"Netflix promotes new series about aspiring trans coal miner fighting the 'patriarchy'
How did this trans woman break down barriers and get a job in a coal mine that superstitiously banned women from entry? By being a man.
A new Netflix film tracks the real-life story of an Argentine man who aspired to work in the mines. Growing up cross-dressing, it was years before Carla Rodriguez transitioned to live as a woman, but even as a child, the story goes, he wanted to work in the mines. Netflix is celebrating it, bringing trans to the coal mine.
El Pais gave a glowing account of Rodriguez's life, saying he "dreamed of becoming a miner before she dreamed of being a woman." So how did this trans woman break down barriers and get a job in a coal mine that superstitiously banned women from entry? By being a man."
How did this trans woman break down barriers and get a job in a coal mine that superstitiously banned women from entry? By being a man.
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Wait ObamaFlix is producing a series where coal isn't killing the planet? I wonder who greenlit this?