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Hannah Gadsby - Nanette

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dorothymichaels · 20/06/2018 22:20

Hi all
Delurking briefly to point you all in the direction of the Netflix release of Hannah Gadsby's Nanette - a stand up recorded at the Sidney Opera House. I just watched and she's brilliant. Fiercely feminist, funny, passionate, angry, emotional, and so so smart. I hadn't heard of her before but enjoyed it so much I had to share. Off to lurk again now.

You can watch the trailer on youtube:

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dorothymichaels · 21/06/2018 16:16

She's amazing, right! I'm so glad I delurked to share!

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womanformallyknownaswoman · 21/06/2018 13:52

Wow! Wow! I just watched it and have been in floods of tears - as well as laughter earlier. I have noted some of her later comments but won't post unless asked as "spoiler alert". And it needs to be seen really.

Thx so much for that link.

It's so powerful and so pertinent to what we talk about here - the silencing of women, the erasure of women and children's stories from history because his-story is just that; how male rights dominate because his reputation is considered more important than her body and being; how some believe him over her, because of their disordered thinking that her potential was never going to equal his. I would add some think wrongly that she would never be worth as much as him. How male sexual entitlement and violence needs to be called out at every turn.

And all of this as part of a stand-up comedy routine. I had my socks blown off. Her story is my story as mine is hers.

I think I will write to her about what's happening on here- she's a butch lesbian and proud of it and doesn't identify as transgender.

xbeex · 21/06/2018 12:02

Watched this last night and was left in awe of her.. still thinking about it today.. it's a must watch!

DickTERFin · 21/06/2018 10:37

I watched this last night and laughed and cried in equal measure.

It is a really powerful performance.

BeUpStanding · 21/06/2018 10:36

Thanks for the recommendation. Looks good...

koalab · 21/06/2018 09:37

Also delurking from the feminism board to give this a bump. I watched it last night with my DP and I think it really gave him pause for thought.

heresyandwitchcraft · 20/06/2018 23:22

Thanks for this! I wanted to see her live, as I love her work in Please Like Me but the tickets were sold out!