Kate Bornstein Weighs in on Last Night's ->-bleeped-<-tastic Terminator

[Natasha]

Kate Bornstein Weighs in on Last Night's ->-bleeped-<-tastic Terminator

http://io9.com/5111726/kate-bornstein-weighs-in-on-last-nights-->-bleeped-<-tastic-terminator
12/16/2008

Last night, we met the first transgender person (that we know of) in the Terminator universe. We asked transgender activist and author Kate Bornstein for her opinion of the episode.

For those of you who don't know her, Kate Bornstein is the author of two books on gender issues, Gender Outlaw and My Gender Workbook. Plus two other books, Nearly Roadkill: An Infobahn Erotic Adventure and Hello Cruel World: 101 Alternatives to Suicide for Teens, Freaks and Other Outlaws. She's also a playwright and performance artist.

[lizbeth]

One minor quibble: Kate thought Elaine looked more like a girl without her wig than she did with it. It seemed like the big reveal, where Elaine takes her wig off, is supposed to show her looking like a boy, but she just looked more natural and real. It was as if the director or producers insisted on the wig and extra makeup, because they were afraid Elaine wouldn't "pass" as a woman in her early scenes, but it backfired.

as I was watching the episode last night, I also came to this same conclusion.

[RebeccaFog]

shouldn't the phrase be "Trantastic Terminator"?