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The Matrix Resurrections analysis: More trans than ever, this bold and messy dysphoric nightmare will thrill and unnerve (part 2)

Posted on December 31, 2021 by Zinnia Jones

< Continued from Part 1. Assigned roles and binaries fracture easily and often. These conversations and moments of dysphoric self-recognition and trans self-actualization are repeatedly shown as tipping-point epiphanies that can happen at the speed of an egg cracking. Bugs, … Continue reading →

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The Matrix Resurrections analysis: More trans than ever, this bold and messy dysphoric nightmare will thrill and unnerve (part 1)

Posted on December 31, 2021 by Zinnia Jones

Spoilers/prerequisites: All of The Matrix Resurrections. Previously: The Matrix is about transgender depersonalization, a dissociative “feeling of unreality” that can be treated by transitioning (December 2021) Up front, I really liked The Matrix Resurrections and I think you should watch … Continue reading →

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The Matrix is about transgender depersonalization, a dissociative “feeling of unreality” that can be treated by transitioning

Posted on December 21, 2021 by Zinnia Jones

An unofficial transgender depersonalization companion guide to The Matrix. Hi, I’m Zinnia. I’ll be your operator. Warning: Exposure to information on transgender depersonalization may cause the realization that you are transgender. MORPHEUS: Let me tell you why you’re here. You’re … Continue reading →

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Learning to love and accept your body: Testosterone helps adolescent trans boys do that

Posted on September 1, 2021 by Zinnia Jones

Discussions of transgender issues among the general public often take an unproductive turn when the distress of gender dysphoria is cast as something that can be remedied by simply “accepting your body as it is”. Most forgivably, this may be … Continue reading →

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Medical professionals increasingly agree: Trans women are female, trans men are male

Posted on October 1, 2017 by Zinnia Jones

Previously: Trans women aren’t “male” Sex chromosomes: Cis expectations, trans reality “Trans women are male” is one of the most well-worn attacks leveled against trans women – a straightforward assertion that gender-variant identity itself is not possible, and by extension … Continue reading →

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