I’ve seen several people being like “ummmmmmmmmmm nobody was mad that a cis man playing a pre op trans woman on oitnb” it was literally Laverne’s twin brother who she personally asked to do it so as not to trigger her dysphoria like do you not see how that’s an entirely different situation
Um, it’s better than that actually. Laverne was totally willing to do it because that’s her job as an actress (although it could have triggered dysphoria) but the directors didn’t want to put her through that when she so happened to have a convenient twin brother because like how often do you get that lucky?
So on the one hand you have filmmakers utterly disregarding trans people’s experience and just doing whatever the fuck they want. And on the other hand you have filmmakers being very aware of trans issues and caring so much about a trans woman’s wellbeing that they didn’t want to put her through something potentially triggering when it wasn’t necessary. Big difference.
a speedrunner, while moving through an unrendered void at a thousand miles an hour because they punched a goat in a weird way: okay coming up is one of the hardest bosses in the entire game luckily we’ve tricked the game into thinking we’re holding a billion guns at once so he should be easy aand done now we’re gonna throw this spoon at the wall to skip the cutscene and kill our own dad to end the game early and that’s time thanks guys
EDIT: You can actually find the names of those working at places that are holding children in cages. Just search on LinkedIn for the name of a detention center and bam! So many people are
quite proud of their jobs holding children in cages. (via @GreenGene77 on twitter)
Can I just say how cool it was that both of these superheroines’ personalities and powers were explored in this episode? And how well it was done?
Starfire was not shamed for being emotional. Her powers come from her emotions.
Raven was not shamed for suppressing her emotions. Her power requires amazing control.
They both. Work. They are both different kinds of strength, and they are both heroic and powerful and good. And they each learned from the other, and helped each other out by seeing from each others’ perspective, and finding the value in their differing approaches! Wow!
Fuck yes, this is how you write super-ladies, okay. There’s more than one way to be a “strong female character.” There’s all different kinds of strength. Why don’t more people GET this?
