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BBC 'What it feels like for a girl'

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GreenFriedTomato · 05/06/2025 14:13

This just appeared on my BBC homepage so I went off to Google.

Based on Paris Lee's memoirs and The guardian have reviewed.

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2025/jun/03/what-it-feels-like-for-a-girl-review-deeply-disturbing-and-totally-fearless-tv

Have any of you watched this?

What It Feels Like for a Girl review – deeply disturbing and totally fearless TV

This extraordinary adaptation of Paris Lees’ memoir follows wild, witty teen Byron as they go from cottaging for cash aged 15 to finding solace in a raucous gang of trans and queer pals. You’ll never look at a loo brush the same way

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2025/jun/03/what-it-feels-like-for-a-girl-review-deeply-disturbing-and-totally-fearless-tv

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Janeyso · 05/06/2025 17:05

Should have said - only watched first episode.

Janeyso · 05/06/2025 16:52

Yes. Felt quite dark & queasy afterwards, not sure I can face watching the rest.
Byron is an abused and neglected child. Bullied by his father & his peers for being effeminate.
It seemed to me to be such a clear example of transgenderism on the basis of internalised homophobia (in line with Blanchard & Bailey’s theories). He is not a girl trapped in a boy’s body. He is a gay traumatised boy.