1.0The Representation Projecthttps://therepproject.orgThe Representation Projecthttps://therepproject.org/author/representation/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="Bsnl6eu7Jn"><a href="https://therepproject.org/trans-representation-in-netflixs-disclosure-2/">TRANS REPRESENTATION IN NETFLIX’S “DISCLOSURE”</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://therepproject.org/trans-representation-in-netflixs-disclosure-2/embed/#?secret=Bsnl6eu7Jn" width="600" height="338" title="“TRANS REPRESENTATION IN NETFLIX’S “DISCLOSURE”” — The Representation Project" data-secret="Bsnl6eu7Jn" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(c,l){"use strict";var e=!1,o=!1;if(l.querySelector)if(c.addEventListener)e=!0;if(c.wp=c.wp||{},c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage);else if(c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if(!t);else if(!(t.secret||t.message||t.value));else if(/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret));else{for(var r,s,a,i=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),n=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=0;o<n.length;o++)n[o].style.display="none";for(o=0;o<i.length;o++)if(r=i[o],e.source!==r.contentWindow);else{if(r.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message){if(1e3<(s=parseInt(t.value,10)))s=1e3;else if(~~s<200)s=200;r.height=s}if("link"===t.message)if(s=l.createElement("a"),a=l.createElement("a"),s.href=r.getAttribute("src"),a.href=t.value,a.host===s.host)if(l.activeElement===r)c.top.location.href=t.value}}},e)c.addEventListener("message",c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",t,!1),c.addEventListener("load",t,!1);function t(){if(o);else{o=!0;for(var e,t,r,s=-1!==navigator.appVersion.indexOf("MSIE 10"),a=!!navigator.userAgent.match(/Trident.*rv:11\./),i=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),n=0;n<i.length;n++){if(!(r=(t=i[n]).getAttribute("data-secret")))r=Math.random().toString(36).substr(2,10),t.src+="#?secret="+r,t.setAttribute("data-secret",r);if(s||a)(e=t.cloneNode(!0)).removeAttribute("security"),t.parentNode.replaceChild(e,t);t.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:r},"*")}}}}(window,document); </script> https://therepproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/2-1-559x310-1.png559310Fans of our documentaries appreciate us for shining a light on the real-world implications of gender stereotypes rampant in media and entertainment. In Miss Representation, we explored the over-sexualization of women on screen and how that limits women’s representation in leadership positions. And in The Mask You Live In, we explored how the media perpetuates a harmful narrative that power, aggression, and domination are the standards by which men are measured—contributing to harmful behaviors like police brutality and the refusal to wear protective face coverings during the pandemic. The new documentary Disclosure (Netflix) expands on these themes and shows how Hollywood’s white, patriarchal history—replete with gender tropes—has also affected the transgender community. The film shows how clumsy representation of trans and gender-nonconforming people on-screen informs opinions that have real-world safety and economic implications for the one million+ transgender Americans.