A transgender influencer whose image became a viral meme after appearing on a dating and relationships podcast is sounding the alarm about society being too “sensitive” and declining masculinity.
“I feel like [it’s]… a little bit of an out-of-body experience, or you’re just, like, there’s, ‘No way that’s me.’ It’s a crazy feeling. And honestly, I’m still fairly new to [being viral],” said Ali C. Lopez in an interview with Fox News Digital about becoming an internet meme. “There’s good, bad, exciting, nervous. It’s just all over the place.”
Lopez was once an obscure influencer and became the subject of a meme making fun of her appearance seemingly overnight after appearing on the podcast “Whatever” in which feminism, traditional values and gender roles are hotly debated.
The trans woman told Fox News Digital that dating in the modern age comes with its difficulties, including declining masculinity in society.
“It’s getting out of control,” Lopez said. For example, Lopez ideally wants to find someone who can handle things that have been ascribed in the past as traditionally masculine, like fixing a flat tire. But that’s not easy to find these days, Lopez explained.
“At least for me, you better be able to do more than what my dad can do. Because if I have to call my dad to do something for me and not you. Why are you here?”
“I feel like a lot of [men] need to start being [men]. When it comes to the male world… men nowadays are expecting princess treatment,” Lopez.
“I just see a lot of men expecting women in the relationship… to go above and beyond and like them to almost do nothing. …Even some of my friends… [I ask], ‘Why are you paying, covering this?’… At least be 50/50 [on paying for things].”
One of the most popular clips of Lopez on the internet is when she was asked to rate herself on a scale of attractiveness (1-10) during a “Whatever” episode.
Lopez stated, “[I’m] a fat f—ing ten.”
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