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Make Some Noise Against Trans Exploitation at the Tribeca Film Festival

Started by Shana A, March 25, 2010, 09:20:30 AM

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March 25, 2010, 09:20:30 AM
Make Some Noise Against Trans Exploitation at the Tribeca Film Festival
Posted by Melissa McEwan at Wednesday, March 24, 2010
[Trigger warning.]

http://shakespearessister.blogspot.com/2010/03/make-some-noise-against-trans.html

Yesterday, Shaker Eastsidekate sent me the link to (emphatic trigger warning re: transphobia, violence, and exploitation) this piece by Gina at Skip the Makeup about a film set to run at the Tribeca Film Festival titled Ticked Off ->-bleeped-<-s With Knives.

    This work of film discusses the sensitive issue of violence against trans women and the plot involves '->-bleeped-<-s' extremely violent revenge against men who abused them, but you'll be happy to know it's all been done with a lot of humor. As the director stated, "I don't consider myself an advocate. I'm not really a protester or anything like that. All of my films feature comedy."

There are many more details about the specific tone and content of this film at the link, where Gina provides a comprehensive deconstruction of the many, many things that are wrong with this piece of art ->-bleeped-<-, which has nary a single trans person among its creative team. (Shocking.)
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