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Hiya!
In this episode, I talk through a Japanese movie \\u2018\\u5f7c\\u3089\\u304c\\u672c\\u6c17\\u3067\\u7de8\\u3080\\u3068\\u304d\\u306f\\u3001\\u2019 \\uff08\\u2018When They Knit in Earnest\\u2019 or \\u2018Close-Knit\\u2019\\uff09. Young girl Tomo comes to live with her uncle for the period of time when her mother leaves her alone to chase a hopeless love affair. Tomo embarks on a journey of coming to understand and make friends with her uncle's girlfriend Rinko, a trans woman. This is a heart-warming story about a girl learning to accept and stand up for the LGBTQ+ community, but also one that investigates the social prejudice towards trans woman and gay man. However, my point of interest lies beyond its obvious topic. I was captured by how this movie approaches care, create and motherhood. The movie showcases a myriad of \\u2018failed\\u2019 mothers: some have an estranged relationship with their kids, some failed to give their kids the gender they belong to, some simply don't understand or support their kids. One of them is Tomo's mother Mimura, the run-away single parent. Mimura\\u2019s story propels me to think about 'the absent experience of motherhood' in physical and biological contexts and how that (dis)enables the idea of a good mother.
Highly recommend this movie x
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