Emily Kirkman, Author at The New Conservative

Ladies and Girls, It’s Time to Boycott Maybelline

I know transgender women in real life; they don’t act like over-the-top caricatures. No one does except drag queens, and with them, it’s a performance, often intended to be comedic. Dylan is also a performer in the sense that his overly flamboyant personality, both pre- and post- “girlhood,” is affected. Nobody acts that way naturally; it’s a way to get attention. Dylan clearly wasn’t getting enough attention as an actor, so he decided to try getting attention by being a woman.

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Who Cares What Gender You Are?

Being yourself is hard. It’s especially hard for young people who are still figuring out who they really are. I understand how a simple explanation for all the confusion and wacky emotions that come with adolescence is tempting. Gender ideology not only offers that, but it also offers the chance to belong to a marginalised group and be part of, not just a clique, but an intense movement. What young people need to understand, however, is that it is much more satisfying to discover yourself as an individual and not as a label.