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Ereshkigalangcleg · 31/10/2025 17:55

WildCats24 · 31/10/2025 16:12

It’s like Ebony magazine putting Rachel Dolezal on the cover and announcing that she’s “Black Woman of the Year”.

Exactly like that.

Arraminta · 31/10/2025 17:54

potpourree · 31/10/2025 14:34

I thought being a woman was about having special womanly feelings or spirit or soul and was nothing to do with being female?

Yet by some weird coincidence these male people seem to be emulating the female body? What an odd thing to have happened.

Yes. And they're all wearing skimpy, provocative clothing too?*

Whilst contorting their bodies into postures that try to give them an actual waist to hip ratio? It's almost like they're cos-playing at being a fetishsized woman, isn't it?

*unlike me who has spent the day in old jeans, DH's rugby shirt and heavy boots whilst sorting out the garage.

Daleksatemyshed · 31/10/2025 17:51

So once again transwomen are better than actual real women? And they wonder why real, actual women are angry

YorkshirePuddingsGreatestFan · 31/10/2025 17:48

Thatstheheatingon · 31/10/2025 16:03

I've googled Hannah Hampton off the back of this thread. Why couldn't she be on the cover?

After scoring the winning goal in the women's Euro finals in 2022, Chloe Kelly took her top off and ran around celebrating on the pitch in a Nike sports bra.

You'd think Nike would lap up the publicity of showing an athlete who has faced numerous barriers in a male dominated sport but remained dedicated to training and succeeded at competing at a high level. It was an ideal moment to encourage women and girls to get involved in football.

Instead Nike promoted their bras through a man called Dylan Mulvaney who skipped around like a six year old girl, as apparently that's how women exercise 🙄

AccidentallyWesAnderson · 31/10/2025 17:46

LarryIsMyRomanEmpire · 31/10/2025 17:44

That's all well and good, but she also developed one of those vaginas, not good enough to be celebrated silly.

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Such pesky things.

SomethingInnocuousForNow · 31/10/2025 17:45

WearyAuldWumman · 31/10/2025 17:12

Interesting word choice there.

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Thought the same, regardless of anyone's views.

LarryIsMyRomanEmpire · 31/10/2025 17:44

AccidentallyWesAnderson · 31/10/2025 17:43

Hannah Hampton was born with a squint and has no depth perception. For her to go on and defy doctors to be the goalie for the English national team is tremendous.

Still shows that all these years later, men still
call the shots (pun intended).

That's all well and good, but she also developed one of those vaginas, not good enough to be celebrated silly.

LarryIsMyRomanEmpire · 31/10/2025 17:43

I feel sorry for the poor bricks, who is supporting them?

AccidentallyWesAnderson · 31/10/2025 17:43

Hannah Hampton was born with a squint and has no depth perception. For her to go on and defy doctors to be the goalie for the English national team is tremendous.

Still shows that all these years later, men still
call the shots (pun intended).

Superhansrantowindsor · 31/10/2025 17:42

I can’t get worked up about a crap magazine like this. Obviously JK is right but being on the cover of a silly magazine like this - well they are welcome to it.

Heggettypeg · 31/10/2025 17:41

AliceMaforethought · 31/10/2025 17:17

I don't think that Glamour is run by men. Plenty of women support this as well.

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No surprises there. When a country is invaded there are usually collaborators. Plus a load more people who keep their heads down, say nothing, and hope for the occupation to end.

fortinbra · 31/10/2025 17:40

LarryIsMyRomanEmpire · 31/10/2025 17:36

Trans ideology is homophobic

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Amen to this

EasternStandard · 31/10/2025 17:40

Scout2016 · 31/10/2025 17:39

Oh not this again. Not accepting men as as some version of women is not at all the same as homophobia. It's incredibly different and it's insulting and lazy that it keeps being trotted out as some sort of gotcha.

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I agree. Can you reconsider @ByShyRavenI’m wondering if you have dc, particularly DDs.

hihelenhi · 31/10/2025 17:39

LarryIsMyRomanEmpire · 31/10/2025 17:36

Trans ideology is homophobic

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Shh, don't tell them! They might implode!

Scout2016 · 31/10/2025 17:39

ByShyRaven · 31/10/2025 16:40

YABU. Great response from Glamour. Hatred of trans people is no different to the past prevalence and social acceptance of homophobia. Shame on anyone who agrees with JK Rowling.

Oh not this again. Not accepting men as as some version of women is not at all the same as homophobia. It's incredibly different and it's insulting and lazy that it keeps being trotted out as some sort of gotcha.

hihelenhi · 31/10/2025 17:38

SomethingFun · 31/10/2025 17:33

I stopped reading shit like glamour years ago because I realised every single article and product placement was designed to make me feel like I wasn’t good enough as I was. Perhaps trans women are a better demographic to target into spending money on stuff.

Hannah Hampton is ace, what a shame they couldn’t put her on the cover seeing as though she has actually achieved something.

Well, so-called "women's" magazines were originally started by men, after all. Mainly to "help show" women how they could be more ideal supporters to men, homemakers, prettier etc. Not much has changed, imo, it's just more fashion-industry oriented now - again, all about how we can be prettier and more useful "dolls" for men. This vacuous cover seems like the logical end point of the male-centric fashion mag ethos, really.

Ilovemychocolate · 31/10/2025 17:37

ByShyRaven · 31/10/2025 16:40

YABU. Great response from Glamour. Hatred of trans people is no different to the past prevalence and social acceptance of homophobia. Shame on anyone who agrees with JK Rowling.

See I love this response.
The difference being that gay people wanted support and acceptance, not to insert themselves into women only spaces.
(I’m talking about gay men obviously)

LarryIsMyRomanEmpire · 31/10/2025 17:36

ByShyRaven · 31/10/2025 16:40

YABU. Great response from Glamour. Hatred of trans people is no different to the past prevalence and social acceptance of homophobia. Shame on anyone who agrees with JK Rowling.

Trans ideology is homophobic

RNApolymerase · 31/10/2025 17:35

If the aim of the online-only not in print anymore magazine was to get clicks they've done well, I'm sure. Nobody knew they were still going until stirring up a bit of controversy.

What irks me is that the achievements of actual women have to be so much greater to get into lists like this. What have the "dolls" achieved particularly, other than playing up to a regressive stereotype that you'd hope had been left behind by now?

SomethingFun · 31/10/2025 17:33

I stopped reading shit like glamour years ago because I realised every single article and product placement was designed to make me feel like I wasn’t good enough as I was. Perhaps trans women are a better demographic to target into spending money on stuff.

Hannah Hampton is ace, what a shame they couldn’t put her on the cover seeing as though she has actually achieved something.

hihelenhi · 31/10/2025 17:30

WearyAuldWumman · 31/10/2025 17:12

Interesting word choice there.

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Isn't it?

So much hatred and bile.

Still, throughout history, there have always been regressive misogynists and their silly "I totally love being subjugated, me" handmaidens hating on feminist women, trying to prove how 'cool' they supposedly are. Funny to see they're all still out in force. Patriarchy & its pathetic enablers never fully dies away, I see.

DialSquare · 31/10/2025 17:29

Yep, she’s right. Dick panderers gonna pander.

LizzieSiddal · 31/10/2025 17:25

An irrelevant magazine trying to get publicity.

I hope this goes as well for Glamour as this sort of thing did for Budweiser.

Gasp0deTheW0nderD0g · 31/10/2025 17:24

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Still half-term, I see.

PractisingMyTelekenipsis · 31/10/2025 17:20

She's not wrong

I was too fat to be a proper woman in the 90s
I'm too female to be one now. Hey ho.

I'm also too busy doing all the womanly drudge work to worry too much.