Is there any GC-friendly content on Netflix?

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[–]worried19[S] 13 insightful - 1 fun13 insightful - 0 fun14 insightful - 1 fun -  (13 children)

Thanks for the warning. That's exactly the type of thing I don't want to be surprised by. Getting excited about GNC representation only to find out the show creators want to obliterate us.

[–]Debaser 18 insightful - 1 fun18 insightful - 0 fun19 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

It's funny that these shows think they are being so progressive but its a 75 year step backwards to reaffirm the gender roles bullshit.

[–]worried19[S] 10 insightful - 1 fun10 insightful - 0 fun11 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

Even worse, I looked up the young actress playing this character on Google and saw that she has a male name and identifies as trans. She's 15 years old. She started playing this character when she was 12 or 13, and now she's transgender, too.

[–]jet199 8 insightful - 1 fun8 insightful - 0 fun9 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

The scriptwriters are often a bit ignorant and let themselves be lead by the actors. That happened in Sabrina too. The actress came out as trans so they made the character trans. A couple of years later and she's now IDing as non binary. This is why teenagers don't write good scripts or novels about teenagers. They are always completely sure they are right in the moment ... then change.

[–]Aquadog 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Ugh then there was a whole storyline about Sabrina maybe making the character an ACTUAL boy...it was so awful.

[–]worried19[S] 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Maybe it will be good exposure if some of these young performers eventually detransition. At least some of them are bound to.

The child on Good Girls appears to be on hormones. I found a video from December, and I couldn't tell for sure, but her voice seems to have been affected by testosterone.

[–]FuriousPenguin 9 insightful - 1 fun9 insightful - 0 fun10 insightful - 1 fun -  (7 children)

I used to bullied for not being girly enough. Short hair, tomboy, sporty and always playing the "rougher" sports. When I read about George from Enid Blyton I got so excited. Imagine if this had happened in that book! I'd have been messed up for life because I've changed completely (except.the hair lol) and I don't want to be a man! But as a kid I'd have been so confused. It's infuriating that kids who can't even vote can decide to take life changing hormones that aren't necessary if everyone was just allowed to feel comfortable in who they are.

[–]worried19[S] 8 insightful - 1 fun8 insightful - 0 fun9 insightful - 1 fun -  (6 children)

I've been extremely GNC all my life, and it really does weigh down on you having zero role models. It's a wonder I made it to adulthood halfway sane. If I was a child now, I'm positive I'd be transitioning.

[–]Camberian 8 insightful - 1 fun8 insightful - 0 fun9 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

I'm an author, and am currently plotting a book with a GNC teen, being myself extremely GNC. I hope people will read it, because these days even YA is horribly gendered.

[–]worried19[S] 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

That's awesome. I hope it gets published. The only teen book I've found with a strong GNC girl is Girl Mans Up by M-E Girard. She's a butch lesbian and has some physical dysphoria, but is explicit in the book that she is not transgender.

It's really crazy how many books there are with female teenagers identifying out of being female. I saw an article once that listed them, and it's got to be at least a dozen, maybe two dozen, all in the last few years. Not only teenagers but also kids in middle school and elementary school.

[–]Camberian 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

A lot of these trans* YA books are written by trans* authors. And yes, I agree, it is disconcerting how this most likely fuels the whole thing even.

[–]jet199 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Meredith Russo, domestic abuser, writes for kids.

[–]worried19[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Yeah, when you look up many of the authors, they are female but identifying out of being female.

[–]FuriousPenguin 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Exactly! It's a pity that we've come this far down the rabbithole. Humanity really has regressed after all the fighting women did for rights and freedom!