Gender as Performance/Butler
| But I'm a Cheerleader August 11, 2000 |
The 2000s film But I'm a Cheerleader is a film centered around homosexual people and what they have to go through. The purpose of this is to talk about how conversion therapy is not needed and people should be accepted as who they are and to show that youth should not have to hide away who they truly are and should be able to present themselves without being judged or being objectified, as they are not broken, they just want to love who they want to love. We see the main character, Megan Bloomfield, undergoing a gender crisis. Her whole life, the ideology of being heterosexual was pushed upon her; however, she began to develop sexual urges towards the female body. Those thoughts were suppressed by the inner homophobia that was instilled in her by the people around her. When she was first sent to a conversion camp, we could see abjection being used as the director of said camp pushed them into the "normal" heterosexual roles, man and woman, not men and men nor women and women, which demoralized their true feelings towards the gender they truly liked. Even after being sent to a conversion camp, where she finally understands who she truly is and comes to accept the part of her that is into women, after going through many internal battles. This film allows homosexual people to feel represented and shows them that no one should be able to dictate who they love, as that is a part of you. Allowing them to recognize the importance of self-acceptance and to help them gain the courage to embrace their true selves, regardless of what society labels as "normal" or "acceptable"
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