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38 votes
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How reality cop shows make us less safe
12 votes -
Being a hater and the overexposure paradigm
5 votes -
The Canterbury Tales, or, how technology changes the way we speak
14 votes -
House of the Dragon | Season 2 official trailer
8 votes -
The facts and fantasies of dissociation
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On M*A*S*H, was Klinger a cross-dresser? Was Klinger trans?
I had a long-running discussion about this last year with a trans person on the Fediverse. Before that conversation, it had never even crossed my mind that Klinger was anything other than a...
I had a long-running discussion about this last year with a trans person on the Fediverse. Before that conversation, it had never even crossed my mind that Klinger was anything other than a cis-het guy desperately trying to exploit a weird Army regulation to escape from a war zone ... who may admittedly have become a bit too attached to his wardrobe in the process.
However, she pointed out that Klinger was the closest thing to a role model she had on TV growing up at the time, and that she had definitely seen and identified a lot of traits in Klinger that strongly suggest he (she?) was a semi-closeted trans character, effectively pulling a double-switch, pretending to be a "regular guy" who was pretending to be a cross-dresser just to get out of the Army, while actually having found a way to be openly trans in the US Army all the way back in the 1950s.
Thoughts?
19 votes -
Two popular Danish television presenters have reported Meta to the police after finding their images and words had been manipulated and misused in thousands of Facebook ads
29 votes -
How Finding Your Roots turns DNA research into essential TV
5 votes -
Another one bites the dust: Quantum Leap canceled after two seasons
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ABBA, cabaret and smug marionettes – the 1974 Eurovision song contest reviewed
3 votes