Help Vicki Marlane
via Susan Stryker: Michelle Lawler is producing a documentary film about Vicki Marlane, a 74-year-old transsexual woman who is an amazing drag performer, and who still puts on two shows a week at Aunt...
View ArticleTrans Couples Talk
This is the text of the talk I gave at the Liberty Conference on May 2nd, 2009: How We Love You: Let Us Count the Ways There are partners who are male, female, and trans; there are partners who met...
View ArticleAshley Altadonna
When we were in Milwaukee, we were interviewed for a documentary called Making the Cut. I’m told Julia Serano was, too, when she was there recently as well. The film is being made by a young woman who...
View ArticleNot Atypical Father
My friend Willow directed me to this narrative written by a woman on Father’s Day. I’ve heard too many similar stories for one lifetime. It made me think of that line uttered by Dmitri Karamazov:...
View ArticleKorean FTM Documentary
It’s the 1st Korean film about the FTM experience, & it’s called 3xFTM. Here for more details. (h/t to Matty)
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Aeneas Keaton
He’s got a Buster Keaton thing going on, doesn’t he? I think so, but then I’m a big fan of Buster and of Aeneas. He is not so slothful that all he does is rest himself on the slope – he does, also,...
View ArticleWhip It Good?
Has anyone seen this movie? I found it on the Madison Roller Derby Team’s page. How cool is that?
View ArticleIncipito Inception
Inception is a cool, cool movie – meaty enough for someone who prefers novels – there are moments you actually feel lost in its world(s) – and yet has all sorts of chase scenes, gun battles, &...
View ArticleThe Bechdel Test
This article on women characters in movies – skip to the end – is very funny. I think her Ethereal Weirdo is my favorite, although I will admit to having women like her. They’re usually stoners. I’ve...
View ArticleSevigny’s Killer Role
So there’s a new series with a trans woman as killer heroine. Expected criticisms? they should have found a trans woman to play her ugh, trans as killer is way overdone and so 80s amongst others. That...
View ArticleCalpernia Addams on Acting, Trans, and Representation
Calpernia Addams – the “Callie Adams” Jared Leto thanked from the stage at the Oscars – wrote a piece about trans people, representation, and Hollywood that I think is worth reading. Jared Leto was...
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