On todays episode our hero and a couple friends go against their code and investigate how robots can be used as an allegory for being trans. Robots have been used to represent many marginalized groups on the big screen and, as she normally does, our hero was curious about how this all relates back to gender. After spending a long time working (watching stuff) she was able to come up with 4 primary use cases of this allegory in popular media. Though there are many, many, stones left unturned and an infinite number of directions one could take this topic, she tried to present the most pressing and relevant issues that trans people deal with on a daily basis through this new lens.
Timestamps -
Intro 0:00-1:39
Discrimination/“Less Than” 1:40-5:07
“Artificial Bodies” 5:08-8:34
The Family Unit 01 8:35-13:02
A Weaponized Purpose 13:03-15:51
What We Learned 15:52-16:52
Epilogue 16:53-17:32
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Primary articles referenced -
https://medium.com/@CeliaWagar/the-humanity-of-transgender-robots-72b2aee93a21
(Celia's website) https://critpoints.net/
https://film-cred.com/ghost-in-the-shell-sunshine-trans-identity/
https://www.themarysue.com/robot-revolution/
https://lambdaliteraryreview.org/2018/07/queer-robots/
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Outro -
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