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If I had to compare The Dead Letter Office of Somewhere, Ohio to any piece of television, I would compare it to I Saw The TV Glow and here’s why: I really love to see trans representation in characters but what I love even MORE is when there is a piece of media specifically made for trans people about trans people/the trans experience and the dead letter office is a beautiful series that does this in a similar way ISTTG does. Now, I’m not great at intellectually explaining my favorite pieces of media that are just a bit over my head sometimes but I’m going to try my best and tell you they both take the trans experience and turn it into this weird, disorienting journey the main characters go on full of engaging metaphors turned into more physical and visual experiences in order to convey it to people on the outside if that makes sense? And it makes for these two things that I adore because I just find all of the different things that are happening so stimulating and interesting, it really makes you think about what it means to live in our world. I love to just sit and think about the writing and symbols sometimes, like I’m doing an exercise in English class. Like I mentioned, its a bit over my head and hard to explain for me, and it just makes me want to learn more in order to fully understand it. I just think its incredible. This has gone on for really long and has turned into less of a recommendation and more me rambling about my love for these… and I’m not even done yet sorry lmao

another huge part of it is dissecting capitalism in the US, what it mean to be a worker in America, etc. Capitalism and industry is a literally corrupting force in this series and a huge part of the main character’s story. It asks why its like this, do we have to live like this, isn’t there more to life that we’ve forgotten? Specifically, it focuses on the Midwest. I suppose that is something that makes me a bit biased, as I feel more connected to it and like I can relate more as a gender non-conforming person growing up in the Midwest.

the stories and writing as a whole I love as well- they’re unique and funny, they grab my attention, I love them. Listening to the podcast creates such rich and colorful scenes in my head in a way I’m not sure how to explain. I feel like I learned something from every story, honestly.

back to just me gushing about how wonderful i think it is- I have a document with quotes I adore from it and its theres so much gorgeous figurative language that makes me feel so alive I guess. The podcast also has great music, which I talked about here

im sure theres more but thats all I’m able to articulate rn I guess every time I make a post like this I always end up like “AAARH how am I supposed to put my love and admiration for everything about this absolute masterpiece into words I can’t even put my own thoughts and feelings into words dawg”

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