Friday’s independent.
This stuff is now so common it’s boring. Really boring. But I’m posting it here because I think it’s also revealing. The whole TWAW nonsense is now very much a bandwagon and a “hook”. The reason Theroux is bringing it up is because he and his PR agency have a new series to promote. Giving a trans angle is a guaranteed way to get the journalists to bite. (Doubtless he’ll also be including this trans inmate in the follow up series. I wonder if he’ll cover the numerous trans women who have gone on to assault female inmates in prison?).
In a way it reminds me of how a few years ago every 2nd rate celeb had their “me too” story when it came to flogging whatever they needed to flog. Oh how the experiences of being a woman have been forgot just a few years later! But of course with the TWAW navel gazing the apparently injured parties are poor men, so perhaps this particular bandwagon will continue rolling.
I’m pleased though that the transracial stuff is now also being discussed. I think for most people that shows up much of the TWAW guff for what it is, so perhaps we should be grateful that the newspapers keep lapping it up?
www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/louis-theroux-behind-bars-deborah-trans-woman-jail-a9704431.html
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Luis Theroux jumping on misgendering regret bandwagon
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Namechangetoavoidmra · 06/09/2020 10:01
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