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Rimon ☕️

@rimonnoodles.bsky.social

he’s drinking matcha @21tiers.bsky.social #matcha #performativemale #tiger

October 29, 2025 at 12:57 PM Everybody can reply

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Frumpy

@frumpyblu.bsky.social

I saw big thief tonight #performativemale

October 26, 2025 at 2:05 AM Everybody can reply

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Epiccatfood

@epiccatfood.bsky.social

Calling men performative is the new way of calling men gay for enjoying femininity and having feminine intrests/ hobbies.

#performativemale

October 24, 2025 at 3:49 PM Everybody can reply

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R.W.W. Greene (He/him)

@rwwgreene.bsky.social

"Wrote about performative masculinity—from 'dude I love the vagina' to carrying tampons in your tote bag. Spoiler: same problem, different aesthetic.
#Masculinity #PerformativeMale #PopCulture #LongRead"
rwwgreene.substack.com/p/the-theate...

The Theater of Masculinity: When Men Perform for Each Other

Or, What Happens when AWS Crumbles and I Have Time to Kill on a Monday

rwwgreene.substack.com

October 21, 2025 at 8:29 PM Everybody can reply

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Switchback Hyperloop

@switchloop.bsky.social

Not to be An Old, but wtf is a #performativemale? Are we just making up dudes to be mad at now? Are you guys not already worried about the fascists?

October 7, 2025 at 2:23 PM Everybody can reply

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이적행위🎗🏳️‍🌈🌹☂️🇵🇸

@yijuckhangwe.bsky.social

틱톡에서 #performativemale 해시태그는 9월 30일 기준 5천 개 이상 게시됐으며, 관련 영상은 2800만 회가 넘는 조회수를 기록했다.
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에겐남 넘어 ‘퍼포남’ 유행’…남성은 달라져야 한다

해외에서는 지금 '퍼포남'이 주목받고 있다. 퍼포남은 '퍼포머티브 메일(performative male)'의 줄임말로 번역하자면 '보여주기식 남성'이다. 즉, 여성들에게 호감을 얻기 위해 예술적 감수성, 진보적 가치

n.news.naver.com

October 6, 2025 at 2:14 PM Everybody can reply

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Just N Life

@justnlife.bsky.social

He’s not dismantling patriarchy—he’s just trying to look like the least threatening man in the room.

The #performativemale feminist has entered the chat, and we're unpacking the aesthetics and accidental mockery.

Full story:

The Emergence of the Performative Male Feminist

Toxic masculinity isn't just fought on the courts anymore. There’s a new-age gladiator arena, and it’s called performative male feminism.

justnlife.com

October 4, 2025 at 11:01 PM Everybody can reply

K. Cook & Cats, Co.

@iamkaymichelle.bsky.social

I just gently teased a #performativemale in a beanie & ostentatious glasses for reading #Foucalt on the #bus, but I’m wearing ostentatious glasses & reading my own #DannyAmendola story, so who’s the real #asshole? 😂

#AITA #men #trans #pride & I’m proud of both being #queer & of my #writing 🤓🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 #lol

October 3, 2025 at 5:00 PM Everybody can reply

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MonriaTitans

@monriatitans.craves.coffee

David Achu: "You need a girl THIS bad?" | #Relationships #PerformativeMale
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ES-S...

You need a girl THIS bad?

YouTube video by David Achu

www.youtube.com

September 29, 2025 at 4:42 AM Everybody can reply

Splitrun

@splitrun.bsky.social

Can somebody doing something about this performative male bandwagon? 2025 has already been a bit too extra.

- split//r
- g, didn't have my xanax today

#friyay #performativemale #splitrun

September 26, 2025 at 8:29 PM Everybody can reply

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Theotheronesbylee

@theotheronesbylee.bsky.social

Busted! 😂😂😂😂
#comics #performativemale

September 25, 2025 at 10:42 AM Everybody can reply

BankdrückerKollektiv

@scfliebhaber.bsky.social

Sich darüber aufzuregen, dass Sponsoren eines Spielers nicht zu denen des Vereins passen, ist auch wieder Peak #FCSP. Der Fußball-Marke gewordene #performativemale

Ewald Lean @ewaldlean.bsky.social · Sep 21

Charitea/ Lemonaid (im Kontrast zu Fritz Cola) und Closed (statt Levis) nur ein kleines add-on. Der Verein wahrschein schwer angetan von seinen ständigen Aktionen für Konkurenzprodukte der Partner. Über alle schwebt aber die Enttäschung sehr vieler Fans, die sich über einige Jahre gedacht haben:

September 21, 2025 at 10:43 AM Everybody can reply

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STELLA.

@sounds-by-stella.bsky.social

then he pulled feminist literature out of his tote bag.. what is going on 😩

#sax #echosax #performativemale

September 19, 2025 at 2:15 AM Everybody can reply

Chron.com

@chron.com

🎷 Skateboard, saxophone, matcha… and a Jeff Buckley shout-out?! This might be the greatest Performative Male Contest entry ever.

📹️ @sunxxhalo via TikTok
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#college #uofh #matcha #uh #coogs #houston #houstontx #htown #performativemale #campuslife #collegelife

September 12, 2025 at 9:32 PM Everybody can reply

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dr roger cremades

@rogercre.bsky.social

Finally signs of novelty for masculinity or just a meme?

Implications for proenvironmental eg. meat behaviour?

#performativemale

My attempt to win San Francisco's performative male contest

Hundreds of Gen Z men filled Alamo Square for a meme-inspired contest Friday night.

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August 30, 2025 at 1:49 AM Everybody can reply

myomouthsoff

@myomouthsoff.bsky.social

Wearing a menstrual pad in solidarity of women #deriod #performativemale

August 28, 2025 at 5:23 AM Everybody can reply

Woke Not Broke 🇺🇸🏳️‍🌈

@b2o6n4.bsky.social

The “Performative Male” Is the Latest TikTok Archetype

www.insidehook.com/internet/per...

#Entertainment #Lifestyle #Culture #Internet #SocialMedia #TikTok #PerformativeMale

The “Performative Male” Is the Latest TikTok Archetype

Catch him carrying a tote bag, record shopping and sipping a matcha latte

www.insidehook.com

August 25, 2025 at 11:49 PM Everybody can reply

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Felicity

@felicitysbooks.bsky.social

🎁 Gift article (NYT)
How Do You Spot a 'Performative' Male? Look for a Tote Bag.

Well... if it gets people reading...
#performativemale

www.nytimes.com/2025/08/14/s...