After a leftist activist berated a transgender-identifying man for mocking a fellow transgender-identifying man boasting about buying bras online, “Harry Potter” author J.K. Rowling issued a sharp rejoinder.
The series of incidents began with one of the transgender-identifying men boasting, “I fully intend to attend my bra fit at M&S. I’m a woman. I’m a human being. I will not be intimidated by bullies. I stand strong! I stand proud!”
I fully intend to attend my bra fit at M&S. I'm a woman. I'm a human being. I will not be intimidated by bullies.
I stand strong! I stand proud! ????️⚧️
— Sophie Molly ????️????????️⚧️ (@SophieMolly_OFF) August 18, 2025
Brianna Wu, also a transgender-identifying man, responded acidly by noting that “normal trans women” don’t publicly discuss things like shopping for undergarments, writing on X:
Please don’t associate me or normal trans women with this train wreck. Do you see other women talking about bra shopping on Twitter? No? Maybe because it’s inappropriate. Maybe there’s a level of feminine modesty you should be thinking about. Secondly, we’re not the same as normal women – as much as we may want to be. We are not automatically entitled to anything. Women’s spaces are heavily vibe based, and yours are dreadful. By politicizing this you’re making life harder for yourself and everyone else. Thirdly, I’m just gonna be honest. You come off as a fetishistic cross dresser. Normal women don’t brag about bra fitting appointments and plan to post pictures on Twitter. Can we not just vote these clowns off Trans Rights island? They don’t have anything to do with me.
Please don’t associate me or normal trans women with this train wreck.
Do you see other women talking about bra shopping on Twitter? No? Maybe because it’s inappropriate. Maybe there’s a level of feminine modesty you should be thinking about.
Secondly, we’re not the same as… https://t.co/qAJVkYoNV3
— Brianna Wu (@BriannaWu) August 18, 2025
That prompted a critic of Wu to declare, “Hi @BriannaWu You’ve talked about bras multiple times on Twitter. I’m sure you’ll find a way to say ‘but I’m a good trans woman, so when I do it it’s different.’ Transphobes have politicised everything trans women do, but you’re not dim, you’re just pretending not to know that.”
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Hi @BriannaWu You've talked about bras multiple times on Twitter. I'm sure you'll find a way to say "but I'm a good trans woman, so when I do it it's different." Transphobes have politicised everything trans women do, but you're not dim, you're just pretending not to know that. https://t.co/iZD6nUw0SK pic.twitter.com/1zN7WzFMP9
— Aidan Comerford (@AidanCTweets) August 19, 2025
Rowling then entered the fray, snapping, “Yes, when my friends and I are talking on X, bras are definitely something we regularly discuss. It’s the perfect place to discuss our underwear. Sometimes, if @bindelj hasn’t mentioned her bra for a couple of days, I DM to check if she’s ok and offer to buy her a front fastener.”
Yes, when my friends and I are talking on X, bras are definitely something we regularly discuss. It’s the perfect place to discuss our underwear. Sometimes, if @bindelj hasn’t mentioned her bra for a couple of days, I DM to check if she’s ok and offer to buy her a front fastener. pic.twitter.com/SDyCfkVlMJ
— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) August 19, 2025
As writer Christian Toto noted in June:
The Legacy Media and the Left (but we repeat ourselves) declared war on “Harry Potter” author J.K. Rowling in 2019 after she questioned elements of the trans agenda. Rowling, a certified progressive on cultural and political matters, refused to rubber stamp every aspect of the movement.
“Dress however you please. Call yourself whatever you like. Sleep with any consenting adult who’ll have you. Live your best life in peace and security. But force women out of their jobs for stating that sex is real?”
For that, she was canceled in every way possible, over and again.