I don't want to enter a trans related thread with people I don't know right now, but I'm seeing on my TL stuff about the origins of >
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Replying to @BootlegGirl
> the trans serial killer trope. I absolutely agree that it caught on because of transphobia, but it KINDA had factual basis. (Ed Gein)
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@BootlegGirl Ed Gein led to PSYCHO which led to Straitjacket which led to copycats which led to the trope in movies.1 reply 1 retweet 0 likes -
Replying to @viragoergosum
Precisely. And now it's a self referential trope. Although I think Silence of the Lambs is why it's enduring RN @d_m_elms
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@BootlegGirl and that multiple psych evaluations showed he was in no way trans and that trans ppl are Historically NonViolent1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
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@BootlegGirl the problem is legitimizing the psych evals that say that legitimizes medical gatekeeping1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @arthur_affect
@arthur_affect @d_m_elms yup. I'm pretty convinced Ed Gein, who was of course NOT Buffalo Bill, was gender non conforming1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @BootlegGirl
@arthur_affect @d_m_elms like to deny that about him requires we make leaps we wouldn't make for anyone who wasn't a failed serial killer1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@arthur_affect @d_m_elms (because Gein doesn't meet the serial killer criteria.)1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
@BootlegGirl @d_m_elms as always the problem w fighting demonization stereotypes is every community has some demons
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Replying to @arthur_affect
@BootlegGirl @d_m_elms I'm reminded of Chinese Americans screaming "racism" abt Seung Hui Cho being falsely ID'ed as Chinese1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
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@BootlegGirl @d_m_elms as though that would've somehow been impossible1 reply 0 retweets 1 like - Show replies
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