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[–]MarkTwainiac 14 insightful - 1 fun14 insightful - 0 fun15 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

It wasn't your comment I was taking issue with. Not at all. I was responding to the other poster who asked if Page really was "gender non-conforming" (whatever that's supposed to mean). She always came off to me like many other girls or women, not particularly fussed with appearance and not concerned with constantly thinking in terms of "feminine" and "masculine."

Edit: sistersovermisters, see my post below. I just did an image search of Page. I think you'd find it worthwhile do the same. Neither in the past or now has Page ever been in the habit of "presenting" in a way that is at all extraordinary for women in North America outside of a few relatively rare fundamentalist religious communities (Hasidic Jews, the Amish, some strict Mormons). In Saudi Arabia, Iran or Pakistan, yes Page might stand out as different in appearance on the streets/in public - but in the vast majority of NA, as well as in Europe and Australia and New Zealand, no.

[–]just_lesbian_things 10 insightful - 1 fun10 insightful - 0 fun11 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

who asked if Page really was "gender non-conforming" (whatever that's supposed to mean)

It means I don't see how she is notably gender non-conforming. Like you said, she looks like a fairly "stereotypical" woman, and a fairly attractive one at that, being an actress and all.

[–]MarkTwainiac 15 insightful - 1 fun15 insightful - 0 fun16 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Right, after sistersovermisters responded to my post, I did an image search of Page. She looks quite "gender conforming" in tons of photos - long hair, makeup, dresses, short skirts, etc. Part of that is her profession, of course.

But the most recent photos of her show her wearing black skinny jeans, oversize shirt, flat-soled boots, very long hair, a baseball type hat and sunglasses. Nothing unusual or at all edgy or outré about her look. I've dressed like that for decades, only with very short hair (sometimes no hair), and no one every called me "gender non-conforming" for it, nor did they question my sex.

[–]slushpilot 7 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 0 fun8 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

She certainly doesn't go out of her way to look butch if that's what you mean—which is what I would expect from someone with gender identity issues trying to look the part.

I was wondering about the baseball cap myself: it's quite a convenient way to hide long hair... Other women like Sinéad O'Connor, Sigourney Weaver, and Britney Spears had the confidence to wear a short buzz cut—and yet still call themselves women.

I guess I'm curious to see what Page's gender performance will look like, or if she'll continue looking the same as she always has but then expect everyone to pretend she's a man. I don't know. I just can't take this very seriously.