In the new podcastThe Witch Trials ofJ.K.

Whatever, Ill be dead.

I care about now.

J.K. Rowling

J.K. RowlingStuart C. Wilson/Getty Images

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.

WGA West building in Hollywood

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.