In the new podcastThe Witch Trials ofJ.K.
Whatever, Ill be dead.
I care about now.

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I care about the living.
Rowling has maintained that self-declaration of gender identity should not be sufficient to determine legal gender status.
I do not walk around my house thinking about my legacy, she says.

Whatever, Ill be dead.
I care about now.
I care about the living.
The podcast, largely sympathetic to Rowling, has reignited the controversy and the criticism.