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The Golden Globes awards are over and time to move onto the Oscars. Emilia Perez the movie about a drug cartel lord who transitions to become a TIM, won some awards but critics including some from Rolling Stones, GLAAD, and Pink News don't think much of the movie
The title from Rolling Stones review: Mexican film fans criticized the musical for being "full of stereotypes," while GLAAD called it a "step back" for transgender representation
What a surprise to me. I would never would have linked stereotyping to males who are transvestites or TIM. Rolling Stones Admittedly though the complaints are about stereotyping of Mexican people.
Pink News wrote the film, “loses all nuance when it comes to trans identity,”
GLAAD included reviews from multiple critics:
This is also the plot of Mrs. Doubtfire, but Mrs. Doubtfire is a good film because it understands how absurd the character is. Emilia Pérez doesn’t know how absurd she is.
Again I am surprised. TIMs understand how absurd their characters are?
But we need the largely (read almost entirely) cisgender voting bodies of awards season to tread carefully when embracing this narrative
Ah, a threat that brings to mind the attack from the trans community on the NY Times a few years ago. GLAAD
Karla Sofía Gascón, the TIM actor who plays both a man and a TIM in Emilia Perez gave a speech at the Golden Globes and he once again barely held back his sobs as he talked about how dangerous it is to be a TIM and how unfair life has been.
The NY Times is preparing for the Oscar win of Harper and Will This week there was an article about Harper's jewelry some of which his sister gave to him after he transitioned and other pieces perhaps stolen from his grandmother. I only skimmed the article so am not clear. Yes diamonds are a girls best friend and Harper mentions several times that he is connecting with his own and his family's feminine side. Being the awful person that I am I couldn't help but notice Harper's slightly club fingers. That's ok, ok and I should stop thinking about Norman Bates.
Ecology, sustainability, native plants and restoration seem like topics that would appeal to people whose values are diametrically opposed to those who ride the gender train....
You sound really awesome! I have a lot of the same interests.
What drives me crazy in spaces like that, is when 1 man will come in, see a room full of women, and think to himself "No one is in charge here". Then he gets all high and mighty and starts "suggesting" all sorts of things, then seems to get upset when everyone doesn't hop to!
Men will totally see such situations and try to swoop in and take credit for everything the women have achieved together. It has made me very sus of men wanting to come in and "help" at the last stage of a project!
Native plants and gardens are such a wonderful cause!! Do you mind if I DM you to talk to you more about it?
Cat charities too. Too many men have ridiculous ideas that it’s unmanly to like cats. Dude, what’s unmanly is thinking your pets define your masculinity. This is why I hate the trend of gang bangers getting (and mistreating) dogs they think are ‘hard’. I’ve seen them wandering about, not even using a proper lead but a bulky chain for that extra ‘macho’ factor.
I hate it when people treat animals like accessories. Chihuahuas, pitbulls, and miniature breeds seem to get it the worst.
Men tend to hate cats because they're less trainable than dogs. They can't stand the idea of a creature they can't use and control.
I did something very similar. I love the field of child development and every area of the field (from direct services to research) is female dominated. I was in a year long paid leadership incubator that was 99% female both participants and faculty. At my jobs all my bosses and most of my coworkers and supervisors (99%) were other women. We made great money and didn’t have to deal with men. It’s Heaven.
I didn't know there were non-profits specifically for native plants.
There are! There are also usually gardening groups in your area of people who are experimenting with growing them/spreading the gospel!
There are quite a few, maybe not specifically for native but it ends up being functionally the same. If you look up your ecoregion and conservation efforts, you will likely find native plant guides, orgs, and non profits
This is accurate in my experience! I volunteer at a social services-type nonprofit and 90% of everybody there is female with the remaining 10% being nice old retired dudes. There's def some performative wokeness among the staff (they've all got matching pronouns on their cards/nametags, LOL) but everybody else is super down to earth.
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chance of tims, lol. We need a TiM forecast like we need the weather forecast, to plan our days.
You may be on to something. As long as the non-profit does not center women and women's concerns, most men who self - identify as women are not going to be bothered. And, it may even be possible to center women's concerns obliquely in such settings. We're certainly not winning many battles when it comes to ensuring that woman-centered institutions remain women-centered - these are the focus of most gender ideology campaigners, and there they put up furious fights...with the backing of so-called human rights non-profits (ACLU, I'm looking at you!), illiberal "liberal" major media outlets, government agencies, and major corporations...not to mention Big Tech and social media platforms.
also knitting and crafts! all the meetups are open to everyone but its only women who go in reality! and you dont even need to be good at it, its mostly social
Also found this to be true in most yoga and dance classes, and nearly anything focused on deep inner psycho-spiritual work.
Ive been looking for an organization that deals solely in saving endangered plants. If you feel comfortable messaging me the name, id really love to get involved.
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Yep, too self-centered . . .