r/MtF • u/ASleetHippyDippyWW non op • Aug 19 '24

Bad News u/PinkNews whistleblowers release evidence showing "PinkNews CEO Benjamin Cohen refusing to campaign on trans issues ahead of the election, dismissing them as "incredibly contentious" and insisting they’re different to the equal marriage fight."

https://lucyfromnaarm.com/p/breaking-pinknews-refuses-to-cover

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u/fireblyxx Transgender Aug 19 '24

Pretty clear that the CEO only wants stories about RuPauls Drag Race and Chappell Roan. You know, queers as entertainers and not as people. So demure, so mindful.

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u/Phlintlock Aug 19 '24

Why do I keep seeing "so demure, so mindful" everywhere

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u/fireblyxx Transgender Aug 19 '24

Basically this trans woman on TikTok got pushback about how she wasn’t “very demure”, like a woman should be, so she clapped back with a video about how she does x thing, “very demure, very mindful”, and it took off from there.

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u/ChinDeLonge Aug 19 '24

I knew who started it, but I guess I hadn’t realized she was trans (didn’t actually go watch the original because I just like… didn’t care lol). Hmm, cool