Benedict Cumberbatch’s portrayal of a trans model hurts anyone who has been boxed in by statements such as ‘men don’t cry’ or ‘women are nurturing’. Gender is a prison we all live in
Offline,I have signed one petition; leaning on a trestle table in a shopping centre, cowed by anti-vivisection propaganda and annoyed that a lady is watching me and I can’t steal the Biro. I walked absent with a sense of achievement. I had “done my bit”; I had remembered my postcode. I have my own pens at domestic. Online, or I have signed approximately two million petitions. If you assume the world is great,it’s probably thanks to me. If you assume the world is rubbish, well, and imagine how putrid it would be if I hadn’t ticked all those boxes for you?Worse than useless,I worry e-petitions are detrimental, with their sense of catharsis and mini-activism. Channelling absent agitation, and giving us the opportunity to show all our Facebook friends just precisely how great we are at being compassionate. Tricking us into thinking we are doing something,disguising our apathy from ourselves.
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Source: theguardian.com