Transphobic grifters are nothing new. Take the tale of the October 7 detransitioner, or — the man of the hour — former Bachelorette contestant Josh Seiter, who revealed in October that he’d been pretending to be a trans woman for months in order to “expose how gullible and delusional the left is.”
Seiter, of course, didn’t prove anything of the sort, as his self-described “social experiment” only garnered kindness from the left and ridicule from the right. Regardless, upon announcing to the world that his cross-dressing was merely an experiment, Seiter went back to living his everyday life as a cisgender man. … Oh, he didn’t do that at all? He’s still posting on social media in feminine clothing and makeup and calling himself a trans woman multiple times a day? Interesting.
Indeed, Seiter has continued posting a variety of high femme looks, and folks across the internet can’t help noticing how invested he’s become in his “experiment.” New earrings, new outfits, improving makeup skills, and a decent tuck? It seems like an awful lot of work and money spent to make fun of a community he claims to think is “delusional.”
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Then there’s the effect the “experiment” is having on Seiter himself. “I feel like I just need to point out that even though he thinks he’s trolling, the *only* time he is smiling or looks happy is when he’s crossdressing,” pointed out one user, along with a collection of pics of Seiter both in and out of makeup. It’s undeniable that Seiter’s eyes light up while he’s “experimenting.” Is it just a love for “owning the left,” or could we be witnessing an egg being cracked in real time?
No matter his true motivations, Seiter’s journey with gender expression is fascinating — and the longer it goes on, the less his “social experiment” seems like an experiment at all.
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