#Clean Slate

[guardian-angle22]

CLEAN SLATE | S1E1: Desiree. And Whatnot.

[sumju]

First

Second one!

Clean Slate by @nottheweirdest ✨

18+ read it HERE

NEXT

[i-guess-im-into-this-now]

Clean Slate - Official Trailer | Prime Video

A black trans woman in the lead role of a charming comedy about being trans? And it's not centered around transphobia?? From America??? In this cursed year of 2025???? And it looks good?????

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh! I'm so definitely going to watch this!

[lamardeuse]

I'm so in love with Clean Slate and the way that it portrays a specifically Black trans experience in an honest, unflinching and beautiful way. Desiree is a triumph for Laverne Cox, and the whole show is such a celebration of Black Southern culture and Black trans joy, I'm in awe. If it doesn't get a second season I'm gonna fucking riot.

[sunflowermp4]

real chemistry is back on our tv screens baby!!!

[selfhealingmoments]

[ice-creamforbreakfast]

Talking to anyone who'll listen about Clean Slate and how much I loved it.

[afreauxheaux]

Maybe if Amazon didn’t pay 40 million dollars to Melania Trump for a documentary nobody asked for and god knows how much licensing The Apprentice to put money in President Orange’s pockets they wouldn’t have to cancel The Wheel of Time and they might actually be able to promote all the low budget comedies they’ve been canceling

[heelturndeux]

REMEMBER AT YOUR PERIL. FORGET THE ONES YOU CAN

The Mountain Goats 'Clean Slate' / August Rodin 'Orpheus and Eurydice'

[guardian-angle22]

CLEAN SLATE ↳ S1E2 Spark Joy

[pityroadart]

remember at your peril / forget the ones you can

Posca marker on image cut from a vintage National Geographic magazine, lyrics from Clean Slate by The Mountain Goats

[nottheweirdest]

I just finished your Clean Slate fic and … HOLY SHIT!! The emotional roller coaster that this story put me through was amazing. I literally could not put my phone down, your writing and overall story is absolutely peak. I can not wait for the squeal!!

It really is a huge emotional rollercoaster lol but I'm really glad you enjoyed it!!! Knowing that it kept you engaged and reading makes me so happy, thank you!!!

I'm excited to share the sequel. I've only shared what happens with one persona and even just sharing it out loud made me like lol shake I was so excited 😂

[lamardeuse]

Can we also talk about the romance in Clean Slate? Because besides the ridiculous amounts of chemistry between Desiree (Laverne Cox) and Mack (Jay Wilkison) and the really fun and flirty progress of their relationship through the season, there's also some interesting commentary here about Southern racial dynamics and trans women's experience with cis men.

Mack is introduced to Desiree as one of her father's employees with an intriguing past, and that spark between them is in evidence right from the beginning. Like the rest of the characters in this show, there's a depth and vulnerability to Mack, a desire to reconnect with his daughter and be a devoted and present parent. He both mirrors and provides a sounding board to Desiree's own dad, who gradually learns how to be the father his daughter always wanted.

Desiree tries her best to resist, but he's persistent and clearly down bad.

Later on in the season, Desiree and Mack are working the car wash alone, and their curiosity about one another leads them into a game of truth or dare. It's interesting that she asks him if he's ever dated a trans woman, because she's clearly feeling out whether he's one of those cis men who fetishize them.

This exchange later on in this episode is fascinating to me, because it's so unusual - and powerful - to see a Black trans woman character telling a cis white man that he is not good enough for her. Yes, on an individual level she feels shitty about it afterward (as she should) and apologizes, but this feels like a significant moment. Explicitly stating that she doesn't owe him her time, attention and body simply because he's a cis white dude who's attracted to her shouldn't be groundbreaking, but it is.

But in the end, Desiree is not immune to Mack's - uh, finer qualities.

And finally, a line I utterly love is in the last scene of the season when Mack says "I want to dance with you in a crowded room" because that choice of phrasing sounds very deliberate. Many trans women have far too much experience with being the dirty little secret, the woman that you keep on the down low. However, Mack clearly worships the ground Desiree walks on, and it's beautiful to see.

[sunflowermp4]

Listen, I know you're tired. I can't even imagine what you've been going through the last 23 years. But you're home now, and you don't have to fight anymore.

[theboywiththepurplesocks]

I really hope people are archiving the episodes of Clean Slate and are able to keep them safe for the future.

[friday-tea]

Wow, we've made huge strides toward our goal this week! We're now over 70% to our total goal, and the next mini-goal on our debt knockdown is at $45k!