Netflix promotes new series about aspiring trans coal miner fighting the 'patriarchy'

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. 

Netflix has launched a bid to buy Warner Bros., a company that owns Looney Toons, Sesame Street, and other family programming. But Netflix has come under fire for producing content, such as Stranger Things, that appears to celebrate child rape, or Cuties, which is basically a film for pedophiles and sexualizes children.

Libs of TikTok suggested people cancel their Netflix subscriptions.

Jack Posobiec said Netflix was "literally coal posting," the act of sharing content with no effort or quality, just worthless garbage.

Oli London pointed out the absurdity of a man fighting the patriarchy so he could work in a mine that doesn't allow women. There's not much patriarchy to fight when you're just a man trying to be around men to do a hard labor job.

"She knew that if she presented herself as a trans woman, they’d send her home," El Pais wrote. "So she went with her hair tied back. And when they asked for her name, she answered firmly: 'Carlos Enrique.'" Of course, that wasn't much of a stretch since "she" was really a "he" and his name was Carlos, not Carla.

Once Enrique was down in the mine, he was made fun of for being gay. Enrique got them to stop making fun of him by saying he would blackmail them for having spent time with trans people in town. "You all talk a lot," Enrique said, quoting himself to El Pais. "But if I start talking, your families fall apart. This town is small and promiscuous. Around here, everything gets found out."

Enrique said that his being in the mine changed the views of others toward patriarchy, even though he's just another fellow working in the mine like all the others. "Generational changes helped. Today, most of the workers are young. They’re not so deeply rooted in patriarchal thinking," he said.

When Enrique underwent surgery to get fake breasts, his employment was terminated because women aren't allowed to work in the mine. Enrique was transferred to office work, but the women in the office wouldn't let him use the women's bathroom.

Enrique fought to get the company to let women work in the mine so he could have his job back after the government, too, classified him as a woman following his breast augmentation. That he was allowed back in the mine, despite the boob job, was somehow considered to be a triumph.