Content warnings: This episode discusses media which portrays trans characters experiencing suicidal ideation, murder, violence, deadnaming, transphobia, drug abuse, self-destructive behavior, and abuse. We also reference real-life attempted suicide (including a method). Follow Austin down the rabbit hole of exploring trans narratives, both subtextual and textual, in The Matrix and Imogen Binnie's Nevada. What do these very dissimilar pieces of media have in common? A lot, as it turns out, including the mythologizing of the self, the cyclical nature of coming out, and cool leather jackets. Austin feels a lot of things about navel-gazing trans characters, and Amanda defends Keanu Reeves at all costs.
Content warnings: This episode discusses media which portrays trans characters experiencing suicidal ideation, murder, violence, deadnaming, transphobia, drug abuse, self-destructive behavior, and abuse. We also reference real-life attempted suicide (including a method).
Follow Austin down the rabbit hole of exploring trans narratives, both subtextual and textual, in The Matrix and Imogen Binnie's Nevada. What do these very dissimilar pieces of media have in common? A lot, as it turns out, including the mythologizing of the self, the cyclical nature of coming out, and cool leather jackets. Austin feels a lot of things about navel-gazing trans characters, and Amanda defends Keanu Reeves at all costs.
Works Cited:
The Matrix (Film)
Nevada by Imogen Binnie (Novel)
Killing Eve (TV show)
Rose Buddies (Podcast) / Wonderful (Podcast)
To L And Back: An L Word Podcast
The Matrix Trivia on IMDB
Simulacra and Simulation by Jean Baudrillard
Ana Valens: ‘Nevada,’ my transition, and me
Emily Sandalwood: How The Matrix universalized a trans experience — and helped me accept my own
Jennifer Harrison: Some thoughts and disagreements on The Matrix as a trans allegory
Courtney Gillette: ‘Nevada: A Novel’ by Imogen Binnie
HaveYouReadNevada.Club
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