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[–]MarkTwainiac 25 insightful - 2 fun25 insightful - 1 fun26 insightful - 2 fun -  (4 children)

These days, these guys aren't just showing up in fictional media stories, either. I often watch financial news programs on CNBC in the mornings, and I've noticed in the past year several of the expert guests opining about various industries and financial issues are men pretending to be women.

The other day, I was watching some footage about the fraudster Elizabeth Holmes and the blood testing scam she ran at her company Theranos, and found out that the highest-ranking woman at Theranos after Holmes was actually a guy who had a long career at Apple, where he was one of the principal designers of the iPhone, who now goes by the name Ana Arriola. What's interesting is that this guy, who thinks wearing makeup and "female coded" clothing makes him a bona fide woman, suggests Holmes is a phony and ludicrous for modeling her fashion style and public image after Steve Jobs and for adopting the affection of a faked baritone voice meant to make her sound like a man:

https://youtu.be/MjWS8hQk188?t=303

[–]purrvana 19 insightful - 10 fun19 insightful - 9 fun20 insightful - 10 fun -  (2 children)

Wait...Arriola, like areola? As in nipple skin? I actually laughed out loud at that.

[–]MarkTwainiac 22 insightful - 1 fun22 insightful - 0 fun23 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Yup, that was my response too.

Also, it's interesting that after dissing Elizabeth Holmes on TV for aping Steve Jobs' sartorial style, this guy Arriola turned around and bragged to Elle magazine last year that he was the one who suggested that Holmes start wearing Jobs' trademark black turtlenecks along with black jackets and trousers in the first place. Yet at the same time, this man pretending he's a woman feels free to slag off Holmes' Jobs-mimicking style as follows:

"But it wasn't her own personal style," Arriola adds. "She copied other people... She was 120 percent fake."

Talk about the pot calling the kettle black!

https://www.elle.com/culture/movies-tv/a26946867/elizabeth-holmes-theranos-black-turtleneck-ana-arriola/

There's picture of "Ana" with his wife in the Elle article that shows he's just another heterosexual man LARPing. But of course, this straight man has gotten lots of awards for being both an "LGBT" leader as well as a pioneer trailblazer for "women in tech." He's also held many prestigious appointed positions coz of his purported expertise on "gender" and women's issues.

Yet we're supposed to believe Elizabeth Holmes is the only one here who is a fraud and "120 percent fake" LOL.

This sort of stuff makes me hope an earth-destroying asteroid comes quick.

[–]ColoredTwice 14 insightful - 1 fun14 insightful - 0 fun15 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

And as "expert" he represents women and women needs? Then nothing strange that nothing is improving for actual women, as this guy can't know whqt we may need or what we think.

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

Wow. Internet conspiracies are crazy. How common is this?