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Malicious Compliance

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[–] vis4valentine@lemmy.ml 272 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (6 children)

This happens when transphobes forgets that trans men exists lol.

[–] Goldmage263@sh.itjust.works 63 points 1 year ago

I'd love to ~~watch~~ forcefeed them a plate of their, "you will always be a woman" words.

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[–] Imotali@lemmy.world 209 points 1 year ago (39 children)

Mod here. Just want to openly and unequivocally state... I will remove your comment if you're transphobic. I will refer to trans people to let me know if you are being transphobic. I will ban you if you make an egregiously off colour comment. and I will take pleasure in doing this. Fuck your transphobic bullshit, go somewhere else. Nobody wants you here.

[–] SuddenDownpour@lemmy.world 67 points 1 year ago

Cis guy here. Based mod.

[–] wanderingmagus@lemmy.world 41 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Thanks for everything you do to keep this community safe. I know it can't be easy.

[–] Imotali@lemmy.world 43 points 1 year ago (1 children)

idk, I just got to yeet like at least a handful of transphobes into oblivion so.... was pretty fun.

[–] BewilderedBeast@mander.xyz 23 points 1 year ago

It's important to find work that also nourishes your soul.

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[–] stanleytweedle@lemmy.world 161 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (35 children)

I mean... it's supposed to be a 'beauty contest' so why shouldn't they compete?

Not that I don't think the entire concept of a competition over beauty is stupid, but they exist, so why not just see who wins?

[–] Neve8028@lemm.ee 82 points 1 year ago (3 children)

It's funny because the original trans sports bans were justified by saying that they would have an unfair advantage. This beauty pageant ban is just transphobes saying that trans women are unfairly attractive lmfao.

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[–] krayj@lemmy.world 149 points 1 year ago (4 children)

I think it would have been fair to have a rule saying "no surgical modifications"... because doing things like facelift, nose-job, breast/buttox implants, cheek lifts, wrinkle removal, etc, are obviously unfair advantages (in a beauty contest) for those who have the money pay for it; and having a generic blanket rule like that would have accomplished the same thing they were trying to accomplish without being so blatantly transphobic... so a rule like what they have only proves that they are both despicable AND dumb. The entire notion of beauty pageants is outdated and stupid if you ask me.

[–] dustyData@lemmy.world 57 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Lol, you implement that and basically all beauty pageants stop existing. Which would be a good thing, mind you. But I've never met a pageant contestant in my life that isn't … let's say … heavily enhanced by medical procedures.

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[–] Lenins2ndCat@lemmy.world 38 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I think it would have been fair to have a rule saying “no surgical modifications”…

How are you intending to prove that that? Only the bad surgery makes itself obvious.

[–] krayj@lemmy.world 75 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (5 children)

Like any kind of contest, finding rules violations is hard and not foolproof. It's like sports that forbid using steroids - competitors do regularly take those substances while training, then quit taking them for competition and go uncaught. Competitors who are discovered later to have been violating rules are stripped of titles.

That said, I don't think it's a very controversial concept that a beauty pageant shouldn't be a contest about who could afford the best surgeons. Well - as I said earlier I think beauty pageants are absurd to begin with, but if they have to exist I don't think it should be a contest between surgeons.

[–] Deuces@lemmy.world 21 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Though I would watch one that was a contest between surgeons. I imagine it'd start pretty tame, but the first time a girl with cat ears wins, were only like 5 years from the really crazy shit

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[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 23 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (23 children)

On the one hand, that might work. On the other hand, who gives a fuck about the rules in a contest with arbitrary standards?

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[–] eggvng@lemmy.world 87 points 1 year ago (14 children)

Elia Bonci, who also spoke to la Repubblica, said: “I took courage, used my deadname and signed up for Miss Italy because fighting transphobia is intersectional and even though I’m not a trans woman, I’ve decided to fight for their rights.”

much respect to all that followed!

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[–] itscozydownhere@lemmy.world 68 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (7 children)

For context, Miss Italia is no longer broadcasted on important tv channels and almost no one watches or care about who wins now. Years ago (10?) it was a big thing and winners would make commercials and do movies/series and be remembered for life. But it’s too an old school concept now

Anyway, I love this turn of events

Source: Italian

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[–] luthis@lemmy.nz 63 points 1 year ago

This is deliciously rich. They really painted themselves into a corner with that one!

[–] MargotRobbie@lemmy.world 62 points 1 year ago (8 children)

I hope he wins. That'd be really funny.

[–] Diprount_Tomato@lemmy.world 25 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Imagine a buff, bearded person that identifies as male wins in a contest that measures female beauty

[–] MargotRobbie@lemmy.world 23 points 1 year ago (5 children)

I know right? It'll finally make pagents worth watching.

We should also get drag queen bodybuilding competitions. If everything is going to be reality TV for a while (support the strike, by the way) I'd at least want them to be entertaining.

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[–] tenitchyfingers@lemmy.world 55 points 1 year ago (24 children)

YES. This is EXACTLY what I’ve been saying!!! Like honestly, as a cis woman from Italy I’m so embarrassed by this nonsense. Like, cutting trans women out of the competition at this moment just means people are recognizing that trans women are “unfairly” more good looking than cis women. Which, personally, is true in my case but you don’t see me bitching about it. Fuck yeah trans dudes, trans chicks and non-binary buddies.

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[–] lemonflavoured@kbin.social 42 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Clever way of protesting it.

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[–] Gerryflap@lemmy.world 39 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Absolute chads. I'm curious what kind of response this is going to get.

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[–] flyingjake@lemmy.one 26 points 1 year ago

This is fantastic, while having them obviously in drag is delicious, it would be even more stark if some of them present as traditional male too and really bring the point home.

[–] LazaroFilm@lemmy.world 25 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)
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[–] MonkderZweite@feddit.ch 24 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Wait, they have to tell the organizers such sensible details?

Are they required to be virgins too?

[–] Fazoo@lemmy.ml 26 points 1 year ago

You're thinking of Miss Vatican.

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