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[–]worried19[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

One I did add to my list was Nanette with Hannah Gadsby. I think it's a stand-up special. As far as I can tell, she's still calling herself female, so I'm interested in watching it.

[–]Nemesis_Noire 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

from an indiewire article --"she jokes that Hermione Granger from “Harry Potter” is “probably a TERF — fuck her.” Gadbsy is clearly sending a message to critics who viewed her as some sort of old school feminist with harmful views towards trans people. With this joke she’s clearly saying: Not only so I know what a TERF is, but I say fuck ’em all. It’s not one of the best jokes in the show — not by a long shot — but it goes a long way toward establishing Gadsby’s gender politics. That’s something she probably didn’t have to think about before “Nanette” made her a worldwide household name."

[–]worried19[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Do you think she meant that ironically, though? I don't know the whole context, but to me it seems like the exact opposite of what the article is trying to imply.

[–]Torialu 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I feel like she said that to maintain her "non-terf" status and attempt to not get canceled by the gender police. Many times throughout Nanette she strongly implies that lesbians do not like dick. In Douglas she refers to the C-word as a reference to female genitalia. (Also isn't Hermione one of the best characters lmao?)

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

I took Nanette off my Netflix list. It turns out Gadsby is a TRA after all, or at least she's pretending to be.