this video is a great follow up to contrapoints' video on jk rowling. most of the movies mentioned in the video i've heard of but never watched and it's shocking how much the ~gross man in a dress~ twist is used in these popular movies! like ace ventura, i've never actually watched it and i had no idea it had those components. the video just really drives home the point of how important representation is in media. i was watching an interview of contrapoints and she mentions how she had trouble accepting she was trans because most trans women she saw in the media were dead prostitutes on shows like svu and she didn't want to see herself like that. it's just really interesting to think about.
i love them both so seeing them interact makes my breadtube heart happy lmao. i know they've been friends for a long time but i hope one day they do a true video collab!
Haha same. I've watched Lindsay's content since Nostalgia Chick, and Natalie for maybe 2 years. Her videos have helped me understand trans issues in a way that I never knew/considered before.
The montage of guys vomiting after realizing a woman is trans was horrifying. It's not like I haven't seen this stuff before but seeing it all grouped together made me realize how loud and incessant that message must be to trans people.
it's just so.. demeaning? like there's no motive behind it other than to shit on trans women it's so fucking mean spirited and disgusting. makes me so angry
Yeah same. Having lived through that time and looking back I was like 😬 but this made me realize just how OVERWHELMING the message of disgust was. I knew it wasn't good, but holy shit it was BAD.
And like, being an adult now and much more aware of LGBTQ issues than I was during my suppressed Catholic upbringing, it's just like, what's the big deal. So what, you're a straight man who kissed someone who was assigned male at birth.
Ace Ventura shocked me primarily because it's meant to be a children's film. It's so incredibly damaging. The entire bit was completely unnecessary. Nothing of value is lost by cutting it out.
I swear I am not trying to shit storm but I heard Contrapoints used to be online as a controversial male. Have any of y'all seen it? I haven't looked deep enough.
Contrapoints has made a lot of videos with the purpose of trying to deradicalize gamergate people and alright people. That has naturally courted controversy. I like Natalie's videos a lot - they're great for showing to people who are libs or middle of the road and introducing them to more leftist ideas because she doesn't say "everyone with a different opinion than me sucks". The JK Rowling video in particular has a lot of good examples of this
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she was "controversial" to the right bc she was gender nonconforming and the left finds her ~controversial bc she doesn't usually outright cancel people. she does nuanced analyses of people and situations and that's not allowed on woke twitter lol.
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the video just really drives home the point of how important representation is in media. i was watching an interview of contrapoints and she mentions how she had trouble accepting she was trans because most trans women she saw in the media were dead prostitutes on shows like svu and she didn't want to see herself like that. it's just really interesting to think about.
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And like, being an adult now and much more aware of LGBTQ issues than I was during my suppressed Catholic upbringing, it's just like, what's the big deal. So what, you're a straight man who kissed someone who was assigned male at birth.
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