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‘Demure and mindful’ - oh great.

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LunaNorth · 25/08/2024 10:10

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cm23zye08j4o

So this trend. I’m bridling at the ‘demure and mindful’ bullshit being promoted by someone who is performing femininity.

Demure and mindful women seldom make history. Here we go again, being sent back into our boxes by men.

Jools Lebron on Jimmy Kimmel Live

Very demure, very mindful - are we missing joke of Jools Lebron trend?

A demure TikTok has gone viral, but is it an ironic joke or does it set unrealistic standards for women?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cm23zye08j4o

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Datun · 25/08/2024 11:18

*FreedomDogs

can you answer any of the posters who have asked you about Rachel Dolezal ?

It's a way of trying to make you understand.

Ereshkigalangcleg · 25/08/2024 11:18

Datun · 25/08/2024 11:16

It is rather depressing that the huge fad of the moment is all about how women should conduct themselves, whether it's a piss take or not. And that sexiest men get to make it into content fodder, monetise it and get written up by the BBC.

This, 100%.

TheOnlyCherryOnMyTree · 25/08/2024 11:18

dollopz · 25/08/2024 11:11

It’s a harmless tongue in cheek fad, can’t see the issue.

This sums it up for me. It's a tiktok trend like the 1000s of other tiktok trends that make little sense and come and go in 5mins. It's really not as deep as the BBC article makes it out to be.

I used to be behind the whole gender critical thing and still am when it comes to certain things but shit like this on this board just comes across as pathetic and nitpicking.

LunaNorth · 25/08/2024 11:17

Great typo, though. Bet they’re not really the sexiest.

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LunaNorth · 25/08/2024 11:17

Datun · 25/08/2024 11:16

It is rather depressing that the huge fad of the moment is all about how women should conduct themselves, whether it's a piss take or not. And that sexiest men get to make it into content fodder, monetise it and get written up by the BBC.

Yes, this.

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Datun · 25/08/2024 11:16

It is rather depressing that the huge fad of the moment is all about how women should conduct themselves, whether it's a piss take or not. And that sexiest men get to make it into content fodder, monetise it and get written up by the BBC.

FreedomDogs · 25/08/2024 11:15

Helleofabore · 25/08/2024 11:07

Maybe you can answer these questions then:

What part of this person being male and mocking female oppressive stereotypes while using female stereotypes to define themselves is to be celebrated?

Is it to be celebrated because it is a person with a transgender identity rather than a male comedian? Is it to be celebrated because it is a person with a transgender identity rather than a drag artist?

As a woman who never wears make up, I can't see how this person's preference to wear make up is mocking me or has anything to do with me at all. In fact they clearly know more about make up and the culture surrounding it than I do, so I'd say they're better placed to be commenting on it and making jokes about it than I am. Am I supposed to naturally know more about make up or take its usage personally because I was born with a vagina? Are only people born with vaginas allowed to wear make up now, or make TikToks about it? How exactly am I as a woman being "mocked" here, please explain?

LunaNorth · 25/08/2024 11:14

It was yet more damaging stereotypes being promoted on the BBC that irritated me, to be honest.

I was already rolling my eyes and preparing to post before I got to the trans bit. That just added an extra rotation to the eyeballs.

(Note - ‘rolling one’s eyes’ does not translate into ‘thinking someone is a monster’).

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Datun · 25/08/2024 11:14

FreedomDogs · 25/08/2024 11:07

Because it doesn't cause any fucking harm if a trans tiktoker

a) wears make up
b) has opinions about make up
c) makes jokes about make up
d) other people find the joke funny and make memes about it

We don't need a "Warning: Trans" klaxon for that person to exist and be in the public eye for 5 minutes, FFS. Give your head a wobble. Your use of the word "harm" in this context devalues it for contexts where it's actually relevant. This is literally just desperate grasping to find a problem with a trans person existing.

So you'll be alright with Rachel Dolezal wearing black face and having opinions about black people whist promoting racial stereotypes?

quantumbutterfly · 25/08/2024 11:13

dollopz · 25/08/2024 11:11

It’s a harmless tongue in cheek fad, can’t see the issue.

Which bit? The woman face or the demureness?

Ereshkigalangcleg · 25/08/2024 11:12

LunaNorth · 25/08/2024 11:10

Yes, I’m not sure I suggested the person in question is a ‘monster’ or ‘shouldn’t exist’. I’m not ‘furious’, I’m bridling.

That means ‘feeling indignant.’

You TRAs need to calm down a bit. Be demure and mindful 😂

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dollopz · 25/08/2024 11:11

It’s a harmless tongue in cheek fad, can’t see the issue.

quantumbutterfly · 25/08/2024 11:11

LunaNorth · 25/08/2024 11:10

Yes, I’m not sure I suggested the person in question is a ‘monster’ or ‘shouldn’t exist’. I’m not ‘furious’, I’m bridling.

That means ‘feeling indignant.’

You TRAs need to calm down a bit. Be demure and mindful 😂

😁

Ereshkigalangcleg · 25/08/2024 11:10

It's not because they're "trans", it's because they're male.

LunaNorth · 25/08/2024 11:10

Yes, I’m not sure I suggested the person in question is a ‘monster’ or ‘shouldn’t exist’. I’m not ‘furious’, I’m bridling.

That means ‘feeling indignant.’

You TRAs need to calm down a bit. Be demure and mindful 😂

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PianPianPiano · 25/08/2024 11:10

FreedomDogs · 25/08/2024 11:07

Because it doesn't cause any fucking harm if a trans tiktoker

a) wears make up
b) has opinions about make up
c) makes jokes about make up
d) other people find the joke funny and make memes about it

We don't need a "Warning: Trans" klaxon for that person to exist and be in the public eye for 5 minutes, FFS. Give your head a wobble. Your use of the word "harm" in this context devalues it for contexts where it's actually relevant. This is literally just desperate grasping to find a problem with a trans person existing.

A bit like when people refer to using the wrong pronouns as "literal violence" eh?

FreedomDogs · 25/08/2024 11:07

Helleofabore · 25/08/2024 11:01

Yes. We are pointing out the harm. We have pointed it out on multiple fronts.

You have denied it. You have been abusive in describing those who discuss the harms as being driven by bigotry and hate and transphobia. Yet, you cannot articulate a reply to address the opinions that it causes harm to female people.

But others reading it will read the posts and then go and think more about it. That is, after all, how forums work.

If the discussion was to be silenced, then people wouldn’t see how others feel about it. Why do you think women should STFU about issues they see as collectively harmful and the individuals who are part of that harm?

Because it doesn't cause any fucking harm if a trans tiktoker

a) wears make up
b) has opinions about make up
c) makes jokes about make up
d) other people find the joke funny and make memes about it

We don't need a "Warning: Trans" klaxon for that person to exist and be in the public eye for 5 minutes, FFS. Give your head a wobble. Your use of the word "harm" in this context devalues it for contexts where it's actually relevant. This is literally just desperate grasping to find a problem with a trans person existing.

Helleofabore · 25/08/2024 11:07

SulkySeagull · 25/08/2024 10:57

It’s a joke. A lot of what they say is demure and mindful absolutely isn’t. It’s a piss take of the whole clean girl aesthetic trend. I think trans people are allowed to make jokes about current trends without being seen as monsters.

Maybe you can answer these questions then:

What part of this person being male and mocking female oppressive stereotypes while using female stereotypes to define themselves is to be celebrated?

Is it to be celebrated because it is a person with a transgender identity rather than a male comedian? Is it to be celebrated because it is a person with a transgender identity rather than a drag artist?

PurpleSparkledPixie · 25/08/2024 11:07

FreedomDogs · 25/08/2024 10:17

It's a joke. Are trans people not even allowed to make jokes now? Sorry but this has sailed way past any reasonable concerns and straight into "bridling" that a trans person dared to exist, which is obvious bigotry.

Please explain the joke part.

Or is this banter - which is never, ever funny (and therefore not a joke).

Datun · 25/08/2024 11:06

FreedomDogs · 25/08/2024 10:51

Then why is it so commonplace to see threads like this? Every time a trans person is on TV, in the media, there's a trans character in a show, etc, a thread pops up here, making up reasons why it's awful that this trans person did whatever normal and mundane thing they did. It's clear there's a significant number of people here who can't see a trans person do anything at all without it making them so furious they have to post about it to people they hope will validate their fury. And that validation is usually found in spades.

You've already got people on this thread talking nonsense about "harm" and "womanface" (as though wearing make up is a fundamental aspect of womanhood)

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Maybe it's because you don't realise that many people object to the actual concept of transgenderism? Because of the sexism?

It's not about individual people, as such. It's more about men. particularly, claiming to be women on the basis of upholding harmful gender stereotypes.

edited to add, and it's not trans people, as you claim. It's transwomen. Women don't tend to transition for the same reasons.

Helleofabore · 25/08/2024 11:05

SulkySeagull · 25/08/2024 10:57

It’s a joke. A lot of what they say is demure and mindful absolutely isn’t. It’s a piss take of the whole clean girl aesthetic trend. I think trans people are allowed to make jokes about current trends without being seen as monsters.

No one is calling this person a monster. That is just you using hyperbole to frame the discussion as women bullying and demonising this person. That is not the case.

Treaclewell · 25/08/2024 11:02

I don't get the use of 'mindful' by the original TikTokker. Demure I get, below the knee skirts, buttoned up blouses, her voice ever soft gentle and low an excellent thing in women, not expressing opinions, apologising, walking with small steps. But what's to be mindful, unless always aware and monitoring her demureness?
My inner Nancy Blackett is fuming at this trying to push her beck into Ruth!

RadicalisedPastThePointOfSalvation · 25/08/2024 11:01

00BonneMaman00 · 25/08/2024 10:35

Such a load of bollocks.
Honestly our "culture" is currently so ridiculous.

Yep. If you want an antidote there was also this on BBC News -https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cj35lk4x86yo

Just a stark contrast to mindless trends and TikTok algorithms. OT sorry!

Pavel Kushnir sitting in front of a piano

Pavel Kushnir: Lonely death of jailed anti-war Russian pianist

When a Russian prisoner swap hit headlines recently, a jailed musician’s fatal hunger strike went unnoticed.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cj35lk4x86yo

Helleofabore · 25/08/2024 11:01

FreedomDogs · 25/08/2024 10:51

Then why is it so commonplace to see threads like this? Every time a trans person is on TV, in the media, there's a trans character in a show, etc, a thread pops up here, making up reasons why it's awful that this trans person did whatever normal and mundane thing they did. It's clear there's a significant number of people here who can't see a trans person do anything at all without it making them so furious they have to post about it to people they hope will validate their fury. And that validation is usually found in spades.

You've already got people on this thread talking nonsense about "harm" and "womanface" (as though wearing make up is a fundamental aspect of womanhood)

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Yes. We are pointing out the harm. We have pointed it out on multiple fronts.

You have denied it. You have been abusive in describing those who discuss the harms as being driven by bigotry and hate and transphobia. Yet, you cannot articulate a reply to address the opinions that it causes harm to female people.

But others reading it will read the posts and then go and think more about it. That is, after all, how forums work.

If the discussion was to be silenced, then people wouldn’t see how others feel about it. Why do you think women should STFU about issues they see as collectively harmful and the individuals who are part of that harm?

LunaNorth · 25/08/2024 10:58

SulkySeagull · 25/08/2024 10:57

It’s a joke. A lot of what they say is demure and mindful absolutely isn’t. It’s a piss take of the whole clean girl aesthetic trend. I think trans people are allowed to make jokes about current trends without being seen as monsters.

I see this point. I don’t particularly like it, but I see it.

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