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Re:The Matrix Was Intended to Be a Trans Story, Says Lilly W... by leephillips on Saturday August 08, 2020 @12:39AM (#24089025)
“At this point, they are mocking us.”

It certainly comes across that way. It’s impossible to credit that whoever is writing these tweets believes this stuff.

For example:

“For years, fans of THE MATRIX have discussed the film through a trans lens.”

No, they haven’t.

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Re:The Matrix Was Intended to Be a Trans Story, Says Lilly W... by Pfhreak on Saturday August 08, 2020 @12:43AM (#24089044)
I don't know how you can say that fans haven't discussed this movie through a trans lens.

Like, a very cursory googling of articles over the past two decades indicates that yes, in fact, many fans have discussed the film through the trans lens.

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Re:The Matrix Was Intended to Be a Trans Story, Says Lilly W... by alicemaz on Saturday August 08, 2020 @12:46AM (#24089061)
>No, they haven’t.

https://twitter.com/search?q=until%3A2015-01-01%20%22the%20m...

yes they have

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Re:The Matrix Was Intended to Be a Trans Story, Says Lilly W... by chx on Saturday August 08, 2020 @02:27AM (#24089549)
A lot (all I can find) of the early tweets are about an Indonesian TV called Trans TV. This https://twitter.com/Safarazzz/status/208335499281182720 is (one of?) the first on topic tweet from 2012. After that it's a flood: https://twitter.com/patienceinbee/status/225368805285691393 https://twitter.com/noellejoyeuse/status/228993592864165888 and these were before Lana came out as trans. And then https://twitter.com/ontologicalgeek/status/25747720273043865... https://twitter.com/linernotesdanny/status/25764253274016153... and so forth and so forth.

So yeah, people have noted this for at least eight years, probably on other forums even longer.

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