i’m talking about the mundane stuff, like how we still carry around a bunch of plastic cards or wait for water to boil in a kettle instead of instantly. or maybe just our collective obsession with short form video? keen to hear what makes you shake your head thinking about the future.
The mainstreaming of anti-trans rhetoric and representation.
We’re far from perfect when it comes to representation & discourse now when it comes to women, gay people, and people who aren’t white, but look back 30-50 years and you can see how far we’ve come.
As an example, in Kindergarten Cop there’s a scene where a worried mother comes to see Arnie. She found some dolls in her boys room and she’s worried he’s going to end up like his gay father. Arnie laughs and reassures her that it’s okay. He uses the dolls to get close to girls so that he can look up their skirts. She’s relieved. Arnie says he’ll “keep an eye on him, just in case”.
Imagine that scene in a modern kids film. Unthinkable, right?
I think we’re kind of at that stage WRT trans people ATM. Not so much in fiction, but in public debate. I think ina few decades the slurs used against trans people by prominent figures, and the indulging of the idea that whether trans people have a right to exist is even a debate that needs to be had will be seen in the same way a modern audience would view that Kindergarten Cop scene.