( ItsCalculated )
Did anyone once/or still enjoy but now feel averse to things TIMs grabbed onto (thigh highs, mini skirts, etc.)
I love my thigh high socks. They keep my legs warm in the winter. I still like how my light, short skirts, keep me cool in the summer. I can't think of anything else off the top of my head, but. . . I now feel kind of averse to these things because TIMs have assumed use of them. Do any of you feel the same way? Have you actually given up any of these things to them or do you refuse to surrender things you like just because some man has a fetish about it?

( StealthRadfem )
I gave up dying my hair with funny colors. I do not want to be associated with TRAs at all.

( DurableBook )
Me too, I love crazy plumage and used to get a kick out of crazy hair colors, but now I just associate them with the gender equivalent of Jehovah's Witnesses..."Hi I'm Mx. Alex, do you have a moment to talk about my pronouns??"

( Ribbon_Rabbit )
I absolutely love pastel colors, but now I can't wear light blue and pink without feeling like I'm wearing a trans flag. They ruined the Pokémon Sylveon too. It's just a cute, colorful creature- not a "trans icon".

( Blais )
I like thigh highs for sure - they're warm and I like how "slouch socks" feel. Flower crowns. Arm-warmers. All those cutesy teenage comforts.

I haven't stopped using any of them, though. And I'm not going to. TIMs will find a way to fetishize anything. I'm pretty sure that if women everywhere stopped wearing short skirts or tight clothing or bright patterns or amything "stereotypically female", and started wearing baggy fits and muted colors, TIMs would find a way to fetishize it. They're the Rule 34 guys; it's what they do. So, I see no point in surrendering what makes me happy.

( Calidris )
Late to the party but feminine men!!!!!

It used to be when I saw a man with long hair, he'd usually be some kind of alternative, goth punk or just a dude who rocks long hair and doesn't give a shit. Now I have to fear it's a TIM light. It has exactly the opposite effect too, a man confidently rocking his long hair is sexy. A TIM trying to desperately copy us to get his rocks off is the least sexy thing I could possibly imagine, just gives me the icks and the creeps.