Passing, and passing off
I suppose I should start by explaining the Austen-esque heading. There's passing, which in a tranny context means "appearing to be female without arousing suspicion"; and then there's passing off, which means to misrepresent something or someone as something else.
Take a look at this screen shot. Notice the problem?
No, it's not the adverts for "deluxe authentic vaginas" or "feminine hormone bottom cream" (the mind boggles), this is the Transformation web site after all and we should expect to be flogged wildly overpriced (and utterly useless) items such as this. No, the problem is this person "Alison" is using my picture on her personal ad! He's not even bothered to trim out the photo border effect I add!
I suppose I should be flattered that they chose my image to represent themselves online. But I'm not. In fact I'm bloody annoyed about it. Two emails to Transformations and one to the person in question have met with no reply. This had annoyed me even more.
I suppose I should expect no more from Transformation. After all, this is the company that regularly passes off pictures of genetic women as examples of the results of their "feminizing products"; when any tranny with an ounce of intelligence knows that their only chance of looking that good is if someone invents brain transplantation and uses trannies and glamour models as guinea pigs.
The trouble is, sadly, that so many trannies don't seem to have an ounce of intelligence. Tranformation's customer base doesn't show any signs of drying up.
There is a certain class of tranny that is completely unwilling to put in any effort to look feminine. I can understand why to a certain extent. I admit that it must look disheartening to a cross-dresser who wants to be a bit more passable when they look at pictures of "established" t-girls online. Transformation offers an easy route for these guys: "rub this snake-oil on your skin and you'll look like THIS! [insert generic picture of a skinny genetic girl model with her very real norks out here]".
For the tranny (and I use this word in it's loosest sense of the term) who doesn't even want to try to look like a girl in real life, and just wants a bit of "cyber fun" there's an even easier route: steal someone else's pictures and pass them off as your own.
The canny tranny will use the pictures of a good looking but not too well known trans-person that they've found online, which is why Alison was stupid to pick me. Yes of course I'm fabulous looking ;-), but I've already received 3 emails from complete strangers saying "did you know someone's using your pic on this site?".
The tranny with real balls and no intention of ever being found out will use a picture of a genetic girl, preferably some lesser-known fashion model. It's even better if you get a few dozen pictures of the girl in different poses and situations, 'cos then you can invent a little fantasy life for your online persona. "This is me riding on my prize stallion", "here's me washing my hair in the waterfall at the bottom of my 5 acre garden", and so on.
For a tranny like me who's spent a long time and a lot of money in an effort to get some pictures they can be proud of online, this is particularly galling.
Take a look at this screen shot. Notice the problem?
No, it's not the adverts for "deluxe authentic vaginas" or "feminine hormone bottom cream" (the mind boggles), this is the Transformation web site after all and we should expect to be flogged wildly overpriced (and utterly useless) items such as this. No, the problem is this person "Alison" is using my picture on her personal ad! He's not even bothered to trim out the photo border effect I add!
I suppose I should be flattered that they chose my image to represent themselves online. But I'm not. In fact I'm bloody annoyed about it. Two emails to Transformations and one to the person in question have met with no reply. This had annoyed me even more.
I suppose I should expect no more from Transformation. After all, this is the company that regularly passes off pictures of genetic women as examples of the results of their "feminizing products"; when any tranny with an ounce of intelligence knows that their only chance of looking that good is if someone invents brain transplantation and uses trannies and glamour models as guinea pigs.
The trouble is, sadly, that so many trannies don't seem to have an ounce of intelligence. Tranformation's customer base doesn't show any signs of drying up.
There is a certain class of tranny that is completely unwilling to put in any effort to look feminine. I can understand why to a certain extent. I admit that it must look disheartening to a cross-dresser who wants to be a bit more passable when they look at pictures of "established" t-girls online. Transformation offers an easy route for these guys: "rub this snake-oil on your skin and you'll look like THIS! [insert generic picture of a skinny genetic girl model with her very real norks out here]".
For the tranny (and I use this word in it's loosest sense of the term) who doesn't even want to try to look like a girl in real life, and just wants a bit of "cyber fun" there's an even easier route: steal someone else's pictures and pass them off as your own.
The canny tranny will use the pictures of a good looking but not too well known trans-person that they've found online, which is why Alison was stupid to pick me. Yes of course I'm fabulous looking ;-), but I've already received 3 emails from complete strangers saying "did you know someone's using your pic on this site?".
The tranny with real balls and no intention of ever being found out will use a picture of a genetic girl, preferably some lesser-known fashion model. It's even better if you get a few dozen pictures of the girl in different poses and situations, 'cos then you can invent a little fantasy life for your online persona. "This is me riding on my prize stallion", "here's me washing my hair in the waterfall at the bottom of my 5 acre garden", and so on.
For a tranny like me who's spent a long time and a lot of money in an effort to get some pictures they can be proud of online, this is particularly galling.
Labels: transvestism
Having had a quick looksee at that site I would not be surprised if most of the "norks" on display have been enhanced by silicon and the skill or otherwise of a plastic surgeon so doubley dishonest.
OK, they're shit, they're a rip-off, they exploit us, the feed of our fears and our expectations, they promise us the world, then give us the cut-out face from a blow-up doll in return.
But I wouldn't be here, doing this, if it wasn't for them.
As long as anyone that goes there only goes once, then they're OK.
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Actually, scrub that. Transformation are shite. What someone needs to do is get into the market in the same way. Currently Stephanie-Anne-Lloyd (or whatever) is the public face od trannieism - Transformation's the way in for a lot of people (including myself). If there was something else that took that initiative, then maybe we'd be in a better position to argue.
Or something
Yes. Transformation is bollocks. It's a load of crap and so much more. And I can totally understand why you're pissed instead of flattered. I would be too. You've worked hard to get where you are. All I can say is, at least this is proof of your success. And if the ad ever gets answered, whoever does the answering is in for a rude surprise.
meh....
I guess you could console yourself that he states he is 23 and that whoever he meets is not going to have the love that you have found.... since no one likes a liar.
How rude of them not to credit/thank. Forget writing to Transformation with your complaint - they'll not take you seriously. Write to their hosts/domain registrations, who are
http://www.star.co.uk
Tell Star that you've written to their client advising them that copywright of your material has been breached, and that they've done nothing. Star is hosting the site and is legally accountable for Transformation's content. Tell them that unless Transformation removes your material from its site as requested, you'll take legal action against Star (in their capacity as host).
This should wake them up.
You've got an excellent site, with extremely well-written and interesting content - kick these bastards TO THE KERB!!!
Simon xx
By the way ( I might not quite look like this picture but I borrowed it as I can't be bothered to shave and put on my make up)
But as she very quickly pointed out she'd never met a trannie like me before, and she actually had a very blinkered view of what being a trannie was about. This was because the only ones she ever met where the ones taking their first steps who are usually very needy and desperately grateful. So she had a clear conscience as she was constantly being thanked by the very people she'd been abusing.
As for the photo theft, that really annoys me too. I tend to slap my web site address across my photos to try and prevent that happening. It's a very lazy attitude. If they invested the time and effort that the rest of us have, they might be pleasantly surprised at the look that they might achieve.
That's a really, really good idea and it only takes a few minutes.
I think I'm going to do that with my pics...just in case.
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