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[–]artetolife 41 insightful - 5 fun41 insightful - 4 fun42 insightful - 5 fun -  (7 children)

It's a very specific "trans man" selfie aesthetic too. No man I know in his 30s would post a photo like that in those glasses looking like a teenage tumblrina stereotype.

[–]winterwillow 29 insightful - 3 fun29 insightful - 2 fun30 insightful - 3 fun -  (5 children)

Yes, yes! Was going to comment exactly this! I have seen some women in the queer insta famous category in my country come out as trans over the years and it's always this aesthetic: Black beanie or hoodie, bushy eyebrows, clenched jaw or sucked in cheeks to get some androgynous angles, and no smiling! Once you're a man the days of smiling in selfies is over. Because that gives them away. It's sad really.

[–]MarkTwainiac 15 insightful - 1 fun15 insightful - 0 fun16 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

I'd hardly call her eyebrows "bushy"!

[–]winterwillow 14 insightful - 1 fun14 insightful - 0 fun15 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Haha, no me neither, but I've seen some where they don't wear any makeup but still seem to 'paint' their eyebrows to be wider and bushier, maybe because they think of it as making them seem more masculine. Or maybe it's just a general trend, I'm older and not into makeup so dunno.

[–]MarkTwainiac 10 insightful - 1 fun10 insightful - 0 fun11 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I'm probably older, not into makeup or eyebrow shaping, plucking, painting, threading, gelling & whatever else it is they do to eyebrows nowadays either. El's brows in that photo look ordinary & quite nice to me. I get the impression she probably has brushed or combed them to get just the right look. Her lips look remarkably good too - plumped, not dried out at all, no flakes or chapping or indication she's been biting them, and her lips are so perfectly shaped & such a have a uniform lovely color and just a touch of a sheen that I suspect some pricey (and perhaps slightly tinted) products are routinely applied to them. Same goes with her skin, which looks very well cared for indeed - smooth, uniform coloration, no blotches or blemishes, no circles under the eyes. I don't think El is spending any less time looking in mirrors, paying attention to grooming or using fancy products than when El was Ellen.

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

You're right, looking at the pic again, it does seem almost to perfect, like a 'no make-up' look, and I agree with you, I don't think the Hollywood actress skin care regimen is going anywhere. This supposedly effortless transman aesthetic is nowhere near effortless or spontaneous.

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

Haha right? They're about as "bushy" as mine are rn and I pluck them to like half their natural size lol