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trans-androgyne · 1 month ago

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I wince every time I see the documentary Disclosure celebrated as a great description of transness in media. It just hurt me too much to watch that for a trans studies class only to feel unseen and be told that transmasc invisibility is a "privilege" compared to what trans women get. Yeah, it's such a privilege that before 2006 I could only find exactly 9 depictions of transmasculinity and basically every single one is problematic in some way, including painting us as freakish and violent. How about considering that both situations are problems.

#transandrophobia #looking for analyses of trans history and this just keeps coming up ugh #I say basically because I'm not familiar enough with boys don't cry except for the media reception & one film's problem was just the bindin #some examples include painting us as girly in several old TV shows & as (often sexually aggressive) murderers in some old movies & CSI #disclaimer that the 9 are only the ones in english I could find/access #mine #disclosure

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