Set against the background of panic and depression that ensued during Donald Trump's first months as president and the fears of 'fake news' and social media abuse that arose from that, 'In Defence of Mansplaining' is an experimental portrait of Santa Fe, New Mexico. The fractured, matryoshka doll narrative, viewed on two competing screens, explores the people and histories of the town through a sometimes dishonest personal and confessional style, grappling with how the passions and interests of the town exist within fractalizations of the national mood and the shifting worldview caused by the dependence on digital technologies. The characters' and narrator's vignettes mimic the often two-dimensional magical realism of social media identities and despite their best attempts to be modern and progressive, their subtle reliance to outdated social norms, seep through the cracks of their personas.