The video by Forrest valaki discusses a large series of scientific concepts around gender, sexuality and sex. It has an entire scientific research team credited in the description and 377 references but of course transphobes don’t care and would rather look like a fool throwing play ground insults around. This whole video and interaction made my day. Transphobes can be a very funny bunch.
Took me a minute to remember who Graham Linehan was and confirm it - creator of The IT Crowd, which pains me every time I have to remember who he is.
It’s a shame because Father Ted is one of the funniest shows ever made, and the IT crowd is amazing too.
He could’ve been a legend. But he’s ruined his career and personal life with his pathological hatred for trans people. Now he’s just a sad and pathetic keyboard warrior.
I recently started watching Motherland, a British sitcom about school drop off and arranging childcare. The logistical side of motherhood. I went on IMDb to check out one of the actresses. Then I noticed he was a writer. As was his wife.
I realised that it must have been pre crazy, as she divorced him when he went off the deep end of terfing. I was disappointed as I couldn’t in good conscience support him. I then further realised I’d torrented it through sonarr, so I’m happily continuing to watch and glad he’s no longer involved with the new spin off, amandaland. I got interested as Sharon Horgan was the main writer now, an I like her stuff. It’s a dry look at societal expectations, but more self deprecating than the mean Spirit of Linehan.
However, father Ted, black books and IT crowd are genius, even if they have problems in hindsight.
That comment is hilarious considering the content of the video. What a conspiracy theorist
Forrest is an absolute gem of a person <3
omg, it’s a remake of the video!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nVQplt7Chos
I remember when he took down the original Sex and Sensibility video, but I didn’t know he was working on a new one!! 🙌
EDIT: I’m only 40 minutes in and I would say the old one was better for the average person - the new video is much more dense and packed full of facts and information at a fast pace, the original video did a better job staying focused and engaging. I have a pretty strong tolerance for dry content and even I found my mind wandering and having to intentionally stay focused, and if that’s happening I know a bigot is not going to make it even minutes into this video before tuning out.
Part of the reason right-wing, anti-trans rhetoric’s message is “common sense” and “it’s simple: male and female” is because it’s good rhetoric. You lose people when you start to get into the technical details, and if there is any anti-intellectualism bias, that works against you even more.
Will have to finish the video, but so far I’m disappointed in the changes as a tool for helping educate and change minds, even if enjoying all the new content - I had no idea that every cell with XX will choose one X or the other to be expressed, and that this is how calico cats get the random pattern of hair colors!!
He might of shifted the focus, idk. I mean it makes sense tbh the transphobes current day are different then the transphobes when he made the og video. A lot of them are more defensive and not willing to listen no matter what someone online says.
If I where him I would of changed the target the audience from transphobes to be trans allies and people who don’t know much about trans people(but aren’t transphobic). Cus those folks might be encouraged by this video to trying and deradicalize transphobes they know irl cus and the more accurate scientific information you know the better you can argue against bs. So it’s less of a casual debunk video and more of a study guide people might want to re review multiple times till it fully sticks.
Also imo the only chance modern transphobes might change is if someone they personally know well and respect tells them they are harmful.
