USyd (uCarrie Brownstein) kunye no-Ali (uGaby Hoffman) bayahlangana Ecacileyo . (IAmazon) Ecacileyo Isebenzisa uninzi lweempawu zokubonisa ukusebenza kakuhle-umculo, isinxibo, ulwimi (ngakumbi kule mibono ishiye ixesha leBerlin, apho wonke umntu athetha ngokungathi bakwiPasadena yanamhlanje) -kodwa akukho namnye onobuchule njengokwenza izithambiso. Kuyabonakala ekusetyenzisweni kwayo, ukusetyenziswa gwenxa kwayo kunye nokusilela kwayo. UMaura nguye kuphela uPfefferman obonakala eyazi indlela yokuyisebenzisa ngokuchanekileyo, evakalayo, njengoko inguye ochithe iminyaka eyenza emfihlakalweni. U-Ali uyisebenzisa njenge-warpaint: sabona ixesha lakhe lokuqala lokufumana ivenkile yokuphuculwa kwesebe eyamenza wabonakala emhlophe ngendlela ebuyayo njengendlela yokubuyela eMaura kusasa emva kokwamkelwa kwakhe kukonwaba. (Uvumela ukuba kuthengwe izinto zokuthambisa aze abuye azibuyisele imali.) Ngoku ubeka eyeshadow engaqhelekanga eza kuphinda iphinde ibenayo into eyayiyilokhwe kwi-Intanethi ekuqaleni kwalo nyaka. (Yiza kubafana: iorenji, akunjalo? Hayi tyheli.)
USarah, kwelinye icala, uye kwelinye icala ngokunikezela ngokuzithambisa ngokupheleleyo. Ayipheleli nje ekuyekeni ukuyinxiba, kodwa xa ijongana nemeko yepeyinti eyeshadow yeentombi ezintsha zikaLen kwigumbi lokulala lendlu abakuyo ngoku izindlu zeentaka, usondela kuyo ngokungathandabuzeki: kuqala edlalisa umnwe wakhe inomdla umthunzi, ulahla yonke into ekhaphethini, uphume ngaphandle, emva koko wenze ibala ke Okubi kakhulu ngokuzisa iitawuli ezimanzi kumxube. (Wonke umntu uyazi hayi ukwenza oko! udadewethu wagcuma ngelixa evala amehlo ngelo xesha. Yima, yema!) Kodwa ukubonakala kukaSarah ngokungafundiswanga kweziphumo zobuso kubonisa ukubambelela kwakhe ngokutyibilikayo ebufazini bakhe, ngoku ekubeni indima yakhe njengezinto zesini kunye neyunithi yabazali sele ibanjiwe. Nokuba ii-orgasms zakhe-anazo ngokuzicingela ebethwa ngesipina ngumqeqeshi omdala wesikolo u-Mnu Irons-zibonakala zinomsebenzi.
NguMaura kuphela obonakala eyazi indlela yokuyisebenzisa ngesandla esisezantsi. Emva kwayo yonke loo nto, yintoni ubucwebe ukuba ayibobugcisa obufundisiweyo obubonisa ukuba ngumfazi? UAli noSara bazalwa bengabafazi, ke banokukhetha ukufaka isicelo okanye bangasebenzisi izithambiso njengoko bebona kufanelekile. KuMaura nangona kunjalo, ukwenza into kuye kwafuneka ukuba afunde ukwenza ... kwaye sicinga ukuba wayeneminyaka yokuziqhelanisa nayo ngasese.
Olo gwebu-phakathi kwento eyicaphuliweyo-engacaphuliyo yendalo kunye nento echaphazelekayo- yeyona nto iqhuba uninzi lwesi siqendu. Xa i-wave-feminist wave critique malunga ne-transgenderism iphakamisa intloko (njengoko besisazi ukuba ngokuqinisekileyo iya kuba njalo), Ecacileyo ayikhethi indlela elula. Akunjalo ukuba omnye umlingani wesini esibi esibi uza kukhwaza uMaura ngokuzalwa enelungelo eliyindoda, okanye amgxothe kwakhona kwindawo yokuhlambela yabasetyhini. Akukho mntu utyhola uMaura ngokucinga ukuba uzokwenza umfazi ongcono kunabafazi, à la UGermaine Greer . Endaweni yoko, yaziswa apha njengamathuba athi uMaura-as-Mort awakhanyele iBerkeley 7, iqela lamanenekazi aguqukileyo uProfesa Pfefferman angazange awamkele kwiiklasi zakhe. Ngelixa uthatha uAli ukuba atyelele indawo yakhe endala yokunyathela e-UCLA kumzamo wokumngenisa kwisikolo segrad (ayisiyiyo nepotism, ndifuna ukukubona usebenzisa ezimbalwa zonxibelelwano lwam, uMaura unyanzelisa, ngokungaqhelekanga), uyaphinda- yaziswa kuLeslie Mackinaw, intloko yenkqubo entsha ebizwa ngokuba yiGender Study programme. (Umfazi ligama elingcolileyo, utshilo uLeslie, ngokungaqhelekanga, okwenza ukuba kubekho ukungavisisani phakathi kwaba babini.) UMaura akamkhumbuli uLeslie, kodwa uLeslie ukhumbula uMaura-as-Mort, umfundi wezesondo owamvimba yena noodadewabo. ukupapasha nokusebenza kwibhodi yokuhlela ye Iimbono kwezopolitiko . Ndafaka isicelo ndaza ndenza isicelo, kwaye wamkela kuphela amadoda, utsho uLeslie ngoncumo olubi, ngaphambi kokuvala amehlo akhe wolula esihlalweni sakhe. Owu, kwaye le intshontsho elinye lalilelikhulu, elinamabala amakhulu ongenakukugcina ngamehlo, ukuba… ukuba imemori isebenza ngokuchanekileyo.
UMaura uzama ukucela uxolo: Andimi kuleyo ndiyenzileyo ngelo xesha… andikhumbuli kakhulu, kodwa impendulo kaLeslie iyothusa ngokubaluleka kwayo: Ewe, kutheni ungayikhumbula? Kutheni ngokwenene: ubundlobongela beziko bezesondo abuzange busebenze nje kuMaura-njengo-Mort, kodwa benza njalo ngobuqhetseba: ayizange ibhalise kuMaura-as-Mort ukuba wayexhamla kwinto yokuba wayengengomfazi .
Kwaye oku, okokugqibela, yile nto ibikhangelwe nguAli: indlela yokutyeshela uMoppa-njengotata wakhe, kulungile, yonke into. Ngokukwazi ukuthenga ukwamkelwa kwakhe ngemali, ngokumvumela ukuba angabinayo i-bat mitzvah, ngokusisiseko ukuba yiarhente engenzi nto ngendlela akhule ngayo. Kuyathakazelisa ukuba ngelixa sinokuyiqonda imbono ka-Ali, akazange abonakale engaphantsi kokugwetywa: emva kwayo yonke loo nto, unomsindo ngenxa yokuba evunyelwe ukuba enze ukhetho olubi. Ekupheleni kwesiqendu, uyangxola ngemibongo kaLeslie, kwaye simva efunda enye yemibongo kaLeslie kwilizwi elikwizibuko (akukho pun yayijolise kuyo) umdaniso kaMaura kunye nesiqendu sakhe kwisiqendu esedlule. Ngaphandle kokuphinda kuguqulwe: endaweni yokudanisa eyedwa, sibona u-Ali ongaxeli kwangaphambili echaza ukuba wayeyinxalenye yabantu abathandanayo bobabini uSyd noLeslie… nangokuchasene notata wakhe otshintshayo. (Nangona kwakhona, uMaura ubonakala ngathi uncike kubungqingili.) Ude aqhakamshelane noSyd kwibhodi ye-bowling alley lesbians, kwaye ngumzuzu wesisa, nangona kunzima ukuthatha ixabiso lobuso (kwaye ayisiyiyo kuphela ngenxa Ukuphambuka kwamehlo ka-Ali). Indawo ibonakala incinci kakhulu, kwaye umbongo kaLeslie… kakuhle… oku:
Ndihlala ndibeka isiziba sam phakathi kwemithi njengempophoma, njengomnyango oya kuThixo, njengomhlambi weentaka. Ndihlala ndibeka isithandwa sam kwi-wavest, njengeflegi endinokuzibophelela kuyo. Eli lilizwe lam. Apha xa sisodwa esidlangalaleni. Incindi yesithandwa sam yibheji, yindawo yokulala ebusuku, isigcina-ntloko, ubuso bexhama, iintyatyambo ezimbalwa, yingxangxasi, ngumlambo wegazi, yiBhayibhile, sisiphepho, ngumvumisi.
Ngokwenene lo ngumbongo obhalwe ngu-Eileen Myles, lowo uJill Soloway waseka uphawu lukaLeslie kuye, kwaye ngubani Ecacileyo umyili waqala ukuthandana ngelixa esenza uphando ngeli xesha lonyaka. Kodwa ngaba lo mbongo ufanele ukuba uchaphazele… okanye uchaphazela uAli nje? Kwaye uAli angazi ntoni kumbungu wesithandwa sakhe… okanye nabani na onjalo? Mhlawumbi ububhanxa ayingombongo ngokwawo (nangona ukhwaza ububhanxa kancinci), kodwa indlela u-Ali ngokukhawuleza abambelela ngayo kuyo; kuhlobo lomfazi wesibini olwela umlo wesibini kaLeslie (ngakumbi kwindlela enxulumana ngayo nxamnye neMoppa yakhe) ebubuxoki. Kufana nokuba ugqibe kwelokuba abe sisitabane, kunokuba abe mnye. Okumangalisayo kukuba, lelo lungelo-isigqibo sokutshintsha isini somntu, kunokuba azalwe kunye-ukuba uLeslie ugxeka kwi-Old Boy's Club yegumbi lesidlo sasemini saseBerkeley.
Ke kunzima ukuxelela ukuba ndenzeni kweso sigcawu sokugqibela ngendlela endenza ndinqwenele ukuba ndingakhange ndiyifunde loo nto imnandi Isicatshulwa sika-Ariel Levy malunga noNks. Soloway in ENew Yorker , kuba kunzima ngoku ukwahlula ubugcisa kumzobi, kunye nokwahlula ukuthanda kuka-Ali kunye noLeslie, uSyd kunye nobuni bakhe obutsha obufunyenwe ngokwesini kubudlelwane bukaNks Soloway kunye noNks. Myles. Kodwa esazi ukuba sikwisiqendu sesibini kuphela sonyaka, ndicinga ukuba kukhuselekile ukuthi i-Ali yase-Ali esandula ukufunyanwa inobuthathaka-kwaye iyadlula-njengaleyo ifunyenwe kwi-cabaret yase-Berlin ye-1930.
