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[–]thrownawaycan 9 insightful - 1 fun9 insightful - 0 fun10 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

Gaming spaces have the same sort of issue. They're dominated by a very particular look, pastel pink/white headsets with cat ear attachments, and rigs to match. Carefully curated spaces that try very hard to be soft and cute. They're all perpetually "poor" while being able to shell out an extra $100 to get the matching pink version of something. Very "I game in my sexy lingerie all the time, it's normal!" types. Or they dress very uwu cute.

Anyone who doesn't like this aesthetic is "not like other girls" and just has internalized misogyny. Or is probably a trans man.

[–]justasking918273 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

It's interesting that you mention this as this is the exact aesthetic of r/girlgamers and this is yet another subreddit overrun by transwomen and the "uwu crowd" (I hope you know what I mean), so I always assumed this was just their particular style and not a general thing for female gamers. I might be wrong, though.

[–]thrownawaycan 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

It seems the two blend into each other quite a bit. I don't know any women who are like that, yet the sub is filled with it beyond even what you would expect by trans women being over represented.

It's very alternative-but-still-hyper-feminine, as a subculture I guess I would say.

[–]justasking918273 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I've also seen lots of anime stuff there, so the overly cute cosplay girl type is probably also a part in this. Really a weird subcultural thing as you said, I guess.