I haven't seen the show, but the general outlines of The Handmaid's Tale are almost inescapable.
It’s based off a book. I read the book. Good dystopian stuff. I’m not really into that genre but it was okay.
The book was a bit heavy-handed for me, but told a good cautionary tale. The show has been....weird. I have liked it and not liked it at the same time, but I will watch until the end for sure.
In short it is about a trans individual told from a completely unexpected point of view. Well unexpected if you aren't familiar with the show very much. I found it really interesting and both my wife and I found ourselves thinking much more deeply about the topic. Very eye-opening. I thought it was a pretty respectful treatment of the topic. I would really be interested to hear your opinion on it.
I read it once. Didn’t want to again. Probably for the same reasons you stated. I haven’t seen the show yet. I’m not into dystopian stuff. Get enough of that **** just reading the newspaper.
I just watched it. I'm not sure how I felt about it.
Thanks for you input. I have really liked the Orville. He started out wanting to do almost a family guy in space but with an open homage to the original, but as it developed it really developed a heart and the snarkiness dropped off significantly. For me it's the best thing he's done.
So from everything I feared it would be to something I'd enjoy. Cool.
I like the show a lot but that particular episode was meh. If anyone wanted to give that amazing series a watch, definitely do NOT start with this recent episode. If you were to watch only one episode, start with Season 2, Episode 8 titled Identity – Part I.
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Thanks for the ****ing spoilers jackassI like the show a lot but that particular episode was meh. If anyone wanted to give that amazing series a watch, definitely do NOT start with this recent episode. If you were to watch only one episode, start with Season 2, Episode 8 titled Identity – Part I.
With your political leanings Fish, I’m surprised you resonated with that particular recent episode. For those thinking they may try watching The Orville but haven’t yet started, stop reading this post now because I’m going to talk plot.
This recent episode draws parallels to the situation with real life David Reimer. The character in the show was born biologically female and transitioned to male as a baby. Like with David Reimer, the kid was socially raised as the gender opposite their biological gender and never knew the difference until they reached adolescence. Then biology kicked in and David Reimer / fictional character in this show developed a dysphoria.
The Tragic Story Of David Reimer, The Boy Forced To Live As A Girl
At age 14, David Reimer's parents told him the truth — and he immediately began his transition back to a male body.
Real life David Reimer and The Orville fictional character uncovered the truth of the natal gender transition procedure, sought to have the procedure reversed, and expressed suicidal ideation. In real life, David Reimer killed himself. In the show, the fictional character was detransitioned back to her biological gender and was happy. The kid’s parent who had originally insisted the baby be transitioned, upon seeing their happy detransitioned daughter, packed a suitcase to leave the family. The daughter said words to the effect of “Don’t leave, I love you” to which the pro-trans parent replied “I wish you’d never been born” and stormed out.
It is a really good show but this is not the episode to start with.
I like the show a lot but that particular episode was meh. If anyone wanted to give that amazing series a watch, definitely do NOT start with this recent episode. If you were to watch only one episode, start with Season 2, Episode 8 titled Identity – Part I.
With your political leanings Fish, I’m surprised you resonated with that particular recent episode. For those thinking they may try watching The Orville but haven’t yet started, stop reading this post now because I’m going to talk plot.
This recent episode draws parallels to the situation with real life David Reimer. The character in the show was born biologically female and transitioned to male as a baby. Like with David Reimer, the kid was socially raised as the gender opposite their biological gender and never knew the difference until they reached adolescence. Then biology kicked in and David Reimer / fictional character in this show developed a dysphoria.
The Tragic Story Of David Reimer, The Boy Forced To Live As A Girl
At age 14, David Reimer's parents told him the truth — and he immediately began his transition back to a male body.
Real life David Reimer and The Orville fictional character uncovered the truth of the natal gender transition procedure, sought to have the procedure reversed, and expressed suicidal ideation. In real life, David Reimer killed himself. In the show, the fictional character was detransitioned back to her biological gender and was happy. The kid’s parent who had originally insisted the baby be transitioned, upon seeing the happy detransitioned daughter, packed a suitcase to leave the family. The daughter said words to the effect of “Don’t leave, I love you” to which the pro-trans parent replied “I wish you’d never been born” and stormed out.
It is a really good show but this is not the episode to start with.
My mistake. It is a good show though if you ever liked the old Star Trek - The Next Generation.
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Cheerleaders regularly get worse injuries, and yet they won't stop cheerleading.. Thank you for presenting this clear example of anti-trans bigotry, even though you're likely so blinded by your own hate that you didn't realize that's what is was.North Carolina female volleyball player injured by trans competitor, future games with opposing school canceled
“I don’t know if that’s faster than normal, but it seemed like it was coming off very fast, abnormally, especially fast. It not only hit her in the face, then the ball came off of her face with enough force to then go back through the net.”
At least you are consistent in being consistently wrong. The shooter identifies as non-binary and uses they/them pronouns.
Some kind of weird incel situation maybe? Will be interesting to hear if we ever get a motive for this.
Apparently he has the weapons previously. No one used the red flag law.
