<p>What do toned arms, “wonky” eyes, and collar bone angles prove about your gender? Nothing. Nevertheless, the digital phrenology of transvestigation persisted. But how?? Digital culture researcher <a href="https://www.southampton.ac.uk/people/626g85/doctor-lexi-webster#research" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Lexi Webster</a> decodes the conspiracy genre where all celebrities (and most First Ladies) are “secretly trans” and skull-measuring pseudoscience rules, then political scholar <a href="https://researchportal.bath.ac.uk/en/persons/fran-amery/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Fran Amery</a> connects transvestigation brainrot to very real organized transphobia, uniting feminist factions with the far right in the name of protecting women.&nbsp;</p><p>Originally aired on <a href="http://conspiracyshewrote.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Conspiracy, She Wrote</a> in September 2024.</p><p>~special thank you to Unladies' Room <a href="http://patreon.com/unladylikemedia" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Patreon</a> supporters! this wouldn't exist without you~ </p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>