Director Lilly Wachowski accepts award for Outstanding Drama Series onstage during the 27th Annual GLAAD Media Awards at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on April 2, 2016 (Photo by Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images)
A common term among the far-right online, ‘redpilling’ referring to a rapid shift in political beliefs — named after the scene in The Matrix where Neo is asked to choose between remaining ignorant and seeing “how deep the rabbit-hole goes. ”
However, the out-and-proud transgender woman who wrote that scene has apparently had enough of it being co-opted, tweeting at Musk and Trump: “F**k both of you. ”
After the burn attracted more than 150, 000 likes, she followed up with a call for supporters to donate to a Chicago centre for trans people of colour, the Brave Space Alliance, adding: “Support @BSAllianceChi if you can. ”