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A Normal Lost Phone

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January 26, 2017
Wokeometer Rating
9Woke
Audience Woke Score
10/10
Woke
1 Rating
Scale: 0 = not woke, 10 = maximally woke

TL;DR Verdict

A Normal Lost Phone earns a 9/10 woke score because its entire story forces players to uncover Samira's transgender identity, secret dating profiles, and family rejection of her queerness as the central plot. The game exists to deliver progressive lectures on gender ideology and societal bigotry rather than deliver neutral entertainment.

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Detailed Analysis

The game's entire premise and narrative structure revolve around the player uncovering that Sam, initially presented as a straight male teen, is actually Samira, a bisexual transgender woman struggling with identity, family bigotry, and coming out.

Key plot points include dual Lovbirds dating profiles (one male, one female), a secret trans support forum, breaking up with girlfriend Melissa due to fear of exposure, hostility from acquaintance Lola, and family history of rejecting gay relatives, culminating in Samira leaving home to live openly as a woman. This identity exploration and the surrounding homophobia/transphobia form the foundational emotional driver, with the phone's contents (messages, emails, diary) systematically revealing and educating on these themes, turning the interactive experience into a vehicle for progressive messaging rather than neutral entertainment. Developer consultation with LGBT organizations and stated intent to promote tolerance and empathy for queer experiences further embed the ideology at the core, framing conservative family attitudes and societal rejection as the central conflicts that must be overcome. The dual dating profiles and trans forum are explicitly tied to gender identity exploration, making these elements not incidental but the deliberate focus that drives every discovery and emotional payoff, which prioritizes ideological instruction over organic storytelling.

Key Factors

  • Central transgender protagonist and coming-out narrative as the core premise
  • Dual dating profiles and trans forum explicitly tied to gender identity exploration
  • Developer consultation with LGBT organizations and stated intent to promote tolerance and empathy for queer experiences
  • Critiques of conservative family bigotry and societal rejection framed as central conflicts

Methodology: Each score synthesizes audience discourse, critic and aggregator reception, and press coverage — weighed against the work itself, not any single source.

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Identity Politics & Racial Essentialism
Gender Ideology & LGBTQ+ Themes
DEI Casting & Representation Mandates
Preachiness & Message-First Agenda
Corporate & Creator Activism

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Is A Normal Lost Phone Woke?

We've run a full content analysis on A Normal Lost Phone and scored it 9/10 on the woke scale. Read our detailed breakdown above to see exactly what we found.

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What kind of woke content is in A Normal Lost Phone?

Our analysis checks for themes like identity politics, race-swapping, gender ideology, environmental activism, anti-religious messaging, and other progressive agenda elements. The score breakdown above shows which specific categories were flagged and how heavily they factor into A Normal Lost Phone's overall score.

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