Inspired by several other lists, here's a bunch of movies that, on some level, resonate with me and my personal/specific experiences as a trans woman. I can't promise that this will be an even remotely unique example of a trans canon list, but I figured I'd throw it together regardless.
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Themes include:
-Being female (i.e. not just a movie with a female protagonist but one where them being female is important to the movie's themes or narrative).
-Struggling with the barriers that gender roles put up, whether it be for your assigned gender or actual gender.
-Your body being different from other women's, including if you're a robot, alien, undead, wolf person, etc.; anything that could make you perceived…
Inspired by several other lists, here's a bunch of movies that, on some level, resonate with me and my personal/specific experiences as a trans woman. I can't promise that this will be an even remotely unique example of a trans canon list, but I figured I'd throw it together regardless.
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Themes include:
-Being female (i.e. not just a movie with a female protagonist but one where them being female is important to the movie's themes or narrative).
-Struggling with the barriers that gender roles put up, whether it be for your assigned gender or actual gender.
-Your body being different from other women's, including if you're a robot, alien, undead, wolf person, etc.; anything that could make you perceived as "not a real woman".
-A sense of dysphoria, of discomfort with yourself, your identity, your place in the world and how you are perceived by others.
-A sense of unease or struggle with your identity, with whether you actually exist on the inside as a separate entity from your bodily shell, and a general idea of the body and the mind being different or disconnected from one another.