This is old, but I have to post it because I was astounded by the sheer "what the fuck" of it all.
A movie critic named Todd VanDerWerff realized he was trans because-- I shit you not-- of the Handmaid's Tale. Y'know, a show wherein women are raped and forced to carry the babies of the rapists because only a few women can still reproduce. Like, "realizing" you're trans because of a TV show is bad enough, but
this show? You know how this reads to me? "Women suffering turns me on. I want that. I want to suffer, and also, I need an explanation for why my life sucks."
Honestly, it's pathetic and hilarious when people troon out because of shitty moe anime, but it's... appalling that this guy was wanking it to the Handmaid's Tale. It's specifically a show about sex-based oppression-- these women are literally being raped because their functional uteruses are finite resources. For all intents and purposes, the villains in the show-- narcissists incapable of reproduction--
are trannies. I'm not shocked that a tranny missed the point of the show (that the commodification of childbearing is the
reason for misogyny historically,) I'm just shocked that it's the wank material that literally caused a man to troon out. I don't even like the Handmaid's Tale or think it's a particularly good show, I'm just... blown away.
I found out about him because he's one of the trannies whose feminine penis Lindsay Ellis likes to suck. I saw a picture of him next to her in her Cats video, in all his six-foot-tall, dumpy, dough-y glory and thought, "that's either a tranny or the ugliest woman on Earth." I googled him, and sure enough-- AGP troon. He's married, and is forcing his wife to play along, so now his straight wife calls herself "bisexual" to appease his fragile ego.
I don't hate all trannies. But Todd? Yeah, he can put on some concrete shoes and take a long walk off a short pier, along with all the exceptional individuals congratulating him for being stunning and brave.