Lex McMiniman

You did kind of, I mean, substantively. Are you threads oomphies? What are you oomphies on? Instagram.

So over to you. That's my Teen Vogue intro, but Ella, if you want to... Yeah.

So over to you. That's my Teen Vogue intro, but Ella, if you want to... Yeah.

So over to you. That's my Teen Vogue intro, but Ella, if you want to... Yeah.

Yeah, I was just going to say trans people club, but also deep state, yeah.

Yeah, I was just going to say trans people club, but also deep state, yeah.

Yeah, I was just going to say trans people club, but also deep state, yeah.

Who amongst us does not want to do a live comedy show?

Who amongst us does not want to do a live comedy show?

Who amongst us does not want to do a live comedy show?

And it's also like Conde Nast as an institution, which is like Teen Vogue's parent company, is only one of multiple media conglomerates that will very proudly use trans people in a representative way and sell magazine covers with trans people on it. You can think of Hunter Schaefer, for example. She's been on the cover of several Vogues, but at the same time,

And it's also like Conde Nast as an institution, which is like Teen Vogue's parent company, is only one of multiple media conglomerates that will very proudly use trans people in a representative way and sell magazine covers with trans people on it. You can think of Hunter Schaefer, for example. She's been on the cover of several Vogues, but at the same time,

And it's also like Conde Nast as an institution, which is like Teen Vogue's parent company, is only one of multiple media conglomerates that will very proudly use trans people in a representative way and sell magazine covers with trans people on it. You can think of Hunter Schaefer, for example. She's been on the cover of several Vogues, but at the same time,

Hunter Schaefer also received a misgendering passport after the Trump admin.

Hunter Schaefer also received a misgendering passport after the Trump admin.

Hunter Schaefer also received a misgendering passport after the Trump admin.

So, like, I think that if legacy media is unwilling to connect the dots between, like, profiting off of, like, the aesthetics of trans people, but not actually, like, talking about the political underpinnings of, like, why trans people are even able to be visible at this time and, like, what the, you know, trapdoor, as Termaline calls it, of trans visibility means, then it's, like, why even do this work in the first place?

So, like, I think that if legacy media is unwilling to connect the dots between, like, profiting off of, like, the aesthetics of trans people, but not actually, like, talking about the political underpinnings of, like, why trans people are even able to be visible at this time and, like, what the, you know, trapdoor, as Termaline calls it, of trans visibility means, then it's, like, why even do this work in the first place?

So, like, I think that if legacy media is unwilling to connect the dots between, like, profiting off of, like, the aesthetics of trans people, but not actually, like, talking about the political underpinnings of, like, why trans people are even able to be visible at this time and, like, what the, you know, trapdoor, as Termaline calls it, of trans visibility means, then it's, like, why even do this work in the first place?

so Vivian was like a really great opportunity for us to like build on like we've done several photo shoots particularly with trans women because I and trans girls at Teen Vogue because we like feel very strongly and Ella makes this point in the piece that like the way that trans femme people are like objectified and commodified and also like the target of such extreme vitriol is something it feels really important to take a stand against it just felt like