The Grey Area: Perspective of a Masculine Female
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- Опубликовано: 4 янв 2024
- A documentary exploring the damaging consequences masculine women face for rejecting society’s expectations.
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Directed by
Keagan Anfuso: keagananfuso.com
Drew Lewis Brown: drewlewisbrown.com
Learn more at thegreyarea.film
SYNOPSIS
THE GREY AREA is the story of Keagan Anfuso, a young adult female who is more masculine than feminine. Since birth, her life has been heavily affected by antiquated definitions and stereotypes of gender in oppressive, strange, comical, and terrifying ways. Throughout the film, Anfuso shares her fears and insecurities caused by bullying and gender stereotyping, as well as her unique and surprisingly simple perspective on her place in today’s culture. Featuring re-enactments of Anfuso's experiences and interviews with other masculine women, THE GREY AREA helps viewers understand gender expression and how to support children, teens and adults to be themselves.
AWARDS
Best Documentary Short | OUT at the Movies International Film Fest
Best Short Documentary | Jacksonville Film Festival
Best Documentary Short | Through Women's Eyes International Film Festival
Semi-Finalist - Documentary Short | San Francisco Indie Short Festival
PRESS
School Library Journal | 18 Films for Young Viewers About Pollution, Native American History, and More: tinyurl.com/5n7xvj4d
Folio 2.0 / EU Jacksonville | The Grey Area: tinyurl.com/yv74hh25
Seed & Spark | Spotlight on: Drew Brown, Keagan Anfuso & 'The Grey Area': tinyurl.com/2f6ycsh9
I’m NOT Every Woman | Keagan Anfuso: tinyurl.com/bdfu3cpx
The Raindrop Corner Podcast | Keagan Anfuso: tinyurl.com/32nbzkkd 
Кино
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As a masculine teen girl, this really makes me feel seen. It’s good to know that there are other people in the world like me.
same
As an adult this hit home because once upon a time I felt the same exact way you’re feeling right now.
as another masc teen i feel you
The stonewall era woman regretting that her generation’s struggles did not save future generations from discrimination and pain had me in tears. Powerful film. I love masculine women.
That woman was me. So thank you.
And despite many reassurances that what happened to us made a difference for the generations that followed us; it didn't. Seeing Keagan and the other women expressing the pain they suffered DECADES after I did hurt my soul. We need to do better as humans. I am not that different, as Keagan so aptly stated: haircut and clothes.
I remember that exact middle school experience walking into 6th grade. Everyone got an instruction manual over the summer and no one sent it to me.
My ex partner was a masculine woman and you would have thought I committed a crime. I could only imagine how it felt for her. I truly hate society.
My mom keeps telling me, you could be pretty. If you tried.
I don't have to try. Women all look different. Some are prettier than others. Doesn't matter. I'll be pretty enough for someone. Without makeup and dresses.
Wow. This really landed. I’m a nonbinary lesbian, 9 years on t, off t for 5 months now. I’m in a moment of reclamation and this was very good to see rn
I'm a gay man, but this was in my recommended for whatever reason. I decided to give it a watch to expand my horizons. I'm glad that I did! Amazing work on this very rarely-discussed topic. I have a masculine aunt who I'm sure would completely agree with the views you expressed here. I will share this with her!
At 68 I have struggled with my identity all my life. I am glad that the younger generation is more comfortable with being themselves. This was a great documentary that I wish everyone would watch!
I'm so excited this film is now accessible to everyone. Been waiting on this for a while now. It's amazing and I hope this helps some women find comfort in the fact they are not alone in their struggle to fight conformity. #iamagreyarea
Thank you so much for making the film, I feel people don't talk enough about being a masculine woman in public. I loved the part when you discussed how at the end of the day its just clothes and a haircut, yet people treat you completely different because of it. I feel really seen, amazing film!
You were able to verbalize what a lot of us can’t put into words. I also love the way it was sequenced. Honestly congratulations on an incredible film, to many more hopefully.
Beautiful! This is me and so many other masculine women being bullied and physically harassed for not conforming to the patriarchal binary! We need more representation like this movie. Thank you for showing who we are 🔥✊🏻💜
I’ve heard so many similar things from people around me growing up. Pretty frustrating, but very validating to hear from these women
It's beautiful how the five women could share their perspectives so openly in a safe circle and hopefully they feel less alone because of it. And the part about the grandmother having the lightbulb moment with the photos almost made me tear up a bit. Also liked when there was the rapid fire common sayings that masculine women hear. Everything about this was just very well crafted with a lot of heart and emotion into it!
So happy to finally see this. I appreciate the higher visibility of nonbinary and transmasculine identities but there is a specific kinship I feel with the few other masculine women I know. Also Keagan you have got to drop the affiliate links for your wardrobe please, hook us up, we need to know.
Thats shocking that woman called the mother to pick up the daughter cause she was dressed "inappropriately " . Here wouldn't have happened if not in medieval times lol
i feel very fortunate to have encountered this video at this time in my life, i feel like i’m censoring myself constantly to fit in and this felt almost like a relief to watch, to see someone else like me out there. thankyou so much
Awesome film. So thankful there are still women like this in the world. Masculine women rock!
What an amazingly well done piece. Thank you, all 5 participants, for sharing your stories. Keagan, you were spot on about the development of empathy...I don't think I've ever heard a better explanation of what being empathetic means and feels like. Bravo!
I felt this film so deeply thank you for making it and bringing these perspectives together and telling these stories! I'm grateful I had cosplay to help facilitate the exploration of different gender expressions that led me to relax what felt like feminine requirements and restrictions in how I present regularly. Hoping for the day when we can all be safe and seen everywhere one day, but it is good to hear your voices while we work to get there!
I’ve thanked you for this on another platform before, but I need to do it here too. You’ve made a beautiful and personal project that hits so close to home for so many other people, and you’ve done it so well. The recreations are particularly visceral.
I can’t tell you what it means to me to see representation like this, I find that this shared experience is something rare even for other gay women. I was treated terribly for my masculinity, I felt different and strange for as long as I can remember, but I never relented, not once. I somehow knew it would be more painful to pretend to be someone I wasn’t, than to keep going to school every day where it was hell. I just hope other girls can see me and know there’s a way through. I wish I had had something like your film when I was younger. Thank you again Keagan.
I love this video so much 💕 Everyone needs to watch this 🫶🏼
Thank you for this.
I thought I recognized some of the sights in those camera shots! It’s my home city Jacksonville. I’m so glad I stumbled upon this video on my recommended page. Initially watching this I felt a bit disconnected from the story, thinking “I don’t really see this kind of stuff near me”, but to see that put into perspective, wow. I love hearing stories about the queer experience!
I feel so seen in this film. Thank you ❤
I really enjoyed listening to the different perspectives and experiences of each women. I think its honestly unfair to treat someone differently based on an asinine worldview, especially something as little as social presentation.
Side note: I know its not the topic of the video, nor am I trying to detract from this video. Thought I believe related to the topic, I'd definitely want to see a film/documentary on the topic of feminine men and what they have to go through as well, what challenges there are from femme men of different class, sexualities (Bi,Pan,Ace and Straight,etc.) Cisgender, Transgender, races, religions,etc.
Maybe an interaction/discussion between masculine women and feminine men about the similarities and differences that they each face.
I ended up finding the link to this video in a subreddit called r/GNCStraight
Love this film so much!
👀 whoa finally more are speaking out, this was really good. Thanks for this, I tried speaking out about it before and got internet hate mobbed for it.
I love masculine women and I also love transmen.
thank you for creating this
Thank you for sharing your story so honestly and courageously. Perspectives like yours are very important in this day and age. 🌺
what an important video ❤
Very touching documentary, thank you. I recommend the film Tomboy by Celine Sciamma
I am so overally attracted to masc female. Hearing this gives me their perspective
Great film, thank you. I am grateful to be in the grey area too. I'd love to see more films like this. 👏☮️❤️💯👍
justice for the tomboys!! more girls need to see this before they maim themselves like so many others in the name of conforming to the new status quo. There's nothing that will take your womanhood away from you, no matter what our mothers say to us.
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Amazing! And BTW, all three masculine wom*n in this video and gorgeous. Keep up the amazing work because it's making a positive impact.
Lovely video. Everybody deserves do exist as they are. I'm a trans man and in many ways your experience has been more painful than mine, in other ways not so much. That's how it is living under patriarchy I guess. Best wishes (:
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what a great story! but it shocks me how the gender role expectations work in the US. im Swiss, and never you would have any kind of these problems.
You are gorgeous. I am a woman attracted to masculine women and I just came out recently. My adult child is non-binary. This doc is beautiful, inspiring, and heart wrenching. Thank you for sharing this.
I really enjoyed this video for its inclusion of masculine women, who are poorly represented and mistreated as you clearly show.
But surely your inclusion of Kourtnee Devoe undermines your message of celebrating gender non-conformity in females? For one Kourtnee is not a female, so it’s quite misleading to not state that outright given the title of the video. I assumed Kourntee was a woman with androgen insensitivity syndrome at first. but Kourtnee is a gender non-conforming male, and same sex attracted. Presumably due to the pressures of homophobia and family shame of being a gender non-conforming male Kourtnee had likely internalised, Kourtnee declared femaleness. This is gender CONFORMITY of the highest kind and a poor example of what this documentary seems to preach.
This documentary seems one step away from the realisation that identifying as transgender in this deeply homophobic and gendered world is just a way for gender non-conforming people to hide from prejudice and mistreatment. I don’t think we should demonise people who make this choice but it is nonetheless perpetuating a culture of acceptable ‘male’ and ‘female’ behaviour based on stereotypes.
Very good documentary, but I keep seeing these little things that set me off a little bit as a masc female on T. A lot of us who are on T long enough tend to have just as much or more experiences in common with trans women than cis women regardless of gender presentation-- still identifying as female, even when your peers (including LGBT peers) see you as a man. The bit about 'LGB' teen suicide stats made me a little uneasy in particular. I'm glad there was a trans woman in that group meeting talking about female masculinity.
To clarify after watching the whole thing it seems pretty trans affirming! Glad to see it
Loved this but I can't believe you totally avoided talking about how for many people, identifying as non-binary or gender non comforming, or gender expansive is liberation too.
As a nonbinary person, I get why she didn't. It's just not the experience this film is about, it's specifically about masculine women. You wouldn't expect including gay men in a movie about lesbian relationships
@@torgue8738good lord thank you
So a tomboy then.