Re: why are chokers so hot?
 

I agree with this post

Re: why are chokers so hot?
 

I support this wholeheartedly and request that the move is undone. This thread has the most intricate topic that this website has seen since 1983

Re: why are chokers so hot?
 

Way too wide tbh

Re: why are chokers so hot?
 

choker or choke her btw

Re: why are chokers so hot?
 

choker appreciation thread

Re: why are chokers so hot?
 

Look at this choker very good

Re: why are chokers so hot?
 

very good

Re: why are chokers so hot?
 

oh yes, Yotsuyu <3 (obligatory Yoshi-P "step on me, prease")

Re: why are chokers so hot?
 

i thought this was a queenashy thread

Re: why are chokers so hot?
 

Re: why are chokers so hot?
 

Good choker for when you’re trying to win a collision case at the dmv

Re: why are chokers so hot?
 

P R A C T I C A L U S E S

Re: why are chokers so hot?
 

because choke me daddy owoo

Re: why are chokers so hot?
 

Same

Re: why are chokers so hot?
 

Because our society has a long-standing tradition of taking fashions that originated with trans women, having them be co-opted by cis women, and then cis men feel like they can acknowledge that it's attractive now that they can say it while still maintaining their transphobia.

Re: why are chokers so hot?
 

Thinking this was a queenashy thread wasn't too far off then

Re: why are chokers so hot?
 

I think there is some truth to this but chokers have been a fashion accessory used by cisgender women for a long time. I can't speak as to the recent cultural perceptions of chokers but I think there is more nuance and history beyond that of modern appropriation.

Re: why are chokers so hot?
 

I'm sure. Just like I'm sure there are people today who pop the collar of their shirt or coat solely to keep the rain or wind off their neck.

I also have a cousin who has "YOLO" tattooed onto his right bicep because "The first time he ever heard the phrase, and understood it to mean 'you only live once' he was inspired because that is how he has always lived his life, and he claims to have literally never had any idea at all of the general meme use of the phrase"

Re: why are chokers so hot?
 

Also, I think this stated trend is Eurocentric, whereas Asian countries (especially Japan) have their own histories with neckwear ---- even if some of them borrow from the West via cultural diffusion.

EDIT: Actually, North Africa is a good example too.

Re: why are chokers so hot?
 

I just think it's hard to justify trans appropriation as a sole (or even leading) reason for the prominence of chokers.

Not that it isn't a thing, but I'm pretty sure there's more to it --- I would be interested in an anthropological explanation, for example

EDIT: Googling "choker anthropology" gives me the fucking store, lol

DOUBLE EDIT: https://www.onetribeapparel.com/blog...eaning-chokers labels a few symbolic values of chokers (ignoring the predictable corporate trans-exclusionism)