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[–] 12 points 1 year ago

Happy still Pride Month!

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  • [–] 13 points 1 year ago (5 children)

    For those who aren't aware: Matrix has always been intended as trans metaphor. The pill is red became estrogen pills have been red back then

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  • [–] 28 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    It wasn't intended to when created, although, their closeted transness probably affected the production.

    Here's Lana's comments on the subject:

    No, I didn’t [confirm The Matrix is a trans allegory].
    
    Yeah, so that came from an interview I did for Disclosure. They had a bunch of Matrix questions. And the question they asked me was about Switch, who was originally written as a trans character who was male in the real world and female in the matrix. And they took that response and attached the question that everyone now references that it’s a trans allegory. And so it was slightly out of context, but I don’t sit here and put a stink up about it, because it is a trans allegory in that it was written by two closeted trans women. And so all of the things that are in it are super-duper trans. The idea of transformation, even the whole “My name is Neo, Mr. Anderson —” that idea of claiming identity, it’s undeniable.
    
    Yeah, with all the decisions we made with that film, there’s just this burbling transness simmering below everything. So when I look back at the way that we cast those two parts, I can see how obvious it is that they’re one part in a lot of ways; that they’re two sides of the same coin. It’s not like these were conscious decisions, but more like we’re finding our way instinctively as these two closeted trans women. So all those things that your receptors are buzzing about are completely valid. When people say, “Oh, it’s a trans allegory,” it’s like, “Yeah… it is, but we weren’t like, Hey, let’s write a trans allegory.” That’s not how it started. We were like, “Hey, let’s write this action film,” and then we got our trans all over it. [laughs]
    
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  • [–] 13 points 1 year ago

    I copy-pasted the quote in a spoiler tag because scrolling through the in-line code markdown is an awful way to read text.

    Quote from LanaNo, I didn’t [confirm The Matrix is a trans allegory].

    Yeah, so that came from an interview I did for Disclosure. They had a bunch of Matrix questions. And the question they asked me was about Switch, who was originally written as a trans character who was male in the real world and female in the matrix. And they took that response and attached the question that everyone now references that it’s a trans allegory. And so it was slightly out of context, but I don’t sit here and put a stink up about it, because it is a trans allegory in that it was written by two closeted trans women. And so all of the things that are in it are super-duper trans. The idea of transformation, even the whole “My name is Neo, Mr. Anderson —” that idea of claiming identity, it’s undeniable.

    Yeah, with all the decisions we made with that film, there’s just this burbling transness simmering below everything. So when I look back at the way that we cast those two parts, I can see how obvious it is that they’re one part in a lot of ways; that they’re two sides of the same coin. It’s not like these were conscious decisions, but more like we’re finding our way instinctively as these two closeted trans women. So all those things that your receptors are buzzing about are completely valid. When people say, “Oh, it’s a trans allegory,” it’s like, “Yeah… it is, but we weren’t like, Hey, let’s write a trans allegory.” That’s not how it started. We were like, “Hey, let’s write this action film,” and then we got our trans all over it. [laughs]

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    [–] 47 points 1 year ago (8 children)

    Wow, Band is still going strong after 18 years

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  • [–] 29 points 1 year ago* (6 children)

    Their new CD "CD" just dropped!

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  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago (3 children)
  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    I'd call CD more of a tribute to Album - definitely revisits some of their early riffs.

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  • [–] 31 points 1 year ago

    Thats fuckin cute :)

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  • [–] 29 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Reloaded and Resurrections? Girl, you can do better

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  • [–] 20 points 1 year ago

    To be fair, they're going to see the movies in the theatre, so the characters in this comic don't know what they're in for yet.

    The more important thing is that one of the people in the cartoon is much happier/more comfortable in the second frame....

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  • [–] 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Looks like someone got redpilled.

    the red pill is estrogen

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