At this point, I genuinely believe the entire public is being actively gaslit by both the media, and Esther Ghey herself, into forgetting that Brianna Ghey was murdered, by people she knew from school, in real life, who were partly influenced by transphobia, fuelled by the media and politicians.
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Seeing the Peter Serafinowicz Harry Potter announcement just made me think, once again, about this excellent James Acaster bit from Off Menu.
I really fucking hate the fact that this nonsense, in our increasingly transphobic country, is going to end up being Brianna Gheyâs legacy. This is what her memory has been exploited to fight for.
Breaking news: Transphobes are boycotting Lush for the 30th time this decade.
Iâm so pleased I stopped doing stand-up when this tedious shite is the entire discourse that surrounds the comedy industry now, both on and off stage.
There are currently three different global versions of The Office still in production (Mexico, Poland, South Africa), plus The Paper, a spin-off to the American series being claimed couldnât be made today.
Like, I genuinely feel like Iâm going mad. Brianna Ghey wasnât killed by social media. She was saved by social media, where she was able to find community with other young trans people. She was able to make online friends with people like herself. It was those offline who murdered her.
In case youâre wondering, itâs called Tip Toe because Russell T Davies spends the entire show tiptoeing the line between acknowledging the rise of anti-LGBTQ+ hate crime in Britain, whilst avoiding assigning any blame to the mainstreaming of anti-trans views caused by his âgender critical friendsâ.
Sure, when Josh Ruben shouts âI wanna go home, bitchâ at work, itâs funny, but, when I do it, itâs âinappropriate conduct in the workplaceâ and Iâm âupsetting the patrons of Peppa Pig Worldâ.
If what you need right now is a stand-up show about autism, then, fucking hell, do I have just the thing for you: www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Bpp...