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model pretends to be trans

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Bezalelle · 31/07/2019 14:54

Did anyone see this?

Goes to show how far people will go to deflect accusations of transphobia:

"After being dropped by her agency for transphobic comments, model Carissa Pinkston — who has appeared in Savage x FENTY ads — pretended she was a trans woman herself so as to avoid being called out for her transphobia.

The model wrote in multiple since-deleted Facebook posts from May, under the name Rissa Danielle, that trans women were not women. Social media users who were able to find the receipts and have been witness to Pinkston's transphobia have also said that on Instagram Live videos, she went as far as likening trans women to pedophiles. And on Monday, after being called out and getting fired, she took to Instagram Live, crying and seen to be saying something, but without audio as the video was muted. After the Live, she also posted a “coming out" note, trying to repair the damage by claiming that she was trans herself."

www.papermag.com/carissa-pinkston-trans-lie-2639425349.html

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Doyoumind · 01/08/2019 11:15

Starting facts loses you your job. Not the first time and not the last time it will happen.

I think there's a chance for her that it will blow over, at least.

Yeahnahyeah · 01/08/2019 10:56

Fuck this all. Fuck it.

Yeahnahyeah · 01/08/2019 10:55

it's a case of needing to shout loudly about how woke they actually are so no one has time to doubt them

Yes

emerencemaybehopeful · 01/08/2019 09:29

These are the comments that apparently are so heinous that she lost her job and has been hounded on social media, and has probably lost all her friends.

Cosmopolitan magazine says this:

'Obviously, this is hurtful, untrue, and unnecessary on so many levels'

I can't decide if the adults behind articles like this actually believe what they are saying, or if it's a case of needing to shout loudly about how woke they actually are so no one has time to doubt them.

She's 20. I hope she has people around her. Women to support and nurture her.

Yay for a climate that tears down a young black woman for not recognising her place in the pecking order?

model pretends to be trans
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thirdfiddle · 01/08/2019 09:08

According to TRA logic, biological sex is a social construct.

Wishihad · 01/08/2019 08:41

But she can be biologically female. But identify as a man who identifies as a woman. If that's how she identifies, no one is allowed to question it. That's the usual train if though fron TRAs.

Wether the facts that dont match that. It doesnt matter. Why does it matter of she didnt actually transition as a child?

It doesnt matter if you insist you are an adult human female, despite having a cock. That's factually wrong too, but TRAs insist you shouldnt say that.

joyfullittlehippo · 01/08/2019 08:37

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thirdfiddle · 01/08/2019 08:33

Stealth, do you identify as having blue hair? You could hang on to the medal yet.

PancakeAndKeith · 01/08/2019 08:32

Ah no because if you are a woman who identifies as a woman doesn’t that make you queer, and therefore special?

StealthPolarBear · 01/08/2019 08:08

Actually I changed my mind. I decided I'm a woman who identifies as a woman today. Aka the lowest of the low.

PancakeAndKeith · 01/08/2019 07:09

Oh Stealth you are so brave and fabulous. Have a badge and medal 🏅

Sorry, slightly later than 7

NiteWotcha · 01/08/2019 07:07

FYI very quickly as I don't want this thread to be all about the spam, it is very useful if you could flag the Night Watch about incidents like this. Individual reports don't get to us (we are, however, alerted to mass reporting of one post, for example)

start a new thread on the NW board and we will pick it up.

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/the_night_watch

Yeahnahyeah · 01/08/2019 06:48

@MichealMumsnet thanks, but some of this was up for hours after being reported. Will you be putting anything in place to avoid a repeat?

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MichaelMumsnet · 01/08/2019 06:34

Morning. Huge thanks to the Night Watch.
The spammer has been banned and the spam deleted now.

Agrona · 01/08/2019 06:34

Not to worry, NiteWotcha. I accidentally reported one of my own comments.

Not surprising it took so long to zap the Brain spam. They were everywhere.

NiteWotcha · 01/08/2019 06:26

yeah the Night Watch are often in different time zones Smile

NiteWotcha · 01/08/2019 06:25

@Agrona

Shit, sorry!!! I just hid one of your messages by mistake - I went to zap the Brain spam bot and the screen moved Blush

I will get HQ to reinstate ASAP.

sorry for that, and for the late response - I have been trying to get all of the spam and its taken a long while

Yeahnahyeah · 01/08/2019 06:24

Maybe Mumsnet should hire some moderators from different time zones?

@mumsnet I'm up for the job Smile

Agrona · 01/08/2019 06:15

I’ve reported it as well and many others. Some have been hidden, some have not. Maybe Mumsnet should hire some moderators from different time zones?

(Kidding, maybe.)

Yeahnahyeah · 01/08/2019 05:52

Well why is this one not hidden, I've reported it several times. It's damn poor IMHO. Angry

Agrona · 01/08/2019 05:49

Many have been reported by various people. There are mods but they mainly hide posts until the day shift commences, or so I’ve been told.

Yeahnahyeah · 01/08/2019 04:58

Yeah so I discovered agrona
Does mumsnet not have mods overnight?

Agrona · 01/08/2019 04:56

Brain066 has spammed many threads tonight.

TwistyTop · 01/08/2019 04:40

Anyone can say that they are trans. All she has to do is say that she's a man and that's that - she's trans.

Yeahnahyeah · 01/08/2019 04:28

Brain066 ffs, are you a troll? I've reported that link.