know you're lying! Poe: yeah that sounds highly dubious
Rowling: look it'ss not sso hard Rowling: if a transs woman meets my arbitrary personal sstandardss of performative femininity, then i might resspect her humanity Rowling: it'ss not transsphobic becausse i treat ciss women the ssame way King: huh! King: she does have a point there Barker: not really
Rowling: i mean, there are alsso plenty of ciss women whom i would never resspect due to their poor performance of traditional femininity Rowling: like patricia highssmith Barker: ha ha haha hahah Barker: oh god i can't breathe hahahah