1) A cartel boss becomes a woman to hide from his past. A man hits rock bottom with a drug-fueled fantasy of becoming “an Asian girl.”
This is what Hollywood thinks transition is.
Let’s talk about what White Lotus and Emilia Pérez get wrong. 🧵
This is what Hollywood thinks transition is.
Let’s talk about what White Lotus and Emilia Pérez get wrong. 🧵
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Not because he’s trans.
Because he’s out of ideas.
It’s not identity. It’s rock bottom.
Because it treats transition like a costume change—a clever twist instead of a lived experience.
They’re stories of disappearance.
Transition as a metaphor. A punishment.
As if becoming yourself means vanishing entirely.
They did it because they believed there was still a future.
They did it because clinging to something false never made anyone feel whole.
It’s not a fantasy.
It’s not a final act of desperation.
It’s a beginning. A bet on life. A decision to bloom.
You transition because you believe there’s still time to become who you are.
Read the full piece here: https://aridrennen.substack.com/p/what-white-lotus-season-3-and-emilia
She reminded me that people are much more likely to like, suddenly buy a motorcycle, then decide to transition their whole gender.