{"version": "1.0", "type": "rich", "title": "\"Spider-Gwen\" in the Spiderverse movies is not trans in that she represents an AMAB Gwen Stacy, and I am sure there is some...", "author_name": "kontextmaschine", "author_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com", "provider_name": "kontextmaschine", "provider_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com", "url": "https://kontextmaschine.com/post/722241679577546752/", "html": "<p>&ldquo;Spider-Gwen&rdquo; in the Spiderverse movies is <b>not</b> trans in that she represents an AMAB Gwen Stacy, and I am sure there is some TERFy radfem out there <i>correctly</i> pointing out that seeing the &ldquo;witty, responsible, sympathetically put-upon&rdquo; Spider-package come in a girl (a non-pregnant one at least) and going &ldquo;no <b>way</b> is she cis!&rdquo; is <i>really</i> insulting.</p><p>That said, the &ldquo;reveal your identity to your parents, they take it poorly, so you run away and live with found family for a while, but when you finally reconnect they&rsquo;ve come around and want you back&rdquo; <b>is</b> a trans-coded plot (a generation ago it would be merely gay!), and as &ldquo;they&rsquo;ll see!&rdquo; fantasies go it&rsquo;s fairly achievable and good to encourage over them crying at your funeral.</p>"}