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30 Jan

2024 was the yr aesthetic pseudoscience made an unsightly

2024 was the yr aesthetic pseudoscience made an unsightly
Are you boy pretty or girl pretty? Are you a deer, bunny, jellyfish, cat or dog? Have you ever got high or low visual weight? Do you've gotten a dramatic, natural, classic, gamine, or romantic body type? Are you a bug, fish or alien? What about your canthal tilt–positive or negative? How’s your facial harmony? Do you've gotten high or low visual contrast? Perhaps you’ve come across among the above circulating on TikTok, Reddit and Instagram over the past yr or so. They’re all ways to dissect the color, shape, size and prominence of features. High visual weight, for instance, means you've gotten large facial expression that stand out. A high contrast face has a dramatic difference between the color of...
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18 Jul

Green line theory and the rise of misogynistic pseudoscience

Green line theory and the rise of misogynistic pseudoscience
On the web, members of manosphere communities often use evolutionary psychology and genetic determinism to justify their misogyny In the event you’ve been on Twitter recently, it’s possible you’ve heard of ‘green line theory’. It’s a straightforward idea, mainly purported by a Twitter user often called Rivelino, which suggests that ‘real’ men don’t lean in towards their female partners. Apparently, you may sort the alphas from the betas by taking photos of heterosexual couples and drawing green lines down their middles: so, Pete Davidson leaning in to present Kim a cuddle is an indication of his weakness; Donald Trump, meanwhile, is a chief example of a powerful man who stands straight and lets...
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