alt Hacker News>this was also the tail end of the fashion trend based on muting masculinity in favor of catering to the female gaze, an adaptation once again for women’s comfort until women realized they hate feminine men more than they thought they briefly hated masculinity.
Am I missing something? They're cute little dolls.
yes, here is San Francisco’s “Performative Male” contest. With the publication SF Standard directly mentioning labubu charms in the caption
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that year old contest itself being a satire on a played out fashion trend and archetype that everyone is already mocking