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J.K. Rowling: “It is dangerous to assert that any category of people deserves a blanket presumption of innocence”

Post author By David Futrelle
Post date October 16, 2022
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Does J.K. Rowling believe that trans people — or at least trans women — don’t deserve the presumption of innocence? That seems to be the clear implication of an op-ed she wrote for the Times (UK) today. But she is cagey enough in her wording that she can and probably will figure out a way to say, my goodness, I wasn’t saying anything of the kind.

Everything I know about Brexit I learned from Janey Godley, including the stuff about Big Theresa’s flute

Post author By David Futrelle
Post date February 20, 2019
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Janey Godley in happier times

By David Futrelle

Some days I just can’t stand the thought of immersing myself in raw hate long enough to produce a post. Today was one of those days, so instead of the usual stuff I thought I’d offer you all a sort of crash course in Brexit, the ongoing political disaster that’s sort of the UK’s equivalent to us Americans (or at least a minority of us) voting Trump into office.