J.K. Rowling Slams 'Ignorant' Emma Watson: 'I Lived in Poverty While Writing the Book That Made Emma Famous'

"Like other people who've never experienced adult life uncushioned by wealth and fame, Emma has so little experience of real life she's ignorant of how ignorant she is. She'll never need a homeless shelter. She's never going to be placed on a mixed sex public hospital ward. I'd be astounded if she's been in a high street changing room since childhood. Her public bathroom' is single occupancy and comes with a security man standing guard outside the door."

"Is she ever likely to need a state-run rape crisis centre that refuses to guarantee an all-female service? To find herself sharing a prison cell with a male rapist who's identified into the women's prison? I wasn't a multimillionaire at fourteen. I lived in poverty while writing the book that made Emma famous. I therefore understand from my own life experience what the trashing of women's rights in which Emma has so enthusiastically participated means to women and girls without her privileges."

A wealthy public figure attacked a well-known actress for alleged ignorance of everyday hardships and privileged protections from threats to privacy and safety. The wealthy figure lists examples including never needing a homeless shelter, never being placed on mixed-sex hospital wards, having single-occupancy bathrooms with security, and likely never using high-street changing rooms or council-run mixed-sex swimming pool changing rooms. The wealthy figure questions exposure to state-run rape crisis centres and women's prisons housing male rapists. Personal poverty while writing earlier work is cited as grounding understanding of harms from what is described as the trashing of women's rights. Co-stars have publicly criticized the wealthy figure for opposing child transitions and asserting that trans women are not women.

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