ColonizationJacob Tobia says that nonbinary representation in children's shows is "vital". Ever wonder why I don't watch " She-ra"?

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[–]OPPRESSED_REPTILIANIntersex male | GNC | Don't call me "a gay", "twink" or "queen" 32 insightful - 5 fun32 insightful - 4 fun33 insightful - 5 fun -  (3 children)

As a feminine guy, calling this clown in colorful lipstick "feminine" feels insulting to both me and women as a whole. Femininity is more than just makeup and this guy acts "masculine" in that he's entitled anyway

[–]8bitgay 15 insightful - 1 fun15 insightful - 0 fun16 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

I'm not even particularly feminine but compared to non-binary people like Jacob, Alok, Sam Smith and Jonathan Van Ness I'd be considered super feminine. I've taken pics in my pajamas where I look way more feminine than they do with all their make-up and dresses.

I feel like these people's notion of being feminine is just following RuPaul's Drag Race. And for some reason these self-called feminine people always have a beard.

[–]OPPRESSED_REPTILIANIntersex male | GNC | Don't call me "a gay", "twink" or "queen" 12 insightful - 3 fun12 insightful - 2 fun13 insightful - 3 fun -  (1 child)

I feel like they think feminine = stereotypical girly items (lipstick, jewelry etc) regardless of how masculine they actually look. Where I'd define it more as in someone's physical appearance, ie, having a manly jaw shape, or having feminine hips.

Which is why I look closer to a woman in no makeup and just waking up than the average crossdresser does in full drag.

The beard marks them as nonbinary of course! Beards are for men, lipstick are for women, mix both and suddenly you're a special "other" snowflake, so unique!

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

Not just them ; that's something I've been ranting and raving about for years now. Feminine=what a woman looks like, NOT her personality or character traits. If she's young, pretty , slender, with long flowing hair, she's automatically feminine.

And some do indeed just winnow it down to using consumer products (makeup, trinkets, etc) : Nicholas Wade in the PS edition of Sex at Dawn , claiming that French women are 'more in touch with their femininity' because they tie scarves around their necks. Seriously. That ws the only thing he cited as proof, that they tie fucking scarves around their necks (oh, and allegedly "European" women are more approachable by men they don't know at bars and other minglers ; I guess that counts too).

It doesn't matter how sterotypically womanly (nurturing, kind, or gentle) a woman is , if she's ugly, fat, middle aged or old, she's not feminine. QED.