Do NOT Support ‘Adam’ When The Film Comes Out

I’ve talked about this before on this blog but this is the most disgustingly transphobic and lesbophobic narrative I’ve ever come across.

CWs: transphobia, homophobia, lesbophobia, corrective rape, voyeurism

The book Adam by Ariel Schrag is being turned into a movie which has been named as one of the most exciting LGBTQ films of the year. You should know before watching that the book is about a cis boy who pretends to be a trans man in order to persuade lesbians to sleep with him.

Yeah… you read that right.

Book plot summary:

boy spies on his lesbian sister having sex

boy decides to pretend to be a trans man (gross)

i.e. pretends to have a vagina because he thinks lesbians will want him then (he literally wants to fuck lesbians because he watched his lesbian sister have sex wtf)

he does get a lesbian to sleep with him, he straps his penis down using ace bandages and uses a strap on.

all the actual trans dudes we meet identify as lesbians this basically implies that trans men are not real men (lesbians i.e. women)

another time they have sex again only he uses his actual penis but tells her its a strap on. that’s literally rape, she didn’t consent to an actual penis.

he confesses that he’s been lying to her this whole time but she doesn’t break up with him. she even says its okay cause she fantasised about him being “a real boy"

that’s a direct quote. massive transphobia. huge. not to mention this is now the “lesbian is cured by dick trope” which is disgusting and that trope leads to real lesbians and bi women being raped to “fix” them.

he leaves new york, they’re long distance. they get in an argument and he calls her a slut and a whore among other things and then she dumps him

eventually they get back in touch and she has a new cis boyfriend so yep, she’s been “cured” woo she’s actually straight and he helped her realise that yay (massive sarcasm)

It is deeply deeply transphobic. To imply that our identities are just costumes for other people to put on erases who we are as people. More than that, to imply it is done to trick people into sex is a dangerous lie that literally gets us killed.

It is also deeply lesbophobic. To fuel this narrative that lesbians can be “fixed” by having sex with a man leads to real corrective rapes happening.

Here is a review of the book by a trans man. I have yet to find one by a lesbian but will edit this if I do.

This book gives out incredibly harmful notions about trans men and lesbians that are used to hurt them in real life. It’s so entrenched in the narrative that I don’t see how the film can possibly be any better.

I do not say any of this lightly. it’s very very rare for me to call out a piece of fiction or for me to decide that a story is unfixable. But this… there’s no excuse for the bigotry in this.

I’d like to tell people to boycott it but I can’t tell you what to do. So instead I’m going to ask that you share this because it being named as an exciting new LGBTQ film is going to make LGBTQ teens want to see it. And they should know beforehand how hurtful it could be. They should be able to arm themselves with that knowledge.

Don’t make queer kids see this film believing it will represent them only to be exposed to this hatred of their identities.

Please reblog.

That Scene from Infinity War

That part wherein Peter says “Mr. Stark, I don’t feel so good” as he touches his stomach. And you get to witness it slowly happening to him, slowly realizing what’s about to happen to him because of his Spider Sense.

Then Peter walks to Tony and Tony goes “You’re alright” reassuring this boy, this kid who wasn’t even supposed to be in space and wasn’t supposed to be involved in this war—he was supposed to be back on Earth on his field trip. Then Peter’s legs give out as he throws himself to Tony, but his healing ability tries to fix that as his legs disappear but there’s only so much his powers could do. But this also means he gets to experience the pain way so much more compared to the others because his senses are dialed to eleven—there was just so much input. “I don’t know what’s happening.”

He was in so much pain while he was dying.

Then Peter cries as he clings harder to Tony because he’s a kid and what do kids do when they can’t help themselves and they don’t know what to do? They go to an adult. Tony Stark is someone who Peter idolizes so much, he believes that Mr. Stark will be able to save him, like he always had.

So he begs as he cries.

“I don’t wanna go. I don’t wanna go, Mr. Stark, please. I don’t wanna go, I don’t wanna go. I don’t want to go.”

That last “I don’t want to go” was the most heartbreaking because his voice, he sounded like a helpless kid as his voice cracks, sobbing so hard, clinging as much as he could hoping Mr. Stark would make everything better because he knows that Mr. Stark is the best.

Peter is so scared. So, so so scared of dying. He’s so young, he’s only 17. He hasn’t done much yet being a friendly neighborhood Spider-Man. Hasn’t proven himself enough.

Then he says “I’m sorry.”

He’s sorry because he didn’t listen when he was told to go back to Earth. He’s sorry because he failed Iron Man. He’s sorry because he knew Tony would be guilty and would blame himself if he died. He’s sorry because he’s not strong enough and he’s not worthy to be an Avenger after all.

And we get to see how affected Tony was, how he was also crying because this kid wants him to save him, to keep him safe—he promised to keep this boy safe. He made him the Iron Spider suit to prevent this from happening. He was going to catch this kid whenever he falls and he did but then it wasn’t good enough because here Peter was, a kid he grew to love so much… dying in his arms and he can’t do anything about it.

It was Tony’s worst nightmare.

I love how they took time to actually show it, and not just let Peter disintegrate quickly like the rest. They gave them a moment. A very sad one that made most of us weep in the cinemas because Tony wanted a kid and slowly he realizes that all along he had one and it was Peter.

This was such a powerful scene because of Tony and Peter’s father-and-son dynamics. This was more than enough to fuel Tony Stark’s rage to face on Thanos because how dare he kill his kid.

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absolutelyinsanebutitsfine

5 years ago

LEGENDS

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absolutelyinsanebutitsfine

1 year ago

watch this. this is literally what love is.

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absolutelyinsanebutitsfine

1 year ago

pls assume i'm thinking about this moment 24/7 all week every week

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absolutelyinsanebutitsfine

6 years ago

I drew this at the beginning of the summer and I love her so much. She is the realistic drawing of the MC of a story I'm writing. She is my baby.

Reblog if you are NOT a Donald Trump supporter.

My family ranted to me last night about how they think Donald Trump is the only responsible person trying to run for president and they think “everyone supports him”.

I want to prove them wrong.

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absolutelyinsanebutitsfine

1 month ago

Dressrosa: