I sniff an ego looking for a new vanity project. The buses are a really important issue for Sheffield people, but I don’t think Eddie has much call to clamber aboard public transport carrying some of his estimated net wealth of $20 million. Izzard has not yet been formally selected by Labour.Īs a Sheffield Labour Party member, I am sceptical of Eddie’s proclaimed love of all things Sheffield, which appears to have come upon him with some vigour of late as he poses with police or holds forth on issues of Sheffield’s buses. Eddie has recently confirmed a desire to stand as Labour’s parliamentary candidate in Sheffield Central which will shortly be vacated by Paul Blomfield who is stepping down. Your inner critic is screaming "Please! Not that dress with THOSE heels - oh, and another thing, your white male privilege is caught up in your knickers at the back.On Thursday, 29 September Sheffield Labour Party hosted a fund-raising event featuring an evening in conversation with Eddie Izzard at Crookes Social Club in Sheffield. We're somehow still supposed to welcome them into the sisterhood as 'stunning and brave', for looking like they've been mugged by a pair of Grandma Ada's curtains. 'Boy mode' when they want to be taken seriously and earn more money. 'Girl mode' when there's an acting part they want or a dress they like. Eddie the transwoman is a poor parody of womanhood wrapped up in a blanket of misogyny. Their true authentic self is chicken fillets in a badly fitting floral tunic.Įddie the transvestite was a one-off, a man who dared to be different. Visually, it's actually a crying shame Eddie the transwoman has gone down the 'AGP got lost in Bon Marche' route - because everything looks terrible - and it seems to be a recurring theme with many older men who suddenly come out as trans. I'll let the 75 years old prostate-owner and uterus-haver who claim to be my parents in on the secret - that now they're well on their way to the old folk's home, they're one and the same and completely interchangeable. What's happened? Eddie has been quoted as saying "Visually, there’s not so much difference between older men and older women, so it does get easier". Or maybe we've already crossed the line - and are so far over it that I could wear my pubes as a beard and proclaim I'm a "gay guy trapped in the body of a white, middle-aged woman". That's basically a heterosexual male then? We're straying dangerously into Alex Drummond territory here. In a recent interview, they spoke about being "a lesbian trapped in a man's body". I can't do it - I'll happily do 'they', but not 'she'. In 2020, they proclaimed they wanted to be based in 'girl mode' from now on and would use 'she' pronouns. Eddie gave me hope - that it was fine to cut my hair short, to wear boys' clothes, and not to give a fuck about it.Ĭut to now. Although at the time I didn't know I was autistic, I did know I was gender-confused and it gave me hope that it was OK to just be me and not conform to typical male/female stereotypes. This was someone to admire and to cherish. Achingly funny - with his flights of whimsy and multilingual routines. He gave no fucks what you thought and he looked terrific. There was this GUY in a DRESS and LIPSTICK. Watching his stand-up comedy on video gave me such a thrill. When I was a teenager, way back in the 1990s, Eddie seemed to be a complete trailblazer. Whether it's the news that they're aiming to stand for Labour in the Sheffield Central Ward, or that they're finding it difficult to date as a trans woman, you can't escape the 'girl mode' fiend no matter how hard you try. We don't need to talk about Eddie Izzard, but I will anyway. Does this mean they're finally having their 'plastic cup' moment.? Image courtesy of GeoffWaite via WikimediaCommons
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