It always startles me just how popular trans still is; Shon Faye almost sold out the event, a thousand seater, in the Queen Elizabeth Hall, Southbank. It was mainly young women but a fair few trans-identified males of various ages were dotted throughout. On the whole it felt like a cis-het crowd though, if you’ll pardon the lingo, one desperate to align itself to everything woke and a poke in the eye to its mums. Pre-signed books were available in the foyer, a neat way of letting us know that Faye was not to rub shoulders with us later. That didn’t bother Faye’s biggest fan though, sat next to me, who literally laughed, gasped, sighed, etc, non-stop in response to his asinine lispy utterances.
Category: Culture
Nostalgia for the emo
Trans activist gives talk on being ’emo’ but tells bog standard transition story instead. Organisers As per usual, the Barbican hosted a trans activist on
In conversation event with ‘trans bearish man’
‘Fucking Myself Goodbye’ is the title of the last chapter. It was going to be the title of the book but she was persuaded otherwise by her publisher. Ben-Zeev did her reading, torpid prose indeed and also very confusing. Talia is the woman she wants to fuck, – as a man, as Avi. She wanted connect to the physical parts of the herself which caused her pain and self-loathing. She can’t really do this via her imagination so settles instead on finding a Talia-lookalike (another trope of AGP males, trying to imitate the women in their lives).
‘How do we win our rights?’
Podcast broadcast by Queer AF, held at Clifford Chance The blurby bit A live panel recording on “How do we win our rights?” with three
Screen talk event with makers of the film ‘Emilia Pérez’
Like most of my tweeps, this trans-identified male came to my attention following his hysterical tizzy to Cannes when he won Best Actress, in typical AGP fashion, taking the full throttle approach in an appeal for pity. You might think from watching the clip, that he would be scenery chewing in Emilia Pérez, but in fact easily manages a nuanced performance.
Review: Conclave
Contains spoilers including reference to ending.
Conclave, in addressing the Western culture war, comes down very firmly on the right side of history and serves as a reminder to dissenters that we’re on the naughty step.
The Lies They Tell 
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