We Regret To Inform You The Cis Are At It Again
pro tip: if you want me to think you might be a good Cis Ally to collaborate with on a project about a trans character, when you're pitching said project, maybe don't refer to the protagonist *every single time you mention her* as "the trans female character who has had bottom surgery"
We Regret To Inform You The Cis Are At It Again
@glitternoodle is it constantly relevant because the entire plot arc takes place inside her underwear?
describing a White Savior Play about genital surgery in "Africa"
@glitternoodle good *gravy*
describing a White Savior Play about genital surgery in "Africa"
@leafnoodle they repeatedly mentioned Book of Mormon as the kind of show they want to write and said, and i quote, "the music doesn't need to be, like, *African*, you can just put in enough drumming and women chanting that we get the picture"
i'm . . . not joining this project
describing a White Savior Play about genital surgery in "Africa"
@glitternoodle I am awestruck
describing a White Savior Play about genital surgery in "Africa"
@leafnoodle it is . . . so much worse than that
it's a show about a trans woman doctor who goes to Burkina Faso (tho in the reference materials this person sent me, they explicitly say they don't care about cultural specificity and included mostly examples from completely different West African cultures...) to do clitoral reconstruction surgery and winds up organizing the locals to thwart a corrupt politician