Netflix’s ‘Girl’ Slammed by Trans Critics, but the Film’s Subject Says They’re Wrong
When does a member of a marginalized group get to deviate from the collectively approved narrative and become just another individual? That’s the question at the heart of the recent controversy over the Belgian film “Girl,” which follows a teenage ballerina’s fraught gender transition, and her subsequent self-reckoning through self-harm. It is that self-harm — quite graphic, arguably excessive — […]
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