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[–] CreateProblems@corndog.social 79 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (3 children)

Not in any way defending terfs, however: lightening your hair is NOT cheap and just because your roots are showing (natural color is growing out) doesn't mean you had a cheap service done. It just means it's time for another one.

Regardless, we shouldn't be attacking people for their physical appearance, even if they're terrible people. Being pretty is not the rent women pay to exist in the world, and failing to live up to your standards of beauty is not a moral failing. That includes hair and makeup and body modification (Botox, piercings, tattoos) choices.

Edit: also Botox ≠ lip filler. (Sorry I can't help myself lol)

[–] Sombyr@lemmy.zip 24 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The meme is satirical. It's making fun of TERFs who think they can always tell a trans woman from a cis woman from appearance alone because they think they all look a certain way. Hence the "We can always tell" at the end, which is a line commonly spoken by transphobes.
The joke being that this is a ridiculously over the top example of somebody "identifying" a TERF by appearance alone, even though that's not actually possible, just like it's not possible for trans people either. A TERF cannot refute this meme without pointing out the flaw in their own logic, and that's funny.

[–] CreateProblems@corndog.social 4 points 2 years ago

Thanks for elaborating! I guess I'm too detached from the TERF content this is imitating to have caught the joke.

[–] sukhmel@programming.dev 3 points 2 years ago

Yeah, accusations here quickly become nonsensical to indicate that's ironic, but I would agree that they could've done a better job at not using the appearance for that at all

[–] littletranspunk@lemmus.org 51 points 2 years ago (1 children)

TERFS: We CaN aLwAyS tEll

Me: You literally thought Michelle Obama was a man

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 22 points 2 years ago (2 children)

And their own queen JK Rowling too 😂

[–] ZILtoid1991@kbin.social 6 points 2 years ago

I have seen them claiming the same about Chaya Raichik/LoTT.

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[–] flooppoolf@lemmy.world 26 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I can’t imagine giving a fuck about any of that. Poor souls

[–] VampyreOfNazareth@lemm.ee 12 points 2 years ago

It's mind boggling how much time some people have.

[–] euphoric_cat@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

about what? this meme is a play on transvestigation

[–] UNWILLING_PARTICIPANT@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Oh I didn't get that at all. I was wondering why terfs thought trans people are racist now??

[–] euphoric_cat@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

honestly I wouldn't even be surprised if they thought that, they're as dumb as rocks anyway

[–] NoIWontPickaName@kbin.social 16 points 2 years ago (1 children)

So who is the chick in the picture?

[–] euphoric_cat@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 2 years ago (2 children)

not sure actually

[–] NoIWontPickaName@kbin.social 44 points 2 years ago (2 children)

So you just posted a picture of some random chick who may have nothing to do with this, that tears into her physical appearance, and labels her as a terf, without knowing who it is?

Shit why not just use Rowling?

[–] euphoric_cat@lemmy.blahaj.zone 23 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I stole the meme off someone else, they probably know who it is, chill out.

[–] riwo@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 2 years ago

i dont think u did anythijg wrong here. i dont know who this is but i would repost it assuming its a terf

[–] Wilzax@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Not everything is OC and most of the physical descriptions don't even apply to this woman, even if she is a TERF.

[–] GeneralVincent@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

I found it! I'm 99% sure it's a woman who went by @queen_awake_ (I think she deleted her Instagram and her tiktok is now private) but here's an article about her: https://www.dailydot.com/unclick/transphobic-white-woman-zendaya/

Thanks to Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world, who posted an interesting YouTube video by Jammidoger in this thread. In that video he happens to mentions this woman and shows a picture. So I dug deeper and found that article.

She's a transphobic conspiracy theorist and "teaches" people so-called "gender markers" to tell if someone is trans and believes all Hollywood celebs are trans and worship Baphomet, the trans idol apparently. Real wild shit, but yeah she's a bigot so we can make fun of her for her shitty beliefs.

Edit: she's part of "transvestigators" who believe those kinds of conspiracy things. The "we can always tell" crowd, so the meme is relevant to her.

[–] euphoric_cat@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 2 years ago

jesus christ, this part really got me: "believes all Hollywood celebs are trans and worship Baphomet"

[–] JusticeForPorygon@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Smooth philtrum

Flat mid face

Low nasal bridge

Small eye opening

[–] FleetingTit@feddit.de 11 points 2 years ago (1 children)

For anyone clueless about what this means:

Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder

[–] JusticeForPorygon@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

Thanks, I feared I was being too vague

[–] miss_brainfarts@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I always enjoy thinking about the fact that botulinum toxins in their undiluted form are one of the strongest toxins in existence

[–] livus@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Do people really botox their lips? I always thought that was foreheads.

[–] CreateProblems@corndog.social 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

No you're right, it would be "lip fillers," not Botox.

But OP was too focused on attacking the appearance of a woman, without considering subject matter accuracy or whether it was fair to do so. 🙄

[–] Sombyr@lemmy.zip 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

That's kind of the point of the meme. They're "identifying" a TERF by appearance alone the same way TERFs "identify" trans people by appearance alone. Neither is actually possible to do, and the only way a TERF can refute the meme is to point out their logic in believing you can judge people by appearance is flawed. The joke isn't in the appearance bashing, the joke is in the that appearance bashing is clearly invalid and the more people who point that out, the easier it is to defend trans people when the same thing happens to them.
I can't guarantee that was OPs intent in posting the meme, but it was certainly the original point of the meme.

Edit: Just realized I replied to the same person twice with the same thing. Probably didn't need to do that. Sorry.

[–] miss_brainfarts@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 2 years ago

I don't think there's a limit to what people do with botox

[–] dojan@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I cackled. It’s too accurate.

[–] Pantherina@feddit.de 7 points 2 years ago

I love that "background highlights lack of personality"

[–] Smorty@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 2 years ago

Why are people obsessed with those eyebrows? Really don't get it.